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- Alopecia areata – Causes and Associated Conditions
- Alopecia Areata Information
- Alopecia Areata Treatment
- Course of Sudden Hair Loss Telogen Effluvium
- Evaluation and Treatment of Sudden Hairloss Telogen Effluvium
- Female Pattern Baldness and Hair Loss Causes
- Female Pattern Baldness and Hair Loss in Women
- Female Pattern Hair Loss Evaluation and Testing
- Female Pattern Hair Loss Treatment
- Hair loss and Alopecia Introduction
- Hair Loss Due To Hair Pulling – Trichotillomania
- Hair Loss Treatment and Male Pattern Baldness Medicine
- Loose Anagen Hair Syndrome
- Male Patern Baldness Causes and Hair Loss
- Male Pattern Baldness and Hair Loss Information
- Sudden Hair Loss Telogen Effluvium
- Traction Alopecia Hair Loss
- Traction Alopecia Hair Loss Treatment
- Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia
- Discoid Lupus Erythematosus – Clinical
- Discoid Lupus Erythematosus – Histology
- Discoid Lupus Erythematosus – Treatment
- Follicular Degeneration Syndrome
- Folliculitis Decalvans – Clinical
- Folliculitis Decalvans Treatment
- Hair Loss Alopecia With Scarring Information
- Lichen Planopilaris
- Lichen Planopilaris – Clinical Features
- Lichen Planopilaris Treatment
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Alopecia Areata Information
Alopecia areata is a fairly common condition, with a lifetime incidence of 1-2 %. It affects males and females equally. Its onset can be at any age from infancy to old age, 60% of patients develop the condition by age 20. The course of the condition is completely unpredictable. Most patients do develop more than one area of alopecia in their lifetime. Areas of hair loss come and go over the patient’s lifetime. There may be days, months, years or even decades between times of hair loss. Most areas of hair loss spontaneously regrow, however the regrowth may take months to a couple years. Hair loss in the ophiasis areas is slower to regrow and sometimes does not occur, even with successful treatment of other areas on the same patient’s scalp. Treatment of alopecia areata only speeds up the expected regrowth. Treatment does not change the natural history of the condition and can not be used to prevent new areas of hair loss from occurring.