Researchers advise to going to the dentist when patients notice localized hair loss in order to have their oral health carefully examined. There is a close relationship between infection outbreaks ...

Hair loss can happen to anyone. Your genes, certain medical conditions, treatments for disease, and other factors can contribute to partial or, sometimes, total hair loss — not just on your head ...

Alopecia areata exemplifies such a condition, owing to its substantial disease burden and its often devastating effects on the patient's quality of life and self-esteem. 1,2 Although alopecia ...

Alopecia areata can differ from child to child and can appear in different stages: A localized patch stage, a diffuse patchy stage, or alopecia universalis. In this last stage, the child has ...

Grade 1 alopecia was reported in 56% of the cohort. Localized alopecia occurred in 54%, while diffuse occurred in 24% and mixed patterns occurred in 22%. Patients underwent a median scalp ...

Alopecia affects almost 10% of patients receiving ... in an area where it is expected to be present,” and it can be “localized or diffuse, temporary or permanent.” The life cycle of hair ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a drug called baricitinib as the first for treating severe alopecia areata, an autoimmune disorder affecting more than 300,000 people in the ...