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

Traction Alopecia is the most common form of alopecia that affects Black women. This type of hair loss is a result of the tension from our styles such as weaves, braids, extensions, and wigs.

More Black, Latinx, and Asian women have alopecia areata, or bald patches in the scalp and face, ... For instance, long hair is often considered a signature of a high-femme aesthetic, ...

A woman who noticed her hair falling out in the shower is embracing her new bald look – after being diagnosed with alopecia. Wayde Cadogan, 25, started noticing clumps of her blonde locks getting ...

Gemma also advises gently combing or detangling hair while wet to prevent hair loss or breakage. "Also try to avoid tight ponytails and styles. Choose looser protective hairstyles instead." This ...

My alopecia is not my fault.When I first noticed my edges disappearing in 2005, I wasn’t sure what to do. The only conversations around hair loss in Black women at the time were either jokes ...

Before going bald due to alopecia, Conley-Bacon was on a decades-long natural hair journey. Her tiny individually twisted sister locks represented a deep connection to her African American roots ...

Alopecia areata, telogen effluvium, cicatricial alopecia, and traumatic alopecias are other common disorders that can cause hair loss in women. The treatment and duration of alopecia in women is ...

Tired of trying to hide hair loss, these women are embracing being bald. ... 45, began embracing being bald after years of wearing wigs to cover hair loss due to alopecia areata.

Scientists find potential breakthrough for androgenetic alopecia using adipose-derived stem cells with ATP molecules, showing ...

At least 40% of women experience hair loss or alopecia over their lifetimes. This could be alopecia areata (patchy hair loss), ... yet their long-term safety has not been established.

Pinkett Smith, 50, has been open about her struggles with alopecia, having shared the first time she experienced severe hair loss on an episode of “Red Table Talk” in May 2018.