One of those diseases is alopecia, an autoimmune disease that causes the body to attack hair follicles, leading to sudden and ...

Hair loss (alopecia) may not be as common in kids as adults, but there are variety of a reasons it may happen. While it can be upsetting for both parents and children, the condition usually improves ...

Noticed more strands in your hair brush or shower drain lately? Or maybe you've spotted sparse spots on your scalp. Unfortunately, many of us experience at least some degree of hair loss as the we age ...

Q: 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 and legs. Do ...

Alopecia areata – commonly known as hair loss - to the partial or complete absence of hair where it normally grows. Doctors say that while it can be a symptom of various conditions, a few of which ...

A new treatment for severe alopecia got the Food and Drug Administration’s stamp of approval on June 23. The drug, which is called Litfulo (with the generic name ritlecitinib), is the first and only ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Dr. Ali Jabbari with the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics has studied alopecia areata - a hair loss disorder - for years. He and other researchers have been looking ...

Dr. Brett King: There's a genetic basis for the disease, meaning that people with alopecia areata often have a genetic predisposition to manifesting hair loss. But as with all diseases with a genetic ...

Researchers at the San Carlos Clinical Hospital in Madrid may have targeted a potential solution for hair loss. A recent study analyzed the effect of injecting mice's skin with stem cells from human ...

Hair shedding is a natural cycle regardless of your texture. You may notice this especially when taking down braids, while you shampoo, or detangle your hair. “It is normal to shed about 50 to 100 ...