Hair Loss
Hair loss, or Alopecia, is a condition that affects many people at one time or another. Sometimes people will lose all their hair, but the majority of cases involve hair falling out in patches for short periods of time. The exact cause is unknown but factors related to hair loss are stress, hormones, aging & the possibility of inappropriate immune response to the hair follicle. (If experiencing hair loss, one should get tested for mites that may be the cause.)
Symptoms May Include:
- Balding or loss of hair is referred to as Alopecia
- Alopecia totalis is the loss of all scalp hair
- Alopecia universalis means the loss of all body hair
- Alopecia areata is when the hair falls our in patches
- Androgenetic alopecia is male patterned baldness
