Webinar: Approaching hair loss: A guide for GPs & non-dermatologists

In this 90-minute webinar and Q&A, specialist dermatologist Dr Ahmed Kazmi provides practical and pragmatic insights essential to help GPs and non-dermatologists effectively manage hair disorders.

This insightful webinar explores hair loss, focusing on a best practice approach for physicians seeing hair disorders in the primary care setting.

What is covered in the webinar

• Classification of alopecia: Understand the different types of alopecia and their implications for diagnosis and treatment.
• Scalp and hair examination: Learn techniques for a thorough examination, enabling you to identify key signs and symptoms.
• Differential diagnoses: Build a solid foundation by exploring common differential diagnoses associated with hair loss.
• Diagnostic process: Gain clarity on the diagnostic approach to hair loss, helping you make informed decisions in your practice.
• Treatment insights: Review treatment options and practical strategies to support your patients.

The webinar is tailored for GPs, practice nurses, cosmetic practitioners, trainee doctors, pharmacists, and other primary care medical professionals.

Webinar recording

What's next?

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Dr Ahmed Kazmi MRCP FACD

is a specialist dermatologist based in Melbourne. He is a keen medical educationalist and regularly provides dermatology teaching for GP colleagues, dermatology registrars, and medical students. He is a clinical senior lecturer for UWA. He enjoys all aspects of adult and general paediatric dermatology but has particular expertise in hair and scalp disorders, including the use of JAK inhibitors for alopecia areata and the use of mesotherapy for androgenic alopecia.

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