Key Information & Extra’s
Key Information
- Differential diagnosis crucial
- Consider other causes of hair loss:
- Hypothyroidism
- Anaemia
- Vitamin D deficiency
- Drug-induced (e.g. androgenic steroids, carbimazole)
- Scarring alopecia – Alopecia areata
- Traction alopecia
- Telogen effluvium
Extra’s
- Telogen effluvium: acute shedding 3 months post-triggering event
- Alopecia areata: patchy hair loss, may affect eyebrows/eyelashes
- Temporal hair loss: associated with hypothyroidism