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Common causes of patchy hair loss are: alopecia areata (patches of baldness that usually grow back) traction alopecia (thinning from tight braids or ponytails) trichotillomania (the habit of twisting or pulling hair out) tinea capitis (fungal infection). The amount and patterns of baldness can vary greatly; it ranges from male and female pattern alopecia (androgenic alopecia, also called androgenetic alopecia or alopecia androgenetica), alopecia areata, which involves the loss of some of the hair from the head, and alopecia totalis, which involves the loss of all head hair, to the most extreme form, alopecia universalis, which involves the loss of all hair from the head and the body. Continue reading →