Hijab and hair loss: a cross‐sectional analysis of information on <scp>YouTube</scp>

Shareef, Sarah J; Rehman, Rafey; Seale, Lauren; Mohammad, Tasneem F.; Fahs, Fatima

doi:10.1111/ijd.16092

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“…Our results suggest that hair loss due to TE with underlying vitamin D de ciency or seborrheic dermatitis may be associated with wearing a hijab more often than hair loss related to traction [3,4]. Studies have suggested that women who wear a hijab may have lower vitamin D levels than those who do not wear a hijab, perhaps because women who wear a hijab cover most of their bodies when outdoors [1,2].…”

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The development of non-scarring alopecia in women who wear the hijab

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Little is known about hair loss associated with wearing the hijab, a religious head covering worn by Muslim women. We performed a single-center analysis to investigate the association between various forms of non-scarring alopecia and wearing the hijab. This study included 125 patients who wore the hijab and 40 race/ethnicity-matched women who did not wear the hijab. Among the 165 total patients diagnosed between January 2015 and March 2022, 71 had telogen effluvium, 78 had female pattern hair loss, and 16 had traction alopecia. We found patients who wore the hijab had a younger mean age of alopecia onset than patients who did not wear the hijab (31.5 vs. 37.3 years; P = 0.02). Our study suggests that vitamin D deficiency (OR 4.1; 95% CI 1.2–14.1; P = 0.02) and seborrheic dermatitis (OR 2.9; 95% CI 1.1–8.1; P = 0.03) may significantly impact the development of telogen effluvium in patients who wear the hijab. Targeting these risk factors among patients who wear the hijab may be considered to prevent hair loss.

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“…There is growing interest in understanding whether hair loss may be caused by wearing the hijab, a religious head covering worn by Muslim women, as this topic has surpassed 17 million views on YouTube [4]. While hijab-associated hair loss has been anecdotally noticed, few studies have investigated this phenomenon [3].…”

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“…1 SARS CoV-2 can induce both a classic viral eruption and a paraviral eruption. 1 In our cases, we consider EP as a paraviral manifestation of COVID-19 because lesions appeared several weeks after the onset of COVID-19. This disease has also been reported after anti-SARS CoV-2 vaccination.…”

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“…1,2 No specific treatment for EP is required because of its benign nature. 1,2 Etiology is still unknown. [1][2][3] Associations with viral infections 1-3 such as echo virus, adenovirus, and CMV, insect bites, 4 and familiar aggregation cases 5 have been reported in patients with EP.…”

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