In this personal essay, hairstylist and curl expert Kys Clark shares how having alopecia has redefined what beauty means to ...

Alopecia areata is an unpredictable autoimmune skin disease. Your immune system attacks your healthy hair follicles, which leads to hair loss.

5 Things to Avoid When You Have Alopecia Areata 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 ...

Researchers have shown that serotonin directly stimulates dermal papilla cells and promotes hair growth in lab-grown hair ...

Involutional alopecia. This is a natural condition in which the hair gradually thins with age. More hair follicles go into the resting phase, and the remaining hairs become shorter and fewer in ...

Unlike non-scarring alopecia, cicatricial alopecia results in permanent destruction of the hair follicle. Causes of cicatricial alopecia are considered either primary or secondary.

Panelists discuss how alopecia areata (AA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by inflammation that attacks hair follicles, leading to hair loss and varying disease progression.