Doctors diagnose alopecia areata by taking a biopsy of the scalp and then sending it to pathologists who study the skin cells under a microscope to determine what may be causing the hair loss.

Given the amount of hair loss, different terms have been coined. Patchy loss of hair is called alopecia areata. Total loss of hair on the scalp is called alopecia totalis. Bald spot in one spot is ...

Alopecia is an umbrella term for hair loss, and alopecia areata (AA) is a common cause of hair loss that can affect anyone at any age. It usually results in small, round patches of baldness on the ...

According to the American Academy of Dermatology, Alopecia areata is a disease that causes hair loss. Most people lose hair ...

Diffuse Alopecia Areata (Alopecia Areata Incognita): Diffuse alopecia areata is characterised by sudden thinning of the hair all over the scalp rather than patches of hair loss.

Patients with alopecia areata who were treated with ritlecitinib or brepocitinib had significant downregulation of immune biomarkers, according to a biopsy sub-study. “Alopecia areata (AA) is a ...

A. Alopecia totalis is a severe form of the medical condition alopecia areata, in which a person loses hair in patches on parts of the body or head. Alopecia totalis is hair loss on the entire ...

Alopecia, an auto-immune disease that causes hair loss, was brought center stage at the Oscars, when actor Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock over a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, who ...

Scalp hair loss should be a key criterion in assessing disease severity of alopecia areata, according to results of an expert panel survey. “The current classification for alopecia areata (AA ...

Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it will present results from its recently completed Phase 2 trial of CTP-543 in patients with moderate-to-severe alopecia areata. These data will ...