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Hair today, gone tomorrow: Causes and treatment of hair loss
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Hair today, gone tomorrow: Causes and treatment of hair loss
Saturday 1 June 2024, 12:45 AM
>50% of women experience hair loss [Image: iStock]
Healthcare Handbook technical editor Carmen Pope discusses the causes and treatment of hair loss, and provides some helpful advice to give to patients
SARAH, A MOTHER in her 30s who gave birth around four months ago, is concerned about significant hair loss since then and worries about it not growing
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