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What is Alopecia Totalis
Alopecia Totalis is usually a complication of Alopecia Areata. It’s defined as the total loss of scalp hair. The only real alternative for female AT sufferers is to wear a wig or some type of hair bandana. Wigs come it two basic types — synthetic hair and human hair. Human hair wigs are generally the [...]
What is Alopecia Areata?
Alopecia Areata is the random loss of patches of hair on the scalp. It can affect anyone at any age, regardless of age or sex. There is no set pattern for Alopecia Areata. The bald patches can occur in very small areas, or it can affect a large portion of the scalp. The remaining hair [...]
What is Alopecia?
Alopecia is defined simply as the loss of hair, particularly on the head. There are different types of alopecia, ranging from normal Male Pattern Baldness (Androgenic Alopecia) to Alopecia Areata (random bald patches) to Alopecia Totals (total loss of scalp hair) to Alopecia Universalis (the total loss of all hair on the body).
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WHY is my hair coming out?
In the shower after washing my hair I noticed what seemed to be a huge amount of hair on the drain. My thoughts were “this must be normal”, “this HAS to be normal”! Reflecting back over the previous months I recalled all the hair on my pillow each morning and the comments my older brother [...]
Hair Loss (alopecia) types and causes
Every day we lose our hair. It is normal to lose a day about 100 hairs, which are replaced by new hair. However, excessive hair loss, when hair are not replaced, leads to baldness or alopecia.
What is Alopecia Universalis