Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease that attacks your body’s hair follicles, causing patchy hair loss. Medications and therapies can help your hair regrow, though severe cases may not respond to treatment.

Symptoms of alopecia areata include:

Patches of hair loss, including your scalp, facial hair, eyebrows, eyelashes and body hair.

Alopecia areata is a type of hair loss which the hair falls out in round patches. The condition is sometimes called autoimmune alopecia, because it is one of several kinds of autoimmune diseases. A regular immune systems attacks any external interference in your body’s homeostasis (balanced state of being) but autoimmune illnesses cause the immune system to attack its own surroundings, even those that are healthy.

The sudden hair loss can occur on the scalp or other parts of the body, and while it seldom results in total hair loss, the bald patches may not grow back. The degree of hair regrowth and loss varies from one person to another.

Treatments for alopecia areata are still being discovered, but there are some which may help hair grow back quicker. Some may even prevent hair loss in the future.

Diagnosis and offerings :

Doctors are usually able to diagnose alopecia fairly easily by examining symptoms. They might look at the degree of hair loss and examine hairs from affected areas under a microscope. If, after an initial clinical examination, the doctor is not able to make a diagnosis, they can perform a skin biopsy. If they need to rule out other autoimmune diseases, they might perform a blood test. Medicines are given by the doctor after get to know the stage and condition of Alopecia patients.