A Woman With Generalized Hair Loss

John Petrilli; Madeline Erwich

Child With a Single Small Lesion

Oct 2025

Diary of a Family Physician

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A Woman With Generalized Hair Loss

John Petrilli, MD

Madeline Erwich, BS

American Family Physician. 2025;112(4):447-448.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

JOHN PETRILLI, MD, and MADELINE ERWICH, BS, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa

Address correspondence to John Petrilli, MD, at jpe@usf.edu.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

1.Piérard GE, Piérard-Franchimont C, Marks R, et al. EEMCO guidance for the assessment of hair shedding and alopecia. Skin Pharmacol Physiol. 2004;17(2):98-110.
2.Wolff K, Johnson RA. Section 32: disorders of hair follicles and related disorders. In: Fitzpatrick’s Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology. 6th ed. McGraw-Hill; 2009: 962–1071.
3.Mounsey AL, Reed SW. Diagnosing and treating hair loss. Am Fam Physician. 2009;80(4):356-362.
4.Krasowska D, Szymanek M, Schwartz RA, et al. Cutaneous effects of the most commonly used antidepressant medication, the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2007;56(5):848-853.
5.Kıvrak Y, Yağcı İ, Üstündağ MF, et al. Diffuse hair loss induced by sertraline use. Case Rep Psychiatry. 2015;2015:703453.
6.Kern DM, Cepeda MS, Defalco F, et al. Treatment patterns and sequences of pharmacotherapy for patients diagnosed with depression in the United States: 2014 through 2019. BMC Psychiatry. 2020;20(1):4.

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[afp20251000p447-b1] 1.Piérard GE, Piérard-Franchimont C, Marks R, et al. EEMCO guidance for the assessment of hair shedding and alopecia. Skin Pharmacol Physiol. 2004;17(2):98-110.

[afp20251000p447-b2] 2.Wolff K, Johnson RA. Section 32: disorders of hair follicles and related disorders. In: Fitzpatrick’s Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology. 6th ed. McGraw-Hill; 2009: 962–1071.

[afp20251000p447-b3] 3.Mounsey AL, Reed SW. Diagnosing and treating hair loss. Am Fam Physician. 2009;80(4):356-362.

[afp20251000p447-b4] 4.Krasowska D, Szymanek M, Schwartz RA, et al. Cutaneous effects of the most commonly used antidepressant medication, the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2007;56(5):848-853.

[afp20251000p447-b5] 5.Kıvrak Y, Yağcı İ, Üstündağ MF, et al. Diffuse hair loss induced by sertraline use. Case Rep Psychiatry. 2015;2015:703453.

[afp20251000p447-b6] 6.Kern DM, Cepeda MS, Defalco F, et al. Treatment patterns and sequences of pharmacotherapy for patients diagnosed with depression in the United States: 2014 through 2019. BMC Psychiatry. 2020;20(1):4.

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