Alopecia Areata – Raising Awareness Through A Personal Experience
Alopecia Areata, seemingly an autoimmune condition, is characterised by isolated coin-sized hair loss patches on the scalp and/or the body caused by specific cells from the immune system attacking the follicle, blocking it from producing more hair. The first symptom of Alopecia Areata is usually sudden patchy hair loss that can grow larger, at times joining up. Certain individuals experience fast hair loss where all their scalp hair is lost without any patches appearing first. Some individuals also experience tingling, itching, burning, headaches or even pain in the skin along with hair loss. Alopecia Areata does not cause permanent hair loss since the hair folliclesRead More…