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Alopecia also known as hair loss:   Usually affects the scalp.  It is rarer and less conspicuous elsewhere on the body.  The hair follicle can generally regrow hair in the nonscarring form of this disorder (non cicatricial alopecia).  Scarring alopecia usually destroys the hair follicle, making hair loss irreversible.  The most common form of nonscarring...

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