Can You Treat Alopecia Areata?

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Latest answer by John E. Frank, MD
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My son has Alopecia Areata. How or what are the symptoms? Is it just loosing all the body hair?

5 answers to Can You Treat Alopecia Areata?

Alopecia Areata Is Treatable But Can be More Difficult to Treat in Younger Hair Loss Sufferers

I’m sorry to hear that your son is experiencing hair loss. Because Alopecia areata is a non-life threatening autoimmune disease, only a qualified doctor can tell if your son has this form of hair loss. The symptoms of Alopecia areata can range from mild (single or multiple areas of baldness on the scalp) to severe (a total loss of hair on the scalp and even the eyebrows and eyelashes). Normally the younger the person is, the more severe Alopecia Areata can be and... more

John E. Frank, MD
New York Facial Plastic Surgeon

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Alopecia Areata Treatment Options

Alopecia Areata typically presents with patchy hair loss in the scalp. Though the exact etiology is unknown, many different treatments have been tried with varying degrees of success. We have treated many patients with Alopecia Areata with an all natural, botanical oil product with significant improvement in scalp hair growth. If your son has hair loss in other areas, this should be evaluated by your primary care physician or endocrine specialist since it may not... more

Steven L. Ringler, MD
Grand Rapids Plastic Surgeon

Alopecia Areata

This is a condition where hair is lost in patches on head. The description is moth-eaten pattern. It is thought to be an autoimmune disease, which basically means his own body attacks his hair follicles. When alopecia areata can be severe and effect every hair on the entire body. In this case it is usually called alopecia totalis. The exact cause is unknown. There are treatments. Injected or oral steroids can work but are associated with... more

John Bitner, MD
Salt Lake City Facial Plastic Surgeon

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Alopecia areata is a difficult condition to treat

Greetings, The cause of alopecia areata is unknown though it is thought that it is an autoimmune condition -- where the body fights hair follicles as if they were foreign. It is a very difficult condition to treat. If your son started with whole body hair loss, I would get a second opinion as to the diagnosis. This would be an unusual, though possible, presentaiton of alopecia areata.

D.J. Verret, MD
Dallas Facial Plastic Surgeon

Alopecia Areata is treatable but body hair loss may be something else

Alopecia areata is typically a condition that affects the scalp only in small circular patches without a clear causative factor although the thinking is that it can be a T cell immune dysregulation. It can affect the eyebrows too and the entire hair being gone. that would be a condition of alopecia totalis. If all of the scalp, eyebrows, and body hair are gone, that is known as alopecia universalis. if your son is just losing body hair, that may not be alopecia areata. you need to see a... more

Samuel Lam, MD
Dallas Facial Plastic Surgeon

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