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==Complications==
==Complications==
==Prognosis==
==Prognosis==
In telogen effluvium, recovery is usually good and a patients should expect good cosmetic outcome.


==References==
==References==

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Overview

Patients with alopecia are at increased risk of psychosocial complications such as anxiety and depression. In addition, these patients need to be evaluated for other medical conditions. Outcomes vary with the type of alopecia.

Alopecia natural history, complications and prognosis

Natural History

The progression of alopecia depends on the type of alopecia an individual has. In some cases, it is irreversible as in alopecia mucinosa, alopecia neoplastica, and long-standing cases of tinea capitis; other cases, it is reversible such as in anagen effluvium. In males with androgenetic alopecia, the hairline regression occurs mostly at the temporal areas bilaterally and vertex balding is also seen. In females with androgenetic alopecia, there is a frontal hairline is largely unaffected while in other areas, there is hair thinning [1] [2]. In telogen effluvium, it could take as much as 6 months for hair to begin growing again, and it often takes more time for the hair growth to be perceptible to the patient.

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Prognosis

In telogen effluvium, recovery is usually good and a patients should expect good cosmetic outcome.

References

  1. Ludwig E (1977). "Classification of the types of androgenetic alopecia (common baldness) occurring in the female sex". Br J Dermatol. 97 (3): 247–54. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2133.1977.tb15179.x. PMID 921894.
  2. Levy LL, Emer JJ (2013). "Female pattern alopecia: current perspectives". Int J Womens Health. 5: 541–56. doi:10.2147/IJWH.S49337. PMC 3769411. PMID 24039457.

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