Alopecia Declassified

According to Medicaldictionary.com Alopecia, is commonly defined as hair loss, or baldness. There is no one cause for hair loss; sometimes it is hereditary, or it can be from the toxins in chemotherapy or your daily prescription medicine. Medical dictionary says the scalp can be visibly diseased and one could be diagnosed with alopecia just by looking.

The British Associate of Dermatologist provides a list of the different types of alopecia with the explanation and abbreviations:

· Alopecia Areata AA is a autoimmune condition, which produces patches.

· Alopecia Totalis AT is an aggressive AA that causes complete hair loss.

· Alopecia Universalis AU is severe causing total hair loss on the entire body.

· Alopecia Barbae is AA that causes patches on the beard area.

· Androgenetic Alopecia AGA is a hereditary gradual hair loss in men and women causing pattern baldness.

· Scarring Alopecia and Cicatricial Alopecia are rare disorders causing indefinite hair loss.

· Traction Alopecia is caused when hair is always pulled adding tension on the hair stopping new hair follicles from growing.

· Anagen Effluvium is due to the harsh toxins used to treat cancer, which cause patches or hair loss, according to Alopeciaonline.org, it typically takes six months for the hair to grow back.

· Telogen Effluvium is the temporary condition that causes average amounts of hair to fall out.

Click the link to read a thorough explanation of the types of alopecia.

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Sources: http://www.alopeciaonline.org.uk/types-of-alopecia.asp

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