Children of various racial and ethnic minority groups have a higher prevalence of alopecia areata than non-Hispanic White children.

You can try to stop alopecia areata from spreading with some lifestyle changes and medical treatment. However, it may not ...

Alopecia areata affects millions of Americans regardless of age, race, or gender, manifesting as patchy hair loss across the scalp and sometimes other body areas. This autoimmune condition occurs ...

According to Aguh, up to 15% of African-American women suffer from CCCA alone. Speaking to the outlet about the impact hair loss can have on a person, she said, “Devastating is an understatement.” ...

Alumni Nicole Friedland (Merrill ’89, community studies) and Brett King (Crown ’92, chemistry) both spoke at the National ...

Baricitinib (Olumiant, Eli Lilly) is a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor that is approved for adults with severe alopecia areata, Thierry Passeron, ... and 6% to 9% were Black or African American.

For the roughly 700,000 Americans who suffer from alopecia areata, the social and emotional consequences and stigma of a bald or patchy scalp are tough to contend with, ...

The American Academy of Dermatology found that the number one cause of hair loss in Black women is central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA), primarily affecting those with darker skin tones.

Brittany Craiglow, MD, FAAD, analyzed the promising use of baricitinib for severe pediatric alopecia areata. She highlighted late-breaking data from the BRAVE-AA-PEDS study (NCT05723198 ...

Everything you need to know about traction alopecia and how to avoid the possibility of losing your ... One study showed that 2% of African American men who wear dreadlocks or cornrows have ...