Alopecia areata can cause hair loss and hurt your self-esteem. Shamsha Damani says being around other bald people has helped ...

"In rare cases, they may lose all their body hair, too, known as alopecia universalis. "The hair loss can be sudden and dramatic, as in Gail Porter's case, or happen slowly over weeks and months." ...

So why do women lose their hair, what treatments help – and which definitely don’t?What's normal for hair growth? Your hair ...

We searched for studies that tested therapies to treat alopecia areata (AA), alopecia totalis (AT) and alopecia universalis (AU). The therapies we searched for included medicines administered orally ...

Background: Alopecia areata (AA) is a chronic immune-mediated disorder causing nonscarring hair loss. Severe forms like alopecia totalis (AT) and alopecia universalis (AU) pose therapeutic difficult ...

Alopecia areata incidence increased globally from 1990 to 2021, with ASIR slightly declining, indicating complex socioeconomic and health care factors at play. The disease affects 2% of the global ...

I did a telehealth appointment and they said it’s alopecia areata. What is that? Does the hair ever grow back? Will it happen again? Dear Reader: Alopecia areata is a chronic autoimmune disorder ...

Jones, now 54, is a benefits manager at a medical center in Louisville. She was diagnosed with alopecia areata, an autoimmune condition that disrupts regular hair growth, at just 18 months old and ...

This exciting colloquium was spearheaded by the Cicatricial Alopecia Research Foundation (C.A.R.F.). In this article, clinical aspects of six of the more common types of primary cicatricial ...

Male hair loss is so common and normal that we ever refer to this as androgenetic alopecia, or male pattern baldness. Below, we’ll talk about how you can cover thin areas of your hair ...