Female Alopecia Guide to Successful Management
Few dermatologic problems carry as many emotional overtones as hair loss in women, which is by far the most common hair problem encountered in daily clinical practice. Fortunately, a specific diagnosis can usually be established through a detailed patient history, examination of the scalp and patter...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2013, 2013
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2013 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Historical Myths: Experiments on Hair Loss Cures
- Age Old Myths: Popular or Layman’s Myths
- Physician’s Myths: Don’t Believe Everything you Hear on Hair
- Examining Hair Loss in Women
- Patient History
- Clinical Examination
- Trichoscopy
- Trichogram
- Laboratory Work-Up
- Scalp Biopsy
- Quantifying Hair Loss
- Diagnosis and Treatment
- Telogen Effluvium
- Iron Deficiency
- Female Pattern Hair Loss
- Postpartal Hair Loss
- Menopause
- Seasonal Hair Shedding
- Effect of Cigarette Smoking and UV Radiation
- Senescent Alopecia
- Alopecia with Scarring Phenomena
- Trichotillomania and Related Disorders
- Imaginary Hair Loss
- Trichodynia and Red Scalp
- Concept of Multigargeted Treatment
- Anagen Effluvium
- Chemotherapy Induced Hair Loss
- Loose Anagen Hair and Short Anagen Hair
- Follow-Up
- Global Photographic Assessment
- Hair Loss Related Life Quality Index (Hairdex)
- Patient Compliance Issues
- Patient Expectation Management
- Listening to the Patient
- AdjustmentDisorders
- Tackling Side-Effects
- Hair Prosthesis
- Hair Care and Cosmetics
- Hair Weathering
- Shampoos
- Conditioners
- Hair Styling Aids
- Hair Dyes
- Cosmetic Treatment for Aging Hair
- Adverse Effects of Cosmetic Hair Treatments
- Epilog: StAgnes of Rome, Patron Saint of Women with Hair Loss
- Female Hair in Christian Iconography.