Overview

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 the application of appropriate examinations and tests, and treatment suited to the diagnosis is likely to control the problem. This comprehensively illustrated monograph provides both specialists and primary care physicians with the practical know-how required for successful management of hair loss in female patients of all ages. The book opens by critically examining various myths about hair loss. The different examination techniques are then described, and the various forms of hair loss and their treatment are discussed in detail. Approaches to follow-up are outlined, and the management of patient expectations is carefully considered. The potential role of hair care and cosmetics is also explored in some depth.                                                                                                                

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Author:   Ralph M. Trüeb
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   2013 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.620kg
ISBN:  

9783642355028

ISBN 10:   3642355021
Pages:   204
Publication Date:   14 March 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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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.                                                                                                                             

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Ralph M. Trueb is a Professor of Dermatology. He received his MD and Swiss Board Certification for Dermatology and Venereology as well as for Allergology and Clinical Immunology from the University of Zurich, Switzerland. In 1994-5 he spent a year at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, with Rick Sontheimer and at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Dallas, with Bruce Beutler to complete his Fellowship in Immunodermatology. After 20 years' tenure at the Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Zurich, where he set up and was head of the Hair Consultation Clinic, in 2010 he established his private Center for Dermatology and Hair Diseases in Zurich-Wallisellen. He is a past President of the European Hair Research Society (2008-11) and founding President of the Swiss Skin and Hair Foundation (2011). His clinical research interests focus on hair loss in women, inflammatory phenomena, hair aging and anti-aging, and patient expectation management. He is the author of 165 peer-reviewed scientific publications, and author or editor of five textbooks on hair.

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