Hello, Doctors, is it possible too trigger alopecia areata and vitiligo by getting dental X-rays? When the machine takes X-rays of the teeth how it's places on the skin can the radiation from it damage melanocytes and causes vitiligo or the radiation damage hair follicles and cause hairloss such as patch hairloss on beard or if it hits the scalp area on the scalp? Thank you
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Answer: Can Radiation/Dental X-rays Cause Hair Loss or Vitiligo?
There is some confusion here about the diagnosis of hair loss. it’s important to understand we don’t diagnose AGA by looking solely behind the ears like this. Of course, one needs to know what’s happening on all the scalp but this is not how one renders a diagnosis of hair loss. Diagnoses of AG...
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