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Diagnosis
How is hair loss diagnosed?
Your doctor will ask you about your past health and will do a physical exam. Your doctor will look closely at your scalp and hair loss pattern and may gently pull out a few hairs for tests.
Your doctor will also ask you some questions about your hair loss, like how much hair you're losing, when it started, and whether your parents have hair loss.
The most common cause of hair loss—inherited hair loss—is easy to recognize. Men tend to lose hair from the forehead area and top of the head, but they have normal amounts of hair on other areas of the scalp. Women tend to keep their front hairline but have thinning hair on the top of the head.
Your doctor will look closely at your hair and scalp. If it's not clear what's causing your hair loss, your doctor may take a sample of your hair or have other tests done.