Signs and symptoms
... Having androgenetic alopecia may mean you experience hair loss as early as during your teen years. For men, this type of hair loss is typically characterized by hair loss that begins at the temples an...

Causes
... About 90 percent of the hair on most people''s scalp is in a 2- to 6-year growth (anagen) stage at any given time. The other 10 percent is in a 2- to 3-month resting (telogen) phase, after which time ...

Signs and symptoms
... The signs and symptoms of folliculitis vary, depending on the type of infection. In superficial forms of the disorder, small pimples develop around one or more hair follicles. One way to distinguish a...

Causes
... Every hair on your body grows from a follicle, a small pocket of modified skin. Although follicles are densest on your scalp, they occur everywhere except your palms, soles and mucous membranes such a...

Risk factors
... Anyone can develop folliculitis, but certain factors make you more susceptible to the condition. These include: Medical conditions that reduce your resistance to infection, such as diabetes, chronic l...

When to seek medical advice
... Mild cases of folliculitis often clear up without any treatment. But if the infection doesn''t improve in two or three days, appears to spread or recurs often, call your doctor or dermatologist. You m...

Screening and diagnosis
... Your doctor is likely to diagnose folliculitis simply by looking at your skin. When standard treatments fail to clear the infection, your doctor may send a sample taken from one of your pustules to a ...