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Areata means in areas. In the context of alopecia, it refers to patchy baldness.
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Alopecia areata is a common autoimmune skin disease, causing hair loss on the scalp and other areas of the body. It typically presents as round patches of baldness and can vary in severity from person to person. The exact cause of alopecia areata is unknown, but it is thought to be a combination of genetic and environmental factors.
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Autoimmune disorder where there are well defined bald areas?
alopecia areata
What does it mean if your hair starts falling out and leaving you a bald spot?
You may have alopecia areata
Does Bimatoprost Ophthalmic drops work for people with alopecia?
Assuming you mean alopecia areata, it does not work as a cure. Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease in which the body attacks the hair follicles. Bimatoprost would not stop this from occurring.
Is Alopecia areata connected to cancer?
No it isn't. Alopecia areata ( AA) has no connection at all to cancer. It's an autoimmune skin disease. People with alopecia areata are in generally good health.
Does everyone with alopecia areata lose all their hair?
Not really, It depends on which alopecia you are suffering from. Alopecia Areata Totallis would describe to the loss of hair throughout the scalp meanwhile Alopecia Areata Universalis refers to loss of hair throughout the body. Source http://www.alopecia-areata-cure.com.
What is the disease called when you can't grow hair?
Alopecia Areata
What are the others names for alopecia areata?
Alopecia areata refers to the autoimmune skin condition that results in the loss of hair on the scalp and on the body. Alopecia totalis is a progression of Alopecia areatathat results in total hair loss of the scalp. Alopecia universalis is a progression of Alopecia areata that results in total hair loss of the body.
How many people 2009 got alopecia areata?
over 1,0000,00000
Can animals have Alopecia Areata?
Yes, and for a lot of the same reasons people get it.
What is the scentific name of alopecia areata?
That is already a scientific name of hair loss.What_is_the_scientific_name_for_hair_loss
Can people die from alopecia areata?
no it is harmless to the rest of your body besides you hair
You have black spots on your head and after 3 months Alopecia Areata attacted on your head and after 1.5 years you m still there and number of spots are increasing and the hairs are not growing on the?
what does it mean when you have spots on your head on your scalp
