Common causes of Baldness

Causes of Baldness that are very common

The following causes of Baldness are diseases or medical conditions that affect more than 10 million people in the USA:

• Thyroid disorder
• Thyroid disorders - thinning hair

Causes of Baldness that are common

The following causes of Baldness are diseases or conditions that affect more than 1 million people in the USA:

• Autoimmune disease
• Autoimmune thyroid diseases - thinning hair
• Childbirth - hair gets stronger during pregnancy and falls out after birth.
• Graves Disease - thinning hair
• Hashimoto's Thyroiditis - hair loss
• Lupus - hair loss
• Polycystic ovary syndrome - thinning hair
• Psoriasis
• SLE
• Systemic lupus erythematosus

Causes of Baldness that are uncommon

The following causes of Baldness are diseases or conditions that affect more than 200,000 people, but less than 1 million people in the USA:

• Anorexia Nervosa - balding scalp
• Cirrhosis of the liver - baldness
• Klinefelter syndrome - sparse facial hair

Causes of Baldness that are rare

The offical US government definition of a "rare" disease is one that affects 200,000 people or less. The following causes of Baldness appear in the population at a rate of less than 200,000 people per year in the USA:

• Incontinentia pigmenti - sparse hair
• Parry-Romberg syndrome

Causes of Baldness that are very rare

The following causes of Baldness appear in the population at a rate of substantially less than 200,000 people per year in the USA:

• Addison's Disease - underarm hair loss
• Cushing's syndrome - loss of scalp hair
• Leprosy - loss of eyelashes
• Melanoma - Hair loss
• Syphilis - patchy hair loss

Causes of Baldness without any prevalence information

The following causes of Baldness are ones for which we do not have any prevalence information.

• 1q deletion - sparse hair
• Aarskog-Ose-Pande syndrome - sparse hair
• Ablepharon-macrostomia syndrome - sparse hair
• Ackerman syndrome - sparse body hair
• Acrofacial dysostosis, Palagonia type - sparse scalp hair
• Acrokeratosis paraneoplastica of Bazex
• Addison's Disease - underarm hair loss
• Adrenal adenoma, familial - baldness
• Adrenal Cancer - baldness
• Adrenal cortex insufficiency
• Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms - baldness
• Adrenal gland hyperfunction - baldness
• Adrenal incidentaloma - baldness
• Adrenocortical carcinoma - baldness
• ADULT syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Aging - Balding
• Albendazole
• Alopecia - temporary hair loss
• Alopecia areata - balding
• Alopecia immunodeficiency - sparse scalp hair
• Alopecia mental retardation syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Alopecia mucinosa
• Alopecia totalis - baldness
• Alopecia universalis - baldness
• Alopecia, epilepsy, pyorrhea, mental subnormality - sparse scalp hair
• Alopecia, mental retardation and neurological problems - baldness
• Alopecia-contractures-dwarfism-mental retardation - sparse hair
• Alstrom syndrome - baldness
• Alves Castelo dos Santos syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Amiodarone
• Aplasia cutis congenital - intestinal lymphangiectasia - sparse scalp hair
• Arctic bearded seal poisoning - hair loss
• AREDYLD - sparse hair
• Argininosuccinic aciduria - fragile hair
• Arthrogryposis IUGR thoracic dystrophy - sparse scalp hair
• Atopic dermatitis
• Atrichia - mental and growth delay - absent scalp hair
• Australian Sea Lion poisoning - hair loss
• Autoimmune adrenalitis
• Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy syndrome, type 1 - loss of hair
• Autumn crocus poisoning - temporary hair loss
• Bagatelle-Cassidy syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Baldness
• Bamboo hair syndrome - sparse hair
• Bamforth syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Basaran-Yilmaz syndrome - fragile hair
• Bazex-Dupre-Christol syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Berlin Breakage syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Biotin deficiency - hair loss
• Biotinidase deficiency
• Bjornstad syndrome - fragile hair
• Blepharitis - loss of eyelashes
• Bullous dystrophy, macular type - sparse scalp hair
• Canada-Cronkhite syndrome
• Cantu syndrome
• Capecitabine poisoning - hair loss
• Carbon Baby Syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome - sparse hair
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 1 - hair loss
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 10 - hair loss
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 11 - hair loss
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 12 - hair loss
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 13 - hair loss
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 2 - hair loss
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 3 - hair loss
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 4 - hair loss
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 5 - hair loss
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 6 - hair loss
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 7 - hair loss
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 8 - hair loss
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 9 - hair loss
• Cerebellar ataxia - ectodermal dysplasia - sparse scalp hair
• Certain medications
• Chagas' disease
• Chemical poisoning - Borates - loss of hair
• Chemical poisoning - Hexachlorobenzene - loss of hair
• Chemical poisoning - Thallium Sulfate - loss of scalp hair
• Chemotherapy
• Childbirth - hair gets stronger during pregnancy and falls out after birth.
• Chondrodystrophia calcificans congenita - sparse hair
• Chondrodystrophia punctata, autosomal dominant - sparse hair
• Christianson Fourie syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Chromosome 1, monosomy 1q25 q32 - sparse scalp hair
• Chromosome 1, monosomy 1q4 - sparse scalp hair
• Chromosome 16p, partial duplication - sparse hair
• Chromosome 16q, partial duplication - sparse hair
• Chromosome 19p duplication syndrome - sparse hair
• Chromosome 1q deletion - Sparse hair
• Chromosome 1q duplication syndrome - sparse hair
• Chromosome 2, monosomy 2q37 - sparse hair
• Chromosome 22, trisomy - sparse hair
• Chronic fever
• Cidofovir
• Cirrhosis of the liver - baldness
• Cleft lip palate - oligodontia - syndactyly - pili torti - fragile hair
• Clomifene
• Coffin-Siris Syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Coloboma - hair abnormality - sparse hair
• Combined oral contraceptive pill
• Comel-Netherton Syndrome - sparse hair
• Congenital alopecia X-linked - sparse hair
• Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1M - sparse hair
• Congenital hypotrichosis milia - sparse hair
• Conradi-Huenermann Syndrome - sparse hair
• Conradi-Hunermann syndrome - sparse hair
• Copper deficiency, familial benign - sparse hair
• Cronkhite-Canada disease - hair loss
• Cushing's syndrome - loss of scalp hair
• Cutaneous T cell lymphoma
• Danazol
• Deafness - pili torti -hypogonadism - sparse scalp hair
• Dennis cohen syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Dermatopathia pigmentosa reticularis
• Dermo-odontodysplasia - sparse scalp hair
• Discoid lupus erythematosus - hair loss
• Dubowitz syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Dyskeratosis Congenita - sparse hair
• Dyskeratosis congenita of Zinsser-Cole-Engman - sparse hair
• Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa - sparse hair
• Ectodermal dysplasia - sparse hair
• Ectodermal dysplasia - alopecia - preaxial polydactyly - sparse scalp hair
• Ectodermal dysplasia - arthrogryposis - diabetes mellitus - sparse scalp hair
• Ectodermal dysplasia - blindness - sparse hair
• Ectodermal dysplasia - ectrodactyly - macular dystrophy - sparse scalp hair
• Ectodermal dysplasia - hypohidrotic - hypothyroidism - ciliary diskinesia - sparse scalp hair
• Ectodermal dysplasia - neurosensory deafness - sparse scalp hair
• Ectodermal dysplasia anhidrotic - sparse scalp hair
• Ectodermal dysplasia trichoodontoonychial type - sparse hair
• Ectodermal dysplasia with natal teeth, Turnpenny type - sparse scalp hair
• Ectodermal dysplasia, 'pure' hair-nail type - sparse hair
• Ectodermal dysplasia, anhidrotic with T-cell immunodeficiency, autosomal dominant - sparse scalp hair
• Ectodermal dysplasia, Berlin type - sparse hair
• Ectodermal dysplasia, hypohidrotic, autosomal dominant - sparse hair
• Ectodermal dysplasia, hypohidrotic, autosomal recessive - sparse hair
• Ectodermal dysplasia, hypohidrotic, with immune deficiency - sparse scalp hair
• Ectodermal dysplasia, Margarita type - sparse scalp hair
• Ectodermal dysplasia/ skin fragility syndrome - sparse hair
• Ectrodactyly ectrodermal dysplasia - sparse scalp hair
• Ectrodactyly-ectodermal dysplasia-cleft lip/cleft palate - sparse hair
• EEC syndrome - sparse hair
• Eflornithine
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, progeroid form - sparse scalp hair
• Epidermal nevus - vitamin D resistant rickets - sparse scalp hair
• Epidermolysis bullosa, lethal acantholytic - loss of hair
• Erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp - loss of hair
• Erythroderma
• Euhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia - sparse scalp hair
• Excessive shampoo or hair-drying
• Familial hypopituitarism - hair loss
• Familial hypothyroidism - hair loss
• Female pattern baldness
• Feminisation - loss of facial hair
• FG Syndrome - sparse hair
• FG syndrome 1 - sparse hair
• FG syndrome 2 - sparse hair
• FG syndrome 3 - sparse hair
• FG syndrome 4 - sparse hair
• FG syndrome 5 - sparse hair
• Fischer Syndrome - sparse hair
• Fitzsimmons-McLachlan-Gilbert syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Focal alopecia congenital - megalencephaly - patchy hair loss
• Focal dermal hypoplasia - sparse hair
• Freire-Maia odontotrichomelic syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Freire-Maia syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Functioning pancreatic endocrine tumor - loss of scalp hair
• Gamborg nielsen syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• GAPO syndrome - absence of scalp hair
• Garret-Tripp syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Generalized lipodystrophy with mental retardation, deafness, short stature and slender bones - sparse facial hair
• Generalized pustular psoriasis - hair loss
• Gestrinone
• Glomerulonephritis - sparse hair - telangiectases - sparse scalp hair
• Glory lily poisoning - hair loss
• Glucocorticoid resistance - male-pattern baldness
• Graft versus host disease - chronic - hair loss
• Granulomatous hypophysitis - reduced genital hair
• Graves Disease - thinning hair
• Growth Hormone Receptor Deficiency - sparse hair
• Haemochromatosis
• Hair conditions - Loss of hair
• Hair defect photosensitivity mental retardation - sparse hair
• Hair defect with photosensitivity and mental retardation - sparse hair
• HAIR-AN Syndrome - loss of scalp hair
• Hallermann-Streiff syndrome (HSS)
• Hanhart syndrome type IV - sparse hair
• Hashimoto's Thyroiditis - hair loss
• Hay-Wells Syndrome - sparse hair
• Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type - sparse hair
• Heller-Nelson syndrome - sparse body hair
• Hemochromatosis type 3 - hair loss
• Heparin
• Herbal Agent overdose - Autumn Crocus - loss of hair
• Hereditary baldness
• Hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia
• Hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, type Christianson-Fourie - sparse scalp hair
• High fever
• Holocarboxylase synthase deficiency
• Homocystinuria - sparse hair
• Homocystinuria syndrome - sparse hair
• Hormonal disorders
• Hunter-Carpenter-Macdonald syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome
• Hyperadrenalism - baldness
• Hyperandrogenism - loss of scalp hair
• Hyperthyroidism - thinning hair
• Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism - syndactyly - sparse scalp hair
• Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism alopecia - sparse scalp hair
• Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia - sparse scalp hair
• Hypopituitarism - reduced genital hair
• Hypothyroidism
• Hypothyroidism - cleft palate - sparse scalp hair
• Hypothyroidism - dermoid cyst - cleft palate - sparse scalp hair
• Hypotrichosis - ichthyosis, congenital - sparse scalp hair
• Hypotrichosis - lymphoedema - telangiectasia - sparse hair
• Hypotrichosis simplex - sparse hair
• IBIDS syndrome - sparse hair
• Ichthyosiform Erythroderma, Corneal Involvement and Deafness Syndrome - absent scalp hair
• Ichthyosiform erythroderma, nonbullous congenital - loss of eyelashes
• Ichthyosis and male hypogonadism - sparse scalp hair
• Ichthyosis male hypogonadism - sparse scalp hair
• Ichthyosis with hypotrichosis, autosomal recessive - sparse scalp hair
• Ichthyosis, Keratosis Follicularis Spinulosa Decalvans - baldness
• Interferon alpha
• Irinotecan
• Iris coloboma, macrocephaly, agenesis of the corpus callosum, brachydactyly and mental retardation - sparse hair
• Iron deficiency
• Jadassohn-Lewandowsky syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Jorgenson syndrome - sparse hair
• Judge-Misch-Wright syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Juvenile macular degeneration and hypotrichosis - hair loss
• Juvenile macular degeneration, hypotrichosis - hair loss
• Kaler-Garrity-Stern syndrome - sparse hair
• Katsantoni-Papadakou-Lagoyanni syndrome - sparse hair
• Keratitis Ichthyosis Deafness Syndrome - absent scalp hair
• Keratosis follicularis - dwarfism - cerebral atrophy - sparse scalp hair
• Keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans - patchy hair loss
• Keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans cum ophiasi
• Keratosis pilaris
• Lactic acidosis congenital infantile - loss of scalp hair
• Lamellar ichthyosis - sparse scalp hair
• Lamellar ichthyosis, autosomal dominant form - sparse scalp hair
• Lamellar ichthyosis, type 1 - sparse scalp hair
• Lamellar ichthyosis, type 2 - sparse scalp hair
• Lamellar ichthyosis, type 3 - sparse scalp hair
• Lamellar ichthyosis, type 5 - sparse scalp hair
• Laron Dwarfism - sparse hair
• Laron Pituitary Dwarfism - sparse hair
• Laron Syndrome - sparse hair
• Laron Type Pituitary Dwarfism 1 - sparse hair
• Laron-type Dwarfism Phenotypic Syndrome - sparse hair
• Leflunomide
• Lepromatous leprosy
• Leprosy - loss of eyelashes
• Leukomelanoderma, infantilism, mental retardation, hypodontia, hypotrichosis - sparse hair
• Loose anagen syndrome - sparse hair
• Macrocephaly, rhizomelia and conductive hearing loss - sparse hair
• Madokoro-Ohdo-Sonoda syndrome - sparse hair
• Male pattern baldness
• Mandibuloacral dysplasia - sparse hair
• Mandibuloacral dysplasia with type B lipodystrophy - sparse hair
• Marie Unna congenital hypotrichosis - loss of hair
• Marie Unna hereditary hypotrichosis
• Marinesco-Sjögren I - sparse hair
• Masculinisation - male pattern baldness
• McKusick type metaphyseal chondrodysplasia - sparse body hair
• Menkes Disease - sparse hair
• Menopause - thinning hair
• Mental retardation - blepharophimosis - obesity - web neck - sparse scalp hair
• Mental retardation - myopathy - short stature - endocrine defect - decreased body hair
• Mental retardation sparse hair brachydactyly - sparse hair
• Mesomelia radial hypoplasia bifid thumb unusual facies - sparse hair
• Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia, recessive type - sparse scalp hair
• Microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism, type 2 - sparse scalp hair
• Microcephaly - sparse hair - mental retardation - seizures - sparse scalp hair
• Microcephaly immunodeficiency lymphoreticuloma - sparse scalp hair
• Mikaelian syndrome - sparse hair
• Mitoxantrone
• Mohr syndrome - sparse hair
• Moloney syndrome - sparse hair
• Monilethrix
• Mowat-Wilson syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Moynahan syndrome III - sparse hair
• Multiple carboxylase deficiency, propionic acidemia - hair loss
• Myositis ossificans progressiva
• Myotonic Dystrophy - balding in males
• Myotonic dystrophy, type 2 - balding in males
• Myxedema - thinning hair
• Narrow oral fissure - short stature - cone-shaped epiphyses - sparse scalp hair
• Nasal hypoplasia, sparse hair, truncal obesity, genital hypoplasia and severe mental retardation - sparse hair
• Nervous hair pulling - usually in children
• Netherton syndrome ichthyosis - sparse hair
• Neuroectodermal endocrine syndrome - sparse hair
• Neuropathy, Hereditary Sensory, Type IV - sparse hair
• Nicolaides-Baraitser syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• NISCH syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Noonan-like syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Normal aging
• Oculo tricho dysplasia - sparse scalp hair
• Oculo-dento-digital dysplasia dominant - sparse hair
• Oculo-osteo-cutaneous syndrome - sparse hair
• Oculodentodigital syndrome - sparse hair
• Oculodentoosseous dysplasia dominant - sparse hair
• Oculodentoosseous dysplasia recessive - sparse scalp hair
• Odonto onycho dysplasia with alopecia - sparse body hair
• Odontoonychodermal dysplasia - sparse scalp hair
• OFD syndrome type 8 - sparse hair
• OFD syndrome type Figuera - sparse hair
• OFD syndrome type IX - sparse hair
• Onychotrichodysplasia and neutropenia - sparse hair
• Oral facial digital syndrome - sparse hair
• Oral facial digital syndrome, type IV - sparse hair
• Orofaciodigital syndrome Thurston type - sparse hair
• Orofaciodigital syndrome type 1
• Orofaciodigital syndrome type 10 - sparse hair
• Orofaciodigital syndrome, type 3 - sparse hair
• Orotic aciduria hereditary - sparse hair
• Pachydermoperiostosis - decreased facial hair
• Papular atrichia
• PIBIDS syndrome - sparse hair
• Picardi-Lassueur-Little syndrome - patchy hair loss
• Pili annulati - fragile hair
• Pili torti - fragile hair
• Pili torti - developmental delay - neurological abnormalities - fragile hair
• Pili torti - onychodysplasia - sparse scalp hair
• Pilo dento ungular dysplasia - microcephaly - sparse scalp hair
• Pituitary disorder
• Pituitary tumors, adult - reduced genital hair
• Poikiloderma of Rothmund-Thomson - sparse hair
• Polar bear poisoning - hair loss
• Pollitt syndrome - fragile hair
• Polyendocrine deficiency syndrome type 1 - hair loss
• Poor diet
• Primerose syndrome - sparse body hair
• Progeria - loss of eyelashes
• Progeroid syndrome, neonatal - sparse hair
• Progressive black carbon hyperpigmentation of infancy - sparse scalp hair
• Progressive kinking of the hair, acquired - hair loss
• Proguanil
• Proximal myotonic myopathy
• Pseudoprogeria syndrome
• Quinquaud's decalvans folliculitis - loss of hair
• Radiation sickness - hair loss
• Radiation therapy
• Rajab-Spranger syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Rapp-Hodgkin syndrome - sparse hair
• Resistance to thyroid stimulating hormone - hair loss
• Retinopathy - anaemia- CNS anomalies - sparse scalp hair
• Revesz Debuse syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Revesz Syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Reynolds-Neri-Hermann syndrome - sparse hair
• Rhizomelic syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Rieger anomaly - partial lipodystrophy - sparse hair
• Ringed seal poisoning - hair loss
• Roberts-SC Phocomelia - sparse hair
• Rodrigues blindness - sparse hair
• Rombo syndrome - decreased body hair
• Rosselli-Gulienetti syndrome
• Sabouraud syndrome - hair thinning
• Salti-Salem syndrome - decreased body hair
• Scalp defects - postaxial polydactyly - sparse scalp hair
• Scalp disorder
• Scalp fungal infection
• SCARF syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Schlegelberger-Grote syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Schopf-Schulz-Passarge syndrome
• Schäfer syndrome - patchy hair loss
• Seckel syndrome - sparse hair
• Seckel-like syndrome, type Buebel - sparse hair
• Secondary syphilis
• Selenium
• Selenium - overuse - hair loss
• Selenium poisoning - hair loss
• Senter syndrome - absent scalp hair
• Sequeiros-Sack syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Sheehan Syndrome - loss of pubic hair
• Short limbs subluxed knees cleft palate - sparse hair
• SHORT Syndrome - sparse hair
• Siemens syndrome - baldness
• Skeletal dysplasia - orofacial anomalies - sparse scalp hair
• Sparse hair - ptosis - mental retardation - sparse hair
• Sparse hair - short stature - skin anomalies - sparse hair
• Spastic paraplegia - neuropathy - poikiloderma - loss of eyelashes
• Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia, hypotrichosis - sparse hair
• Steroid abuse - baldness
• Sub clinical hypothyroidism - Hair loss
• Sugarman syndrome - sparse hair
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Taurodontia - absent teeth - sparse hair - sparse scalp hair
• Teebi-Shaltout syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Tetra-amelia with ectodermal dysplasia and lacrimal duct abnormalities - sparse scalp hair
• Tetramelic deficiencies - Ectodermal dysplasia - deformed ears - other abnormalities - sparse scalp hair
• Thrombocytopenia - Robin sequence - sparse scalp hair
• Thumb deformity, alopecia, pigmentation anomaly - sparse hair
• Tinea capitis
• Tooth and Nail syndrome - sparse hair
• Topotecan
• Total congenital alopecia
• Total Hypotrichosis, Mari type - sparse body hair
• Toxic epidermal necrolysis - loss of hair
• Traction alopecia
• Tribavirin
• Tricho odonto onycho dermal syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Tricho-odonto-onychial dysplasia - sparse scalp hair
• Tricho-onychic dysplasia - sparse scalp hair
• Trichodermodysplasia - dental alterations - sparse scalp hair
• Trichodysplasia xeroderma - sparse hair
• Trichomegaly - tapetoretinal degeneration - growth disturbance syndrome - sparse hair
• Trichorhinophalangeal syndrome type 1 - sparse hair
• Trichorhinophalangeal syndrome type 2 - sparse scalp hair
• Trichorrhexis nodosa syndrome - fragile hair
• Trichothiodystrophy - sun sensitivity - fragile hair
• Trichothiodystrophy, type C - fragile hair
• Trichothiodystrophy-neurocutaneous Syndrome - fragile hair
• Trichothiodystrophy-neurotrichocutaneous Syndrome of Pollitt - fragile hair
• Trichotillomania - bald patches
• Tuberculoid leprosy
• Uncombable hair syndrome - Absent scalp hair
• Universal Acquired Melanosis - sparse scalp hair
• Unusual facies and autosomal dominant hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia - sparse scalp hair
• Unusual facies and autosomal recessive hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia - sparse scalp hair
• Valproic acid
• Van Wyk-Grumbach syndrome - absent pubic hair
• Varadi Papp syndrome - sparse hair
• Vasculitis
• Vincristine
• Virilism - male-pattern baldness
• Virilizing ovarian tumor - baldness
• Vitamin A
• Vitamin A overdose - hair loss
• Vitamin D dependent rickets type 2a
• Vitamin H deficiency
• Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome
• Walrus poisoning - hair loss
• Werner syndrome - sparse hair
• Werner's syndrome
• Whelan syndrome - sparse hair
• Woodhouse Sakati syndrome - Balding
• Woolly hair - hypotrichosis - everted lower lip - outstanding ears - sparse hair
• Xylosylprotein 4-beta-galactosyltransferase (XGPT) deficiency - sparse scalp hair
• Yunis Varon syndrome - sparse scalp hair
• Zanier-Roubicek syndrome - sparse hair
• Zellweger-like syndrome, without peroxisomal anomalies - sparse scalp hair
• Zinc deficiency
• Zunich-Kaye syndrome - sparse hair

All Causes of Baldness

The full list of all possible causes for Baldness described in various sources is as follows:

• 1q deletion - sparse hair
• Aarskog-Ose-Pande syndrome - sparse hair
• Ablepharon-macrostomia syndrome - sparse hair
• Ackerman syndrome - sparse body hair
• Acrofacial dysostosis, Palagonia type - sparse scalp hair

See full list of possible disease causes of Baldness

Drug side effect causes of Baldness

• Chemotherapy
• Gout medications
• Arthritis medications
• Antidepressants
• High-dose Vitamin A