Diffuse Alopecia in Women

Scalp Dysesthesia

“…Of our 11 patients, 7 (2 premenopausal and 5 postmenopausal) had mild androgenetic alopecia (AGA). In 1960, Sulzberger et al 6 reported that women with "diffuse alopecia" complained of associated scalp symptoms, including "spotty tenderness, tingling, crawling, itching, burning and uncomfortable awareness of the scalp." Mild AGA is common in women.…”

No Association between Serum Ferritin Levels >10 μg/l and Hair Loss Activity in Women

“…Female pattern hair loss (FPHL) and diffuse telogen effluvium (TE) account for the majority of cases [2,3,4,5,6,7]. In both conditions, low iron stores have been considered a possible contributing factor.…”

Proposing a Simpler Classification of Telogen Effluvium

“…Typically, the patient is a woman who claims having had a ‘full head of hair' but noticed that it ‘began suddenly' to ‘come out by the handful'. Usually, and in contrast to AGA, the patient is precise in specifying the date of onset of hair shedding and often complains of a ‘pain in the hair' (trichodynia) [4,17]. She is in good health and without signs of anorexia or nutrient deficiencies.…”

“…Actually, the first description of TE dates back to 1960, when Sulzberger et al [4] drew the attention of dermatologists to an unexplained apparent increase in the incidence of diffuse alopecia in women and described the main accompanying symptom, trichodynia. In the same year, Guy and Edmundson [5] reported on diffuse cyclic hair loss in women, stressing its characteristic intermittency.…”