Can You Treat Alopecia Areata?

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

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

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.

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