Table 2.

Healthcare seeking behavior related to hair loss and reported clinical characteristics of hair loss among 483 participants Jazan, Saudi Arabia

Variables	Frequency	Proportion
Respondents who consulted a physician to learn the cause of their hair loss	97	20.1%
Reported diagnoses associated with hair loss
Androgenic alopecia, hereditary	25	5.2%
Alopecia areata	1	0.2%
Telogen effluvium, as a result of stress or severe conditions	31	6.4%
Traction alopecia, (mechanical hair loss caused by repeated hair pulling and tension)	14	2.9%
Respondents who reported using medications to treat their hair loss	185	38.3%
Frequency of reported dandruff among the respondents with reported hair loss
Most days	124	25.7%
Sometimes	142	29.4%
Rarely	95	19.7%