Hair Quiz
Non-diagnostic • Private
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3–5 minute online scalp assessment

What’s driving your hair loss pattern?

A structured, gender-aware screener that maps your answers to common clinical patterns (AGA, TE, AA, traction, thyroid, nutrition). Designed as a non-diagnostic prep tool for better consultations.

  • Clean, clinician-style layout with per-question notes
  • Adaptive flow by sex, pattern, timing and triggers
  • No sign-up required to see on-screen results

Key references (for methodology)

  1. AGA pattern distributions. Classic Norwood/Hamilton (masculine patterns) and Ludwig (feminine patterns) descriptions of vertex, frontal and part-line thinning.
  2. Diffuse vs patterned loss. Distinction between global telogen shedding and patterned miniaturisation to separate AGA from TE and mixed pictures.
  3. Trigger latency. Telogen effluvium latency of roughly 2–3 months after major physiological or psychological stressors, illness, surgery or rapid weight change.
  4. Autoimmune features. Patch distribution, “exclamation mark” hairs, nail pitting and eyebrow involvement when considering alopecia areata.
  5. Traction-related changes. Hairline and margin involvement in chronic tension hairstyles, including the possibility of reversibility when traction is reduced early.
  6. Endocrine influences. Role of thyroid dysfunction in diffuse telogen shedding, and interaction with other systemic illnesses.
  7. Nutritional and iron factors. How iron stores, calorie restriction and restrictive diets may influence shedding in susceptible individuals, and why supplementation should be individualised.
  8. Postpartum and hormonal shifts. Postpartum telogen shedding patterns and the impact of hormonal contraception or withdrawal on the hair cycle.
  9. Scarring vs non-scarring. The importance of early recognition of potential scarring features to guide in-person assessment, biopsy and imaging when appropriate.

The quiz logic is distilled from widely taught clinical teaching points and not a substitute for guideline-based diagnosis.

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Methodology: Features mapped to commonly taught clinical patterns. Non-diagnostic.

Key references

  1. AGA pattern distributions. Classic Norwood/Hamilton (masculine patterns) and Ludwig (feminine patterns) descriptions of vertex, frontal and part-line thinning.
  2. Diffuse vs patterned loss. Distinction between global telogen shedding and patterned miniaturisation to separate AGA from TE and mixed pictures.
  3. Trigger latency. Telogen effluvium latency of roughly 2–3 months after major physiological or psychological stressors, illness, surgery or rapid weight change.
  4. Autoimmune features. Patch distribution, “exclamation mark” hairs, nail pitting and eyebrow involvement when considering alopecia areata.
  5. Traction-related changes. Hairline and margin involvement in chronic tension hairstyles, including the possibility of reversibility when traction is reduced early.
  6. Endocrine influences. Role of thyroid dysfunction in diffuse telogen shedding, and interaction with other systemic illnesses.
  7. Nutritional and iron factors. How iron stores, calorie restriction and restrictive diets may influence shedding in susceptible individuals, and why supplementation should be individualised.
  8. Postpartum and hormonal shifts. Postpartum telogen shedding patterns and the impact of hormonal contraception or withdrawal on the hair cycle.
  9. Scarring vs non-scarring. The importance of early recognition of potential scarring features to guide in-person assessment, biopsy and imaging when appropriate.