This article illustrates a subtype of alopecia areata characterized by acute diffuse hair loss and favorable outcome, as well as potential clues as to why someone may become grey in one night.

Reversible alopecia: Autoimmune types of alopecia, like alopecia areata, may be reversible. Treatments such as ...

Alopecia areata equally affects men and women, usually at age 20-40 years. The lifetime risk of alopecia areata expression in the general population has been estimated to be 1.7%. [19] The disease ...

If you’ve started to notice the early signs of hair loss, it’s easy to wonder what’s causing you to shed hair.

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

Matthew Riccardi was just 11 years old when he was diagnosed with the same condition: alopecia areata, an autoimmune disorder ...

How severe it is depends on the percentage of the scalp with hair loss. Mild alopecia areata ranges from 0% to 20%, moderate is from 21% to 49%, and severe is from 50% to 100%.

Diffuse alopecia areata, frontal fibrosing alopecia, central cicatricial centrifugal alopecia, traction alopecia and temporal triangular alopecia are all differential diagnoses for female pattern ...

Nektar Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NKTR) today announced the company has completed target enrollment in its REZOLVE-AA Phase 2b study of rezpegaldesleukin in patients with severe-to-very-severe alopecia ...

Hair loss is never good news. It can be demoralising and painful to deal with. Alopecia areata is an autoimmune condition in which the body's immune system attacks hair follicles and stops active hair ...

Alopecia totalis is a rare form of alopecia areata that causes widespread hair loss on your scalp, likely due to an autoimmune condition. How to Treat Telogen Effluvium Telogen effluvium is treatable.