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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

While there are different forms of alopecia, Cadogan has alopecia areata, which is characterized by circular bald patches on the scalp. “It occurs as a result of your own immune system attacking ...

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 ...

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.

Dear Doctors: I am a healthy 23-year-old woman. I started noticing extra hairs in my brush, and then my mom found two bald spots on the back of my head.

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.” ...