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Hello, my name is Dr. Matthew Keller. I’m from Thomas Jefferson University’s Department of Dermatology & Cutaneous Biology. We have reached out to a number of website platforms catered to people suffering from hair loss and asked their permission to make our study available to their...

Hello, my name is Dr. Matthew Keller. I’m from Thomas Jefferson University’s Department of Dermatology & Cutaneous Biology. We have reached out to a number of website platforms catered to people suffering from hair loss and asked their permission to make our study available to their...

Hello, my name is Dr. Matthew Keller. I’m from Thomas Jefferson University’s Department of Dermatology & Cutaneous Biology. We have reached out to a number of website platforms catered to people suffering from hair loss and asked their permission to make our study available to their...

Hello, my name is Dr. Matthew Keller. I’m from Thomas Jefferson University’s Department of Dermatology & Cutaneous Biology. We have reached out to a number of website platforms catered to people suffering from hair loss and asked their permission to make our study available to their...

Hello, my name is Dr. Matthew Keller. I’m from Thomas Jefferson University’s Department of Dermatology & Cutaneous Biology. We have reached out to a number of website platforms catered to people suffering from hair loss and asked their permission to make our study available to their...

Yes, this is groundbreaking research for sure for people suffering with Alopecia Areata. The mechanism in androgenic alopecia is completely different, so these drugs will not be effective in treating Androgenetic Alopecia. Alopecia Areata, as described in the article, is an autoimmune disease in which they have...

Miniaturization is most commonly seen in Androgenetic Alopecia, but it is not the only thing to cause it. The following are causes of miniaturization: Genetics (Androgenetic Alopecia), DHT (the amt of which is also determined in part by genetics), aging, telogen effluvium (which can be caused by stress, physical trauma...

Your ferritin and vitamin D levels is within the normal range. It represents stored iron. Iron and vitamin D have not been shown to have much of an impact on hair re-growth unless you are deficient in these, which you are not. All your other labs are also within the normal range. I would suggest...

If you are pulling at the hair that may be part of the problem. Trichotillomania is an obsessive compulsive disorder in which people pull repeatedly at their hair, causing it to fall out. You're right in that this is not the typical presentation of androgenetic alopecia, in which hair thinning...