Did you know that the oldest dermatological prescription is a 5,500 year old Egyptian remedyfor hair loss? People have searched for answers to their hair loss concerns ever since that time.
In the early years of my dermatology medical practice, I prepared written information on hair loss for my patients, including copies of articles and books on hair loss written by various authors. More than ten years ago I became one of the first to provide accurate information about hair loss on the Internet, with my web site, www.hairdoc.com. The Internet has been a wonderful resource for patient education; however, it also has disadvantages. I have visited dozens of hair loss web sites selling dubious treatment products, that feature inaccurate or incomplete information.
Based on my contact with my own patients, communications with other physicians, and the hundreds of emails I receive from worried people from all over the world who are losing their hair, it is clear to me that there is still an extraordinary amount of confusion about hair loss, and about solutions that really work. The general public needs a source for answers to hair loss questions.
I wrote this book to address that need.
I want to thank Jerry Litt, MD. for his generous help in proofreading this manuscript, and for writing the book "Drug Eruption Reference Manual", which I refer to regularly in my office when confronted with a patient with hair loss due to medications. I would also like to thank Alice Do, one of my brightest medical students, for her illustrations. I thank Gary Grossman for editing this book, and most of all I thank all of my patients over the years, whose appreciation for my work has made my medical practice both rewarding and enjoyable.
Peter J. Panagotacos, MD.
San Francisco CA
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