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2,500,000 Men, Women and Children suffer from Alopecia Areata (National Alopecia Areata Foundation estimate)
"200,000 estimated to undergo Chemotherapy treatments for Cancer annually". (Dr. Malcolm Moore - Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital)
The largest percentage of these individuals will experience temporary hair loss. 16,700 Estimated figure of brain tumors that will be diagnosed in 1991. Approximately 80% will receive radiation treatments to the head which well cause permanent hair loss. (National Cancer Institute)
Other cancers can migrate to the head making this figure much higher.
Thousands more will experience hair loss through serious burns to the scalp.
2,500,000 Estimated to experience temporary and permanent hair loss due to other abnormalities of the hair and scalp as well as obsessive compulsive disorders, diet deficiencies traction alopecia, etc.
