Doctors say medications like minoxidil and finasteride can slow hair loss and, in some cases, promote regrowth.

If you have noticeable hair loss or want to prevent it, plenty of treatments can help. Prescription and over-the-counter products can nurture the scalp, strengthen each hair strand, stimulate ...

Zapping your follicles can make your grooming routine a whole lot easier—if you know what you’re doing.

In a clinic north of Baltimore, Myriam Lucia Vega Gonzalez meets patients every day of the week who have all types of hair loss. “It’s a very, very common complaint,” said Gonzalez, an assistant ...

What Are the Different Hair Types? Hair comes in four main types: straight, wavy, curly, and coily. Each hair type has its own unique characteristics. The four types are broken down into subtypes (A, ...

I spoke to board-certified dermatologists about how to tell the difference between hair loss and shedding. Experts also share ...

Neha Pathak, MD, FACP, DipABLM: Welcome to the WebMD Health Discovered Podcast. I'm Dr Neha Pathak, WebMD’s Chief Physician Editor for Health and Lifestyle Medicine. Today we're talking about alopecia ...