With patchy alopecia areata, you may have patches of hair loss that are the size of a quarter, oval-shaped, and flesh-colored. You may have bare patches on any part of your body.

Patchy hair loss: Alopecia areata primarily causes patchy hair loss, affecting areas like the scalp, face, eyebrows, eyelashes, and body hair. The hair typically falls out in coin-sized patches, ...

By the end of the first trial, an estimated 38.8 percent of patients given the 4 mg dose had their SALT score reduced to 20 or less, along with 22.8 percent in the 2 mg group, and 6.2 percent who ...

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 ...

Animals would scratch around the head and shoulders, but with time the scratching spread to all of the body. Fur would come out initially over the shoulders and patchy alopecia would develop ...

And now, it turns out that a condition that’s on the rise in the UK ― ringworm ― can also sometimes lead to hair loss. Ringworm, a fungal infection, can occur on a person’s scalp, the NHS says. In ...

Patchy alopecia areata: Hair loss happens in coin-sized patches Alopecia totalis: Most or all of the hair on the scalp is lost Alopecia universalis: Total or almost total loss of all hair all over ...

Alopecia areata and the patchy hair loss it causes can be distressing. Plus, because this type of hair loss is caused by inflammation that attacks your hair follicles, it’s unpredictable.

Over the past two weeks, nine polar bears have shown up in the southern Beaufort Sea region near Barrow, Alaska, with patches of fur missing and skin lesions, say scientists with the U.S ...