The study, which was funded by the British Skin Foundation through its Young Investigator Award and published in the JAMA Dermatology journal, has examined the potential link between taking the oral contraceptive pill and a type of hair loss called frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA).

FFA is a skin disorder that causes inflammation, scarring and irreversible hair loss, often resulting in a ‘receding hair line.’

It mainly affects women and cases of the condition have been growing since it was first medically described in 1994.

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