Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

then I feel like I have to start all over again.

But they're trying to do it.

Yes, it's throughout the cycle.

And these are patients who usually come to the office asking for help.

They say, I can't get rid of my acne.

I always say, if you're older than 25 and you're struggling with acne and you come to my office and you're asking for spironolactone and Accutane,

something's not right, right?

If you have hair thinning, like you brush your hair and you lose tons of hair.

I mean, these are patients you could look at their scalp and you know they're losing hair.

I'm not talking about the hair loss that you get postpartum.

Do you know what that's transitional and it recovers in like nine to 12 months.

These are symptoms that persist, and as these patients get older, it becomes more and more and more significant.

But the reason I gave that big picture is I always look at other factors.

Are they having a hard time losing weight?

Do they have mood disorder?

Do they have any history of eating disorder?

Have they been on Accutane?

Do they go on laser therapy?

their hair like twice a year because they can't get rid of it.

It's a pattern that you will know.