Showing posts with label Alopecia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alopecia. Show all posts

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Tips on Dealing with Recurrent Patchy Hair Loss Alopecia Areata - Part 1

Alopecia areata is a localized, patchy, without scarring form of hair loss, by the presence of one or more round or oval areas of hairless. The affected skin appears normal and smooth, in contrast to the mixed fungal infections, where it's breaking crusting of the skin and hair. On the edge of the patches, a few short hairs, the cone and pigment loss, as they approach the skin can be seen. These are called "exclamation point" hairs because of their similarityto the mark.

Alopecia areata usually affects the scalp. Other areas with hair, especially the beard are also affected. All ages may be affected in alopecia areata, although the common age group 15-30. Alopecia Areata The youngest patient that I saw was a 2-year-old girl.

Causes of Alopecia Areata:

1st autoimmune theory: Alopecia areata is probably an autoimmune disease in whichBody produces antibodies (auto'antibodies) to the hair germ cells and cause their destruction in localized areas. The localization of lesions also suggest a neural pathway involvement. In patients with gray hair, it is common to see that only suggestive of black hair fall in patches. sparing of gray hair in alopecia areata that is normal nerves and melanin pigments for Alopecia Areata need arise.

2nd DirectPressure: Many patients receive, patchy hair loss, etc., by direct pressure on the hair in sections, for example, from a close-fitting helmet, pressing the head against bed rails for a long time while watching TV

3rd mobile phones and Alopecia Areata: Another complication of the modern unit! Prior to free his hands, sits down together, a number of patients who presented primarily with cheaper brands of cell phones, with alopeciaAreata their beards. Perhaps the radio waves emitted by the mobile phone damage the hair follicles and triggered an autoimmune inflammatory response in the area. Most of them also had a dull pain in the ear on the same page.

4th tooth decay: This is ignoring a very important factor in the rule of the patients and their doctors. In the Middle East, where I practice, there is a very high incidence of alopecia areata. In my practice, I'm almost over6-7% of cases among the total of alopecia skin conditions. In addition to stress, a common factor that I noticed was the presence of dental caries in almost all cases with recurrent patchy hair loss, especially on the beard. Scientific studies have demonstrated that alopecia areata of dental origin has been mentioned in the deed in scientific journals.

Personally, I have a habit that all of my alopecia areata patients with recurrent patchy hair loss, are particularly resistant toTreatment to a dentist. Most of these patients stop recurrence taken care of their teeth right after infection.

Possible explanation for the relationship between dental caries, and alopecia areata: Tooth germ cells and embryonic germ cells have hair and histologic similarities. Therefore, the antibodies formed against the damaged tooth germ cells and the bacteria attacking the hair follicles must be good. This is only a hypothesis and mustStudied further. The involvement of the nail (nail holes) in alopecia areata support this hypothesis, there is another cuticle of the skin, which is similar to the teeth and hair!

5th Stress: Most patients with recurrent episodes of alopecia areata are also the report of a preceding period of intense stress in their lives. As the stress causes hair loss only in localized patches, is not known. Hypothetically, the nervous and immune system changesReactions to stress may play a role in the pathogenesis of alopecia areata. Matching studies in which cure was to stress the implementation of techniques in non-responders suggest affected in a positive role of stress in the genesis of alopecia areata.

Part 2: Tips for dealing with alopecia areata.



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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Cicatricial Alopecia

Cicatricial alopecia refers to a group of rare diseases in which the skin, hair follicles are destroyed and replaced by scar tissue. It is one of the rare causes of hair loss. Hair loss could be gradually or suddenly. Hair loss can be without symptoms or it could with sever itching, burning and pain present. There is usually no visible scars, because the inflammation of the skin below the level. Cicatricial alopecia may occur in otherwise healthy men and women of allAge groups.

Benign could Alopecias primary or secondary school. This discussion is the primary cicatricial Alopecias in which the hair follicles, the target of the destructive inflammatory process is limited. In secondary education, scarred Alopecias, a non-follicle-directed process or external injury, such as severe infections, burns, radiation, or tumors can cause destruction of hair follicles.

The causes of cicatricial Alopecias are not fully known. But all the scars Alopecias involve inflammation directed at the hair follicles, the upper part of the follicle where the stem cells and sebaceous glands are located, are usually involved. Permanent hair loss occurs when the stem cells are destroyed and the sebaceous glands. This type of hair loss is usually irreversible.

Benign Alopecias to both men and women. The majority of patients with cicatricial alopecia have no family history of a similar condition. Central centrifugal> Alopecia is a type of scarring alopecia, more common among black women. Frontal fibrosing alopecia on the other side is seen most often in post, women in menopause.

could be considered in conjunction personal or family history of autoimmune disease with chronic skin diseases such as lupus erythematosus and in people with. A biopsy of the scalp is necessary for the diagnosis of cicatricial alopecia. Presence of inflammatory cells and scarring maydiagnostic and essential for determining the type of treatment.

The treatment of lymphatic group of cicatricial Alopecias includes the use of anti-inflammatory drugs such as steroids, cyclosporin, hydroxychloroquine. If the hair follicles destroys the hair will not grow back. In some cases, however, with minoxidil solution may be used to stimulate the growth of some of the remaining hair. Hair could be applied only to those patients that the normal, healthy hair in donor site. If hairMultiplication is a reality in the future, which may be an option for patients who may have lost their hair mostly as a result of this disease. Dr. Parsa Mohebi, Los Angeles hair transplant surgeon, provides the free trial version for all hair loss patients.



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