Join us for a live chat, tonight at 8pm ET to discuss what to do about hair loss and excess hair. We’ll discuss the report A Woman’s Guide to Hair Loss and Excess Hair with Dr. Sandy Tsao, the report’s editing doctor of Harvard Medical School. During the chat you can ask her questions, share tips and get advice from other members! If you received a copy of the report we really hope you’ll join. And even if you didn’t receive on I’m sure the chat will be helpful! One Gather member who participates in the live discussion between 8-9pm ET will win 250 Gather Points™.

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Sandy Tsao, M.D., Associate Program Director for Dermatologic Surgery, Harvard Medical School Instructor in Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital.

We’re looking for 15 reviewers for A Woman’s Guide to Hair Loss and Excess Hair written by Harvard Medical Professionals. Read the below for the report’s synopsis:

How much time do you spend taking care of your hair each day? Multiply that time by the estimated number of days in your lifetime and you will get some idea of the importance of hair in your life.

This report details the common (and not-so-common) hair and scalp problems faced by women, such as female-pattern baldness, which tends first to be noticeable as a widening part line. How effective is the hair-growth drug minoxidil for women? What can women do about sudden hair loss and what role can hair transplants play for this problem? This report answers these and many other questions about hair loss. Also in this report is information on the causes and treatment of hirsutism, or too much hair in the wrong places. Hirsutism, which is unique to women, affects up to one in 20 women in their childbearing years. In addition to descriptions and illustrations of the hidden world of the hair follicle, this report also includes snippets of entertaining hair information and “myth busters” designed to clarify common misconceptions about hair.

Prepared by the editors of Harvard Health Publications in collaboration with Sandy Tsao, M.D., Associate Program Director for Dermatologic Surgery, Harvard Medical School Instructor in Dermatology,  Massachusetts General Hospital. 40 pages. (2009)

Gather will be holding a LIVE chat with the editing doctor for this report on Tuesday, August 18^th at 8PM ET and requests that all reviewers participate – as well as other members too! It’ll be a very informative and helpful chat so please join us. More details to come soon.

To receive a copy, please comment in the comment thread below and confirm that you will be available for the live chat on August 18^th at 8PM ET and are willing to write a review.

Gather will choose 15 reviewers at random to receive a copy of the report. All comments must be made by EOD Wednesday, August 5^th. All reviews should be published to the Health Group and Harvard Health Group.