A Nationwide Multicenter Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study On The Use of Non-dermatologic Facilities Among Patients With Hair Loss

Patients with hair loss often use alternative therapy or visit different non-dermatologist providers (NDPs) such as traditional medicine specialists, estheticians, and general practitioners without an accurate diagnosis of alopecia.(1-3) Since alopecia is often etiologically complex, there has been a rising concern regarding NDPs, who are not board-certified dermatologists, caring for such patients.(4, 5) Therefore, we performed a nationwide questionnaire study on the use of non-dermatologic facilities (NDFs) among patients with hair loss to better understand the pattern of NDF use.