Some commonly-used drugs can cause alopecia
Some commonly-used drugs can cause alopecia.
Some drugs are directly toxic to the hair follicle...causing severe hair loss that starts within several days or weeks.
This is what happens during chemotherapy with bleomycin...cyclophosphamide...doxorubicin...fluorouracil...paclitaxel...and others.
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