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.

Drive: Hair is the absence of traumatic reasons such as:

* Hairstyles are very tense
* Brushing the hair too strong, too tight curls, etc.
* Support to the affected area as in patients who have undergone surgery for time periods longer than 6 h, and so on.

Traumatic alopecia treatments

* If you have a bad habit to tear your hair you should go immediately to your GP to try to remedy this nervous tic, especially if you feel that the tic ever going to more and worse affected areas.
* Avoid hairstyles with your hair too tight for several hours.
* Try to use a comb with rounded tips and comb your hair gently brush your hair never abruptly.
* Do not comb wet hair, tries to make the hair to be styled correctly this moist but not excessive moisture.

Although there are remedies for traumatic alopecia should consider that it is best to detect the disease early because the sooner we start the easier it is treatment that we can resolve the traumatic alopecia.

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.

People who are predisposed to develop alopecia areata disorder of their immune system by which your body does not recognize as their own hair follicles and thereby creates defenses against them trying to remove them. Likewise, alopecia areata occurs in response to two main factors: a genetic predisposition to suffer and immunological disorder.

Care to prevent alopecia areata

* Brushing your hair every day, and thereby eliminate the substrate attached.
* The hair must be done with a comb provided with no sharp spikes, suspenders and avoid forced hairstyles.
* Wash 2 to 3 times per week the scalp, rinse well with soft water, and drying at moderate temperature.
* Avoid bleach hair coloring and often.