Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disorder leading to hair loss. The lifetime risk of alopecia areata is approximately 2% and it can affect children and adults of all skin and hair colours.

Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease that causes hair loss, mostly in small, round patches. Learn more about the causes & risk factors.

¿Qué es la alopecia areata? Es una enfermedad que ataca los folículos pilosos (las estructuras de la piel que producen el pelo). En la mayoría de los casos, el pelo se cae en mechones …

Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease that causes hair loss, mostly in small, round patches. Learn more about the causes & risk factors.

Scarring alopecia is permanent. Anagen and telogen shedding generally stops in time Early treatment of pattern alopecia may reduce the speed of thinning Treatment of any inflammatory …

Alopecia areata often runs in families, and has been reported in monozygotic twins. Up to 25% of children will have at least one affected family member, and many have multiple relations with …

Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease that causes hair loss, mostly in small, round patches. Learn more about the causes & risk factors.

Generalised noncicatricial hair loss is a non-scarring, potentially reversible type of hair loss. Androgenetic alopecia is one of the most common causes of hair loss worldwide.

Confluent or widespread alopecia areata presents with diffuse hair loss, sometimes resulting in complete baldness of the scalp (alopecia totalis) or total body hair loss (alopecia universalis) …

What is frontal fibrosing alopecia? Frontal fibrosing alopecia is a patterned form of scarring hair loss along the frontal scalp hair margin. It was first described in a group of Australian women …