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Patient Expectation Management

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The Difficult Hair Loss Patient

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Hair loss is a common dermatologic problem, and few dermatologic problems carry as much emotional overtones as the complaint of hair loss. Adding to some patient’s worry may be prior frustrating experiences with physicians, who tend to trivialize complaints of hair loss or dismiss them completely. This attitude on the part of physicians is related either to lack of comprehension of the impact of hair loss on quality of life or to lack of confidence in the treatment of alopecia.

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