Alopecia areata, also known as spot baldness, is a condition in which hair is lost from some or all areas of the body. Often, it results in a few bald spots on the scalp, each about the size of a coin. The disease may cause psychological stress.

Alopecia areata is thought to be a systemic autoimmune disorder in which the body attacks its own anagen hair follicles and suppresses or stops hair growth. For example, T cell lymphocytes cluster around affected follicles, causing inflammation and subsequent hair loss.

Classification

Commonly, alopecia areata involves hair loss in one or more round spots on the scalp.

• Hair may also be lost more diffusely over the whole scalp, in which case the condition is called diffuse alopecia areata.
• Alopecia areata monolocularis describes baldness in only one spot. It may occur anywhere on the head.
• Alopecia areata multilocularis refers to multiple areas of hair loss.
• Ophiasis refers to hair loss in the shape of a wave at the circumference of the head.
• The disease may be limited only to the beard, in which case it is called alopecia areata barbae.
• If the person loses all the hair on the scalp, the disease is then called alopecia areata totalis.
• If all body hair, including pubic hair, is lost, the diagnosis then becomes alopecia areata universalis.

Signs and Symptoms

Typical first symptoms of alopecia areata are small bald patches. The underlying skin is unscarred and looks superficially normal. Although these patches can take many shapes, they are usually round or oval.  Alopecia areata most often affects the scalp and beard, but may occur on any part of the body with hair. Different areas of the skin may exhibit hair loss and regrowth at the same time. The disease may also go into remission for a time, or may be permanent. It is common in children.

Homoeopathic Treatment

• In no other system of medicine there is complete cure for Alopecia areata. Only through homoeopathy we can completely cure Alopecia areata.
• Homoeopathy medicines act very fast and cure is early
• No side effects
• No Steroids used in Homoeopathy
• Safe for all age groups

Alopecia Case