WHAT IS Alopecia
areata DISEASE?
You are not
alone if you are having hair loss or baldness due to alopecia areata.
Men, women and even children may experience hair loss alopecia at anytime in their
lives.
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Alopecia is a non
life-threatening hair loss medical condition which causes hair to fall out
in clumps and causes bald spots
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The condition often
progresses to complete hair loss.
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Some
lose their hair with bald spots in certain areas and others with thinning
hair all over.
What causes alopecia areata hair loss?
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The causes
of alopecia areata are still uncertain. Most doctors believe that
the body's autoimmune system attacks its own hair follicles, causing
alopecia hair loss medical condition .
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The immune system of the body mistakenly stops hair growth for unknown
reasons.
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Hair lost of alopecia areata is most
frequently associated with thyroid
disease,
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Hair re-growth usually is seen within 6 months, but if there is no
hair growth within a year, then it is unlikely that any hair re-growth
will ever come back.
There are no medical hair loss therapy that will bring your hair
back after such length of time, only cosmetic hair loss products will.
What are alopecia hair loss conditions?
Alopecia totalis
and alopecia universal
are extreme cases of this medical condition. alopecia totalis is total hair loss
of the scalp. alopecia universal is loss of all body hair,
including eyelashes, eyebrows and pubic hairs.
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