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Myth and argument have long surrounded how frequently we should wash our hair: Regularly to maintain a clean healthy scalp and hair, or not at all to ‘preserve’ the scalp’s natural oils? Should we use shampoos and conditioners (and which ones are better), or just rinse the hair in water to effect a ‘chemical-free’ cleansing?

It would be the rare individual concerned about hair loss that hasn’t been told at least once it’s being caused by ‘stress’. Often a platitude and sometimes crudely correct, but what does the term mean? ‘Stressed, stress-out or under stress’ usually means that the circumstances of one’s internal or external milieu is causing hormonal changes

Frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA) is a potentially permanent hair loss condition, believed to be of autoimmune origin (1). FFA belongs to a group of inflammatory ‘scarring’ alopecia (2) where underlying skin structures are destroyed, and microscopic scar tissue develops. FFA is overwhelmingly observed in post-menopausal women, but occasionally seen in pre-menopausal women and males. Although