SCALP INFECTION? A Doctor Explains How You Get Scalp Fungus (and How to Treat It)

Worried you could lose your hair to a fungal scalp infection? Don’t panic! In this episode, board-certified family physician, Dr. Pat Carroll explains how a fungal infection on your scalp can cause hair loss. He walks Hims host Matt through hair fungus treatment and how a scalp fungal infection can spread. He also covers the scalp fungus medication a doctor might prescribe to help get rid of it.

0:29 Is fungus on scalp contagious?
0:49 Scalp fungal infection symptoms
1:01 Do I have scalp fungus? Or a scalp fungal infection?
1:33 How do fungal infections spread?
2:45 Scalp fungus treatment

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