Excessive hair loss is also known as telogen effluvium, this fall may be protracted(>2months)or self limiting(less then 20days), scarred or replaceable, depending upon these variables correct diagnosis and medicines together with food supplements /vitamins may be suggested , chronic hair loss further is diagnosed with the help of microscopy of falling hair shaft , scalp conditions closely examined ,some blood tests , harmonal as well as nutritional /medical/occcupational status , at times certain psycotic/hypertensive drugs or antimetabolites(drugs given for autoimmune disorders or cancer therapy),antiepileptic regimen , certain antibiotics ,post puerperium,post infective illness,postpartum etc may be triggering agent for telogen effluvium. longstanding(>2years) hairloss majorly diagnosed & classified on the basis of pattern, inheritance,concurrent harmonal or nutritional deficiency and age , they are sometime known as pattern alopecia(male pattern balness/female pattern baldness MPB FPB respectively), sometime loss may be in patches or loss of hair from all parts of the body (aloepcia areata to alopecia universalis), sometimes hair shaft abnormalities such as trichorexis nodosa etc ,itchy and scarring skin conditions like lichen planus scalp or psoriasis scalp, scleroderma etc may result into scarred hair loss (psudopelade like), traction or particular way of tiding and strteching hair may cause traction alopecia ,stress evoked voluntarily hair pull(trichotillomania).so removal of such man made crisis will restore the condition. depending upon all these conditions in mind your attending trained doctors uses his or her expertise to provide you diagnosis,nutritional advise and course of the treatment that your hair loss may require ,kindly move to trained doctor for correct help, hope this will help you in understanding your hair loss and insight into what treatment to be preferred. good luck.
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