although, there are already numerous patients like yours that are
complaining of baldness in their teenage years. There are many causes of baldness, alopecia areata is one with circular bald spot that they attribute to stress but uncommon to teenagers, while fungal infection called Tinea Capitis “ scalp ringworm” is characterized by patches of hair loss, there is also baldness caused by extreme hair care treatment and this is called Traction Alopecia.