“How does a dermatologist check for hair loss?”
I am a 29 year old female. I want to know how does a dermatologist check for hair loss?
3 Answers
Office visit evaluation. www.uniquedermatology.com for more info.
Examination of the scalp and a simple procedure called the "hair pull" to assess the activity of the hair loss.
Steve Schleicher
Steve Schleicher
Hair loss is evaluated by a variety of methods depending upon the presumptive diagnosis. These include visual (clinical) examination; hair pluck analysis under the microscope, biopsy of scalp, and blood tests, depending once again on the suspected etiology.
