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Researchers of the Haifa’ Institute of Technology, Israel, have made a new discovery shedding light on some of the cellular triggers of alopecia areata - a widely spread and still mysterious hair loss condition.

Alopecia is a Latin word and a general medical term that can mean either total baldness or different degrees of hair loss. Alopecia can affect people of both genders at any age, but most commonly in occurs in men and women in their mid-40s.

yes i watched the arts central documentary, chanced upon it when i was switching channels. it s abt Gail Porter who s a Edinbourgh TV presenter who had alopecia totalis or universe, completely bald and no eyebrow within 4 wks and and eyelashes just grew back after 6mths. she s a confused individual. had a lot of prior health problems. quite a hard life...but she seems to be able to deal with it quite well, she still go abt doing her work and looking after her daughter....i guess you can click on youtube and see if there s a video there

Traction alopecia, also known as traumatic, “nurse’s cap”, or “hot comb” alopecia, is a hair loss condition that is usually caused by strong tensional forces that are exerted on hair as a result of some ethnic, traditional, and modern practices of hair styling, often connected with the use of hair rollers, twists, locks, braids, etc. Women, especially those of the Indian and African descends, seem to be affected more often than men.

Androgenic Alopecia, also known as AGA, is responsible for the majority of hair loss cases in middle-aged people of both sexes. It is estimated that this hair loss condition affects about 40 percent of women approaching menopause and more than 50 percent of men in their mid-life. Causes of AGA can be traced to hormones: hair follicles start gradually balding with the increased rate of conversion of testosterone into dihydrotestosterone.

Alopecia areata is a rare autoimmune disease that affects about 1 per cent of the population in the United States. Alopecia areata can come in various forms, for example, as an oval or round patch of a bald area on the scalp (alopecia monolocularis), or as multiple patches of non-scarring alopecia, which are usually asymptomatic (alopecia multilocularis).