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August 2002 in “The American Journal of Medicine” Atorvastatin may cause hair loss in some people.
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November 2009 in “Experimental dermatology” Ionizing radiation damages human hair follicles by stopping cell growth, causing cell death, disrupting color, and increasing stress and damage markers.
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