INTRODUCTION: Hair shedding is a common consequence of the normal hair cycle that changes with internal and external factors. @entity393 ( @entity393 ) is difficult to assess in terms of shedding severity as the conscious perception of hair shedding varies according to each individual, and most utilized methods are semi-invasive or very time consuming. In this study, we establish and validate a hair-shedding scale for @entity1 with thick hair of different lengths. METHODS: A visual analog scale was developed for thick hair of short, medium, and long lengths by dividing a bundle of hairs of each length into nine piles of increasing hair amount that were then photographed and arranged in order of size. Twenty @entity1 with no @entity393 with each length of hair (60 total) were asked to select the photographed hair bundle that best correlated with the amount of hair they shed on an average day. A total of 94 @entity1 with @entity393 with excessive shedding were then asked to repeat the same process. RESULTS: @entity1 with no @entity393 and short, medium and long hair had mean shedding scores of 2.5, 2.35 and 2.4, respectively. @entity1 with @entity393 and short, medium and long hair had mean shedding scores of 7.25, 7.0 and 7.14, respectively. Statistically significant Spearman's    coefficient and k coefficient demonstrated correlation and inter-observer reliability. CONCLUSION: Our results show that @entity1 with @entity393 not only shed considerable hair more than @entity1 with no @entity393 , but that this hair-shedding visual scale is a fast and effective method of evaluating hair-shedding amounts in an office setting.

The Hair Shedding Visual Scale: A Quick Tool to Assess Hair Loss in XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'Women'] @entity393 :: ('MESH:D034381', 'Disease') :: ['Female pattern hair loss', 'FPHL']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['Women']
