Raising Awareness of Alopecia Areata

Alopecia areata is considered as an autoimmune disease, in which the immune system, which is there to protect the body from foreign invaders such as viruses and bacteria, attacks the hair follicles mistakenly, this can lead to hair loss or baldness on the scalp and elsewhere.

In medical language Alopecia areata is a prevalent autoimmune skin disease resulting in the loss of hair on the scalp and elsewhere on the body.

TYPES OF ALOPECIA AREATA

The symptoms and effects of alopecia are different in every patient because it occurs due to several reasons, in broad way we can categorize it in two types:

1. Alopecia areata totalis: In this the total hair losses occur in the scalp.
2. Alopecia areata universalis: when complete body hair loss occurs.
   
   
   
    

How it begins?

Alopecia areata occurs in both males and females and can occur at any age, usually begins with falling out of hair from particular area may be small or big which results in totally smooth, round hairless patches on the scalp just like the normal skin without hair a bit more reddish and pinkish. In some cases the hair may become thinner without noticeable patches of baldness. In some other cases hair fall out and grow again .When alopecia areata results in patches, the hair usually grows back in a few months. Although the new hair is usually of the same color and texture as the rest of the hair, it sometimes is fine and white. But it might happen that they will never grow back leaving you complete bald.

Every case of alopecia is different and different findings were found from each case. Over 6.6 million people in the United States and 147 million worldwide have had or will develop alopecia areata at some point in their lives.

Alopecia areata is a highly unpredictable and cyclical condition. Hair can grow back in or fall out again at any time, and the disease off course is different for each person. No matter how widespread the hair loss, most hair follicles remain alive and there is chance that hair can produce at any time. Sometimes hair grows back without any treatment too.

CAUSES AND SYMPTOMS

It occurs when WBC attack the cells in hair follicles, causing them to slow down hair production. It is still unknown that what causes the body's immune system to target hair follicles in this way.

Scientists do not know exactly why the hair follicles undergo these changes, but they suspect that a combination of genes may predispose some people to the disease. In those who are genetically predisposed, some type of trigger perhaps a virus or something in the person’s environment brings on the attack against the hair follicles.

TREATMENT

As it is not completely curable because the main cause is unknown but researchers suggest that it can be treated within time and again when it occurs. A good Hair Specialist might solve this problem permanently. There are many Hair Specialist In Ahmedabad who have produced many satisfactory results in this treatment of ALOPECIA AREATA , by doing detail research of each and every patients , understanding the cause and applying the best solution.