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Years of progressive hair loss started dictating Jacqueline (JACK well linn) Toma's (TOE muhz) hair style.

Jacquelene Toma:

It's mostly in the front, that's why I've always worn bangs. I have to part my hair to the side. It's all, you know, in this area here.

Narrator:

Tests ruled out hormone and thyroid problems, but her dermatologist pinpointed a newly identified culprit.

Neil Sadick, M.D.:

A number of women who have diffuse hair loss will have some low-grade inflammation in their scalp. And then they will develop proteins called antibodies that will interact and actually destroy their hair follicles.

Narrator:

Doctor Neil Sadick (SAY dick) discovered the inflammation and antibody connection while testing women's scalp biopsies for signs of lupus, which can also cause hair loss.

Neil Sadick, M.D.:

This new finding, again, is not lupus, but a low-grade inflammation that can be associated with hair loss in a significant number of female individuals

Narrator:

Though the antibodies are a bad sign, all is not lost. Some hairs in a waiting stage can be saved with the right treatment.

Neil Sadick, M.D.:

In these women that have this so-called inflammation, or again reaction with antibodies, we're also introducing anti-inflammatory medications, like topical steroid lotions.

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Topical steroids, along with specialized hair products, may help these women maintain what they've got.

Neil Sadick, M.D.:

Moving those hairs back to the growing phase, we can significantly alter the cause of female pattern hair loss, in my opinion.

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It's a hair-saving plan Jacqueline's counting on, so she doesn't part with more. For WebMD, I'm Damon Meharg.

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