Hair loss is one of the most emotionally loaded problems in dermatology — and one of the most poorly served. The internet offers a thousand cures; the pharmacy shelf offers a hundred more. What most sufferers never get is the one thing that actually determines the outcome: a diagnosis. Because “hair loss” is not one condition. It’s a symptom of at least a dozen, each with a different treatment.
Pattern (androgenetic) hair loss responds to medication that stabilises and regrows. Telogen effluvium — the massive shedding that follows stress, illness, childbirth, or crash dieting — usually resolves once its trigger is addressed. Alopecia areata is autoimmune and needs entirely different therapy. Scarring alopecias destroy follicles permanently if not caught early. These conditions can look similar in the mirror but are worlds apart under a trichoscope — and treating the wrong one wastes the months in which the right treatment would have worked.
Your consultation includes a scalp examination under trichoscopy (magnified imaging of follicles), a review of your history — medications, diet, stress, family pattern, styling habits — and blood work where indicated: iron, thyroid, vitamin D, and hormones are frequent culprits. From there, treatment may combine prescription therapy, PRP or mesotherapy to stimulate follicles, and correction of whatever the blood panel reveals.
Nail changes are dismissed as cosmetic until they aren’t. Fungal infections spread slowly and resist home remedies once established under the plate. Ingrown nails become recurrently infected. And some nail changes — pitting, ridging, dark streaks — are early signals of psoriasis, systemic disease, or, rarely, melanoma. A dermatologist reads nails the way a cardiologist reads an ECG: quickly, and for things you’d never guess were visible there.
Most hair loss clinics sell a treatment; we start with a diagnosis. Our dermatologists examine your scalp under magnification, order the right investigations instead of guessing, and tell you honestly which category your hair loss falls into — including when the answer is reassurance rather than treatment. Because six months on the wrong protocol is six months your follicles didn’t have to spare.
If your hair is shedding, thinning, or simply behaving differently — or a nail problem keeps returning — book a dermatology consultation at Dermax Medical Center in Dubai. Get the diagnosis first; the right treatment follows from it.
Early. If shedding lasts beyond three months, thinning becomes visible, or you notice patches, book an assessment. Early diagnosis matters enormously — some conditions are fully reversible when caught promptly, and scarring types can permanently close the treatment window if ignored.
Fifty to a hundred hairs a day is normal cycling. Alarm signals are different: handfuls in the shower, a widening part line, a shrinking ponytail, or patches. A trichoscopy exam settles the question objectively in minutes — often the answer is reassurance.
For androgenetic thinning and some shedding conditions, yes — studies and our clinical experience show increased density and thicker hair shafts after a course of three to four sessions. It works best on thinning follicles, not bald skin, which is why candidacy assessment comes first. We'll tell you honestly if you're past the point where PRP helps.
Usually because treatment stopped too early or never reached the infection under the nail plate. Established fungal infections need months of consistent therapy — topical, oral, or laser-assisted — confirmed by how the nail grows out. We also address the reinfection sources: shoes, showers, and adjacent nails.
Genuinely, yes. Major stress, illness, surgery, or rapid weight loss can push a large share of follicles into their resting phase simultaneously — the shedding appears two to three months after the trigger, which is why the connection is often missed. The reassuring part: once the trigger passes, this type typically recovers fully.
Sometimes. Tight hairstyles cause traction alopecia along the hairline; harsh chemical treatments break shafts; some products inflame the scalp. These are among the easiest diagnoses to fix — and the exam distinguishes them from internal causes quickly.
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