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Suggest Treatment For Severe Hair Loss In An Elderly Person

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Posted on Thu, 18 Feb 2016
Question: Hmm am 51 I have wonder what might cause hair on the arms to pull out very easily, I have loss of hair on the topping crown, but because of the hair pulling out very easily, I'm wondering if it might be a symptom of something bigger
Oh and I look slightly over weight but I don't way very much
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Answered by Dr. VINAY KUMAR (2 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Possibility of temporary effect of general health events

Detailed Answer:
Hello My Dear

Welcome.

I am Dr V XXXXXXX a Sr Dermatologist.

I have assessed your details and will try to help you solve this problem.

There could be various reasons for this condition like genetic, environmental, repeated friction, and some rare ones wherein the area involved would be widespread.

In this case it appears that it is due to friction and may be temporary decline in general health due to certain life events or health events like illness, improper diet, stress etc. Such cases tend to get better with time even without any treatment.

To improve the recovery, one can adopt following measures:

1 To wear loose clothing and avoid rubbing while bathing or avoid massaging

2 To reduce those activities in which your arms get friction against surfaces

3 To have your Hemoglobin checked and and to switch to balanced diet which additionally should benefit you in weight reduction

4 To observe if this picture is replicated in other body areas and to report the event

I hope you are in a better position now to deal with the problem.

I will be glad if you have more questions to be answered.

Best wishes
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Suggest Treatment For Severe Hair Loss In An Elderly Person

Brief Answer: Possibility of temporary effect of general health events Detailed Answer: Hello My Dear Welcome. I am Dr V XXXXXXX a Sr Dermatologist. I have assessed your details and will try to help you solve this problem. There could be various reasons for this condition like genetic, environmental, repeated friction, and some rare ones wherein the area involved would be widespread. In this case it appears that it is due to friction and may be temporary decline in general health due to certain life events or health events like illness, improper diet, stress etc. Such cases tend to get better with time even without any treatment. To improve the recovery, one can adopt following measures: 1 To wear loose clothing and avoid rubbing while bathing or avoid massaging 2 To reduce those activities in which your arms get friction against surfaces 3 To have your Hemoglobin checked and and to switch to balanced diet which additionally should benefit you in weight reduction 4 To observe if this picture is replicated in other body areas and to report the event I hope you are in a better position now to deal with the problem. I will be glad if you have more questions to be answered. Best wishes