| ia is a kind of disease where the autoimmune system | | | | the hair falls off in patches, although it grows back as |
| of the body attacks the new cells forming in the hair | | | | soon as the chemotherapy or the consumption of |
| follicles by mistake. Its main characteristic is hair loss | | | | certain drugs is stopped. |
| that is sudden and random, as well as recurrent in | | | | 7. Telogen Effluvium. Telogen effluvium is also called |
| some cases. Alopecia affects both men and women, | | | | temporary hair loss. It happens when the amount of |
| regardless of age. There are different kinds of | | | | hair being shed is more than normal and the hair visibly |
| alopecia; the variation depends on where the disease | | | | thins. |
| occurs in the body, as well as its probable causes. | | | | 8. Androgenetic Alopecia. Androgenetic alopecia is the |
| The different kinds of alopecia are as follows: | | | | type of alopecia that is considered hereditary. It is also |
| 1. Alopecia Areata. Alopecia areata is a kind of | | | | known as male pattern baldness, although it can also |
| alopecia that refers to hair loss that occurs in rounded | | | | affect women. In androgenetic alopecia, the hair on the |
| patches. These patches can appear anywhere on the | | | | scalp turns nearly transparent before falling off. |
| body. | | | | 9. Scarring Alopecia. Scarring alopecia happens when |
| 2. Alopecia Totalis. Alopecia totalis refers to the loss of | | | | the hair shedding leaves the skin scarred. |
| hair on the scalp. As the name suggests, alopecia | | | | 10 Traction Alopecia. When a person is prone to pulling |
| totalis is total baldness. | | | | too much at his or her hair due to styling perhaps or |
| 3. Alopecia Universalis. Alopecia universalis is a kind of | | | | personal habits, the excessive pulling can discourage |
| alopecia where the affected person loses all the hair | | | | the hair follicles to stop developing new cells for new |
| on his or her body. | | | | hair. The shedding that occurs as a result is called |
| 4. Alopecia Barbae. Alopecia barbae happens only | | | | traction alopecia. |
| with men. It is the loss of hair on the beard area. | | | | There are varying causes for each of these different |
| 5. Alopecia Mucinosa. Alopecia mucinosa happens | | | | kinds of alopecia, and doctors normally isolate the |
| when the hair loss is accompanied by the appearance | | | | cause for the ailment while examining the patient. The |
| of scaly patches on the skin. | | | | patient should, therefore, be honest and transparent |
| 6. Anagen Effluvium. Anagen effluvium is hair loss that | | | | with his or her attending doctor so that alopecia, |
| is commonly associated with chemotherapy and with | | | | regardless of what kind it is that is affecting the patient, |
| taking certain kinds of medication. In anagen effluvium, | | | | would be treated properly. |