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Article: FOCUS ON ALOPECIA; Sudden hair loss shatters a woman's self-esteem, but yes, there ARE treatments and a good chance that it will grow back naturally.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- July 16, 2002
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Byline: MELISSA FIELD
HAIR loss is technically known as alopecia. There are two main types - areata, which is sudden, and androgenetica, which is the normal hair loss that men suffer and is sometimes known as male pattern baldness.
Alopecia areata is divided into three types, depending on how much hair is lost. In its most common form, it results in patchy baldness on the scalp, leaving areas of bare skin which is smooth to the touch.
Where the scalp loses all its hair, it is called alopecia totalis. Sometimes all hair on the body and scalp is suddenly lost, a condition known as alopecia universalis.
Alopecia is not physically ...