Dear Doctors: At about 26 years old, my father became sick and lost all of his hair. Not only did he lose hair on his head, he had no eyebrows, eyelashes or beard and even lost the hair on his arms ...

5 Things to Avoid When You Have Alopecia Areata Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease in which the body attacks the hair follicles. If you’re one of the 6.8 million people in the U.S. with this ...

Alopecia areata equally affects men and women, usually at age 20-40 years. The lifetime risk of alopecia areata expression in the general population has been estimated to be 1.7%. [19] The disease ...

Providers say early treatment matters, especially for scarring hair loss, which can become permanent.

Deuruxolitinib is the latest JAK inhibitor to enter the UK alopecia areata treatment landscape, pending a NICE decision on ...

Two trichologists explain the symptoms worth noticing, from harmless spots to warning signs ...

If you've seen a surge of videos about how to use a derma roller for hair growth on social media recently, you're not alone. The skin care tool is trending for its scalp stimulating benefits. But are ...

"Seeing her smile was the best thing ever," Rubi Rojas tells PEOPLE of the moment her daughter Lorelai put on the wig made of her mom's hair ...

It happens when hair follicles gradually shrink, called miniaturization. The follicles then produce fine, thin, short and weak hair. The sudden and complete hair loss that you describe is quite ...