Alopecia is the medical definition of the loss of hair from the scalp or body, sometimes to the extent of baldness. Opposed to the cosmetic depilation of body hair, alopecia inclines to be unwilled and unwished, e.g., androgenic alopecia. It may be stimulated by a mental obsession to pull out one's own hair (trichotillomania) or the unexpected effects from day by day hairstyling routines (mechanical "traction alopecia" of too tense ponytails or braidings, or burns to the scalp by acid hair relaxer solutions or hot hair smoothing irons). First symptoms are small, soft, bald patches that can be any shape and on any location of the head, the most common areas are scalp and face. whatsoever it may occur on any hair-bearing part of the body.
Somtimes, alopecia is an indicant of an underlying medical concern, such as lack of iron.
When hair loss takes place in only one segment, it's called alopecia areata. Alopecia universalis is when the hair loss occurs all over the body, alike to how hair loss related to chemotherapy occasionally affects the full body.
Over 50% of patients recover without any treatment. But still it is highly recomended to check now and then if the illness haven`t renewed this illness is well known for it`s spontaneous regression.
In some cases where the intense hair loss occurs, the treating with clobetasol or fluocinonide, steroid injections, or cream has been unsuccessful. Steroid injections are commonly applied in small bolding areas on the head or especially where eyebrow hair has been lost.
Oral adrenal cortical steroid decrease the hair loss, but only as long as they are taken,and these drugs have adverse side effects.
If the traetment was unsuccessful there are couple of ways how to adopt the disease on of them are wigs - often used by those with Alopecia, particularly Alopecia Totalis.
