You might associate autoimmune conditions with symptoms like skin disease, chronic pain, and fatigue. A less-discussed ...

Leqselvi (deuruxolitinib) 8 mg tablets are approved for adults with severe alopecia areata, a disease that causes the immune system to attack hair follicles, leading to partial or complete hair loss ...

Patients with higher-severity alopecia areata (AA) have a higher prevalence and incidence of comorbid atopic dermatitis (AD), ...

Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease in which the body attacks the hair follicles. If you’re one of the 6.8 million people in the U.S. with this condition, ...

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%.

Alopecia areata risk also has possible positive correlations with levels of N-acetylarginine (OR, 1.31; 95% CI, 1.03-1.65; P = .025) and 12 additional serum metabolites.

For prolonged alopecia areata, researchers found significantly higher odds for this outcome with comorbid Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (OR = 1.911; 95% CI, 1.328-2.748), ...

Patients with alopecia areata have a 16% increased risk of also having an autoimmune disease like thyroid disease, vitiligo, and lupus erythematosus that is linked to the hair loss disorder. 4 ...

Shamsha Damani has lived with alopecia areata since she was six, which turned into alopecia universalis in 2013. She's a fierce advocate for those with alopecia areata and currently serves on the ...

Treatment with ritlecitinib sustained hair regrowth through week 48 in patients with alopecia areata (AA), and up to one third of nonresponders at week 24 also achieved responses by week 48. "The ...

What is alopecia areata, anyway? Alopecia areata is an autoimmune condition that causes sudden and patchy hair loss—mostly on the scalp, but can also affect the face and other parts of the body ...

Ashley Tisdale opens up to PEOPLE in an exclusive interview about how she changed her haircare routine after she was diagnosed with alopecia areata in her mid-20s.