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Alopecia Areata (II)
What treatments are available?
There are several treatments available, choosing one or the other depends on several factors, including age and extent of hair loss. Alopecia areata can occur in two forms, a form in which it falls below 50% of the hair of the head and one that falls more than 50% of the hair.
These two forms of alopecia areata behave quite differently and the choice of treatment depends on whether it occurs in one form or another. Current treatments for alopecia areata not definitively eliminate its effect is to make the hair grow back and in general treatment is needed for quite some time until the disease is no longer active. Read the rest of this entry »
Alopecia Areata (I)
Alopecia areata is a common disease that causes loss of hair on the head and other body areas. Usually starts as small round plates that can be solitary or multiple affecting the scalp. Can appear in all ages but is most common in young adults.
Under normal conditions, consistently produces scalp hair. In patients with alopecia areata affected hair suffer a very marked decrease in hair production. The hair of the affected areas become very small and the scalp surface can not be seen for some time The scalp follicles remain under the skin in a dormant state and can get to make new hair when they receive adequate signal.
Some people develop only few plaques were alopecia and hair grows back in a period of one year, even without treatment. The scalp is the area that is affected most frequently, but in men is frequently involved with the beard and any surface of the skin that has hair, this can occur with or without involvement of the scalp. Read the rest of this entry »
Alopecia Areata
The partial or total loss of hair is called alopecia. Alopecia Areata is a type of alopecia that usually occurs in the form of plaques in the scalp, is characterized by patchy hair loss with microscopic inflammation that occurs in well-defined nummular areas.
Can occur at any age and affects both sexes equally. Is estimated to affect one in every thousand people and is often refractory to medical therapy.
The cause of alopecia areata specific, although about a fifth of all cases, is a family history of alopecia. This disease is occasionally associated with autoimmune diseases.
The primary symptom of alopecia areata is roundish patches of hair loss on the head, with smooth and scalp hair in affected areas.
Short hairs can be seen in the plate-shaped exclamation point. ”
Alopecia totalis involves the complete loss of all scalp and alopecia universalis is characterized by total loss of hair on the body.
Call your health care provider if you are concerned about hair loss.
If you start to notice that you hair falls out, it is important to go to a dermatologist to determine whether or not alopecia or other disorder that produces the alopecia. Read the rest of this entry »
Apeplus a Finasteride Works
The Apeplus drug therapy is indicated for androgenetic alopecia which helps restore lost hair and prevent it from further decline.
Apeplus The active ingredient is finasteride, which has been very successful in recent years, even more than other drugs that use other different active ingredients.
This compound is intended exclusively for male hair loss, which originated from the transformation of the hormone testosterone into dihydrotestosterone produced a top. The result is that the follicles are reduced in size due to this transformation, to make rigid and lose their hair. Finasteride helps to restore the balance again by inhibiting the production of the enzyme that causes the problem.
Alopecia Totalis
What is total alopecia?
The total alopecia totalis or alopecia is a disease characterized by massive hair loss (90%) of the scalp. It affects patients in an acute form (hair loss within weeks) or a more slowly (hair loss can progress to two years). Patients typically do not recover the lost hair and the disease becomes chronic. The total alopecia can affect patients of both sexes and all ages. Patients suffering from alopecia totalis also have psychological effects (anxiety, sadness) which are particularly serious in children and women, as well as young people.
Traumatic Alopecia
Traumatic alopecia is a type of alopecia that can occur for two reasons mainly:
Trichotillomania (which means the habit of pulling hair), this may be due mainly to psychological conditions in patients with mental disorders such as schizophrenia.
In patients with traumatic alopecia Trichotillomania can be observed symmetric and circumscribed areas. There may be a perifollicular erythema or even several pustules without scarring alopecia is present in areas affected by this disease. The areas affected by alopecia traumatic trichotillomania are not completely bald, are thin and have broken and twisted hair. The areas affected by alopecia traumatic trichotillomania may be the scalp, eyebrows or eyelashes, or a combination of several of them.
Stress Causes Alopecia Areata
Wondering why your father has a head full of hair at 60 years and you have your 30 years you start to see entries in your head? Well stop worrying! The concern could be the reason his hair began to fall in the first place. Let me explain … Many times the hair loss may be genetic or poor nutrition. Other times it is due to an illness or after surgery. Every case is different. However, it is very likely that you are losing hair because it has a lot of tension.
Hair Surgery
Hair loss can happen at any age and is a fact of great concern especially to men, but can also affect women but in smaller quantities, but increasingly there are more women with alopecia. Going bald can occur gradually or suddenly, for reasons of inheritance, in most cases, or from drugs that can cause hair loss or skin diseases. There are also cases of hair loss after severe episodes of psychological tension or stress. A poor diet, snuff and alcohol are also factors to consider. In women, excessive use of the dryer, colonies, or dyes can damage the scalp.
In men, hair loss usually begins to be felt across the region of the forehead or the top of the head, women usually notice hair loss on top. Iron deficiency anemia and episodes in women is also associated with hair loss. It is important to remedy as soon as possible with a good treatment or professional help.
Alopecia Areata
Treatment of alopecia areata has changed dramatically over the last decade. New therapeutic options are available for patients with alopecia areata.
Alopecia areata affects different sectors of the scalp in the form of circles usually totally depopulated of hair. While there is no treatment today 100% effective for this type of alopecia, if there are treatments that help a little to restore hair in these cases.
Dermatologist is the duty of informing the patient of all possible alternatives for the treatment of alopecia areata, its side effects and success rates. The final decision is made jointly between the patient, the family of the patient and the dermatologist. Read the rest of this entry »