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Alopecia areata is a common autoimmune disease, causing sudden hair loss on the scalp, face, and sometimes other areas of the body.

Alopecia Areata: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment & Regrowth

Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease that attacks your body's hair follicles, causing patchy hair loss. Treatments include medications and therapy.

Alopecia Areata - Hair loss Causes & Living With It | NIAMS

Alopecia areata is a disease that happens when the immune system attacks hair follicles and causes hair loss. Hair follicles are the structures in skin that ...

Hair loss types: Alopecia areata overview

Alopecia areata is a disease that causes hair loss. Most people lose hair on their scalp or beard area, but hair loss can occur anywhere on your body.

National Alopecia Areata Foundation | NAAF

Alopecia areata is a common skin disease. The word alopecia means bald; areata means patchy. The disease causes hair loss on the scalp, face, and sometimes ...

Alopecia Areata: Symptoms, Causes, & Treatments - WebMD

Your hair loss might be due to an autoimmune disorder called alopecia areata. There's no cure, but it can be treated and hair can grow back.

Hair loss: Treatment and causes of alopecia areata

Alopecia areata is a common disease that occurs when the body's immune system attacks hair follicles and causes hair loss. While hair loss can occur anywhere on ...

Alopecia areata - Wikipedia

Alopecia areata ... Alopecia areata, also known as spot baldness, is a condition in which hair is lost from some or all areas of the body. ... It often results in a ...

Alopecia Areata - Yale Medicine

Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease that affects about two out of 100 people, causing hair loss that may come and go over a patient's lifetime.

Alopecia Areata: Hair Loss Causes, Treatment, and More - Healthline

Alopecia areata is a common hair loss condition that develops when your immune system attacks your hair follicles.

Hair loss types: Alopecia areata causes

Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease that occurs when your immune system mistakenly attacks hair follicles.

Alopecia areata | Nature Reviews Disease Primers

Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disorder characterized by transient, non-scarring hair loss and preservation of the hair follicle.

Alopecia Areata - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf

Alopecia areata is a chronic, immune-mediated autoimmune disorder that affects hair follicles, nails, and, occasionally, the retinal pigment ...

Patient education: Alopecia areata (Beyond the Basics) - UpToDate

People with alopecia areata typically have smooth, round patches of complete hair loss that develop over a period of a few weeks, followed in ...

Hair loss - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

This common and sometimes stressful condition may result from heredity, medications or medical conditions. Treatment may reverse or slow ...

Alopecia Areata: Practice Essentials, Background, Pathophysiology

Background. Alopecia areata is a recurrent nonscarring type of hair loss that can affect any hair-bearing area. Clinically, alopecia areata can ...

Alopecia areata Information | Mount Sinai - New York

Alopecia areata is a condition that causes round patches of hair loss. It can lead to total hair loss.

Alopecia Areata - Symptoms, Causes, Treatment | NORD

Although the exact cause is not known, this is thought to be an autoimmune disorder in which the immune system, the body's own defense system, mistakenly ...

Alopecia areata: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia

Alopecia areata is a condition that causes round patches of hair loss. It can lead to total hair loss.

Alopecia Areata - American Osteopathic College of Dermatology

Some cases last many years with some regrowth in one area, while at the same time new areas appearing. AA may also cycle through expression and remission. When ...