Alopecia areata

Although not too many have heard about Alopecia areata — the fact is that Alopecia areata is a very common and specific autoimmune disease, in which the immune system, normally designed to protect the body from foreign invaders, now attacks its own tissue. This disease is also known as "spot baldness" because it usually leaves small bald spots on your scalp. Alopecia areata often doesn't have a known cause, though stress and illness could be some causes.

 

Hair follicles are those tiny cup-shaped structures from which our hairs grow. Of course — the result is — hair loss on the scalp as well as elsewhere on your body. Unlike other types of Alopecia, in this case — hair falls out in small, round patches about the size of a quarter. It is also a fact that the clinical picture can also vary in different people because, some experience really extensive hair loss while others only get small patches.

Good thing is that this disease rarely causes some serious health problems, although it can progress to a total loss of hair on the head. Alopecia has many different types, like alopecia areata totalis which is the complete losso f hair on the head, face, and body.

 

Are you looking to find out more about alopecia areta, including it's various types, symptomps, and how you can treat it? We're here to fill you in with all the details!

It is important to point out that this type is characterized by baldness in only one spot which may occur anywhere on the head.

Unlike the previous type- this type refers to multiple areas of hair loss which can sometimes cover up the whole body!

This is the uncommon type but it is important to know that, if the patient loses all the hair on scalp, the disease is then called Alopecia areata totalis.

This is the most expressed type of this disease and it is characterized by all body hair loss, including pubic hair.

The fact is that the disease may also be limited only to the beard and in this case- it is called Alopecia areata barbae.

Almost everyone have heard about some case where patient's hair to appear to have turned white overnight. This is called diffuse alopecia areata and, in most cases, it happens due to the psychological trauma.