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Hair loss patients can experience negative psychological effects and are likely to turn to social networking platforms for support and treatment information.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Aims<\/jats:title><jats:p>To evaluate the type and quality of Facebook hair loss treatment information that can be accessed by hair loss patients.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>In August 2020, we searched Google for publicly accessible Facebook hair loss treatment content using the terms <jats:italic>hair loss<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>alopecia<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>hair loss treatment<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>hair restoration<\/jats:italic>, and <jats:italic>hair transplant<\/jats:italic>. We retrieved 133 Facebook pages and ranked them based on the number of visitors who received regular content updates. 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