What is Alopecia Areata?

Hiding hair loss? Feeling Embarrassed? Now Boost your confidence. This article will explain what is Alopecia? Causes of Alopecia? and what is best homeopathic treatment for Alopecia.

While you take bath, do you see your hair collecting on the mesh of your bathroom drain or when you comb your hair, the hairbrush gets a bunch of hair entangled into it? Or you feel your hair is becoming thinner or suddenly you realize that a patch of hair on your head has vanished. These are distressing signs, especially for women. The problem of hair loss is common in men and women of all ages, but people realize its gravity only when they find noticeable change on their bodies or more commonly on the scalp. Our society has immense significance for the aesthetic aspects of hair, especially among women and their loss is bound to make a psychological impact on their psyche and this can lead to depression.

This condition of hair loss either on the whole body, which is rare, or on the scalp is called Alopecia. It can affect men as well as women and is the result of many causes including some metabolic disorders like thyroid and pituitary dysfunctions, hair anomalies, drug abuse, chemotherapy, fungal infections, and deficiency diseases Other hormonal disturbances too can lead to alopecia.

What is alopecia Areata?

What triggers Alopecia Areata?

Stress and Anxiety are the primary cause. This stress and anxiety trigger an Auto-immune response in the body, which means that the body's defense system is wrongly stimulated and it starts attacking its hair follicles leading to damage of hairs and hairs falling out.

Signs and Symptoms of Alopecia Areata

A common symptom of Alopecia Areata is the loss of hairs from some part of the scalp. These patches are usually the size of a coin and are often noticed accidentally. Once you started noticing the first patch, within few days, more patches start appearing on the scalp. And the main cause of the appearance of patches of Alopecia areata is some mental stress.

Studies have shown that stress and anxiety cause significant loss of hair.

Types of Alopecia:

1. Alopecia Areata: 
   One of the most common types of hair loss, which occurs in small dime-sized bald patches on the scalp.
2. Alopecia Totalis: 
   It is complete baldness or the loss of hair on the entire scalp.
3. Alopecia Universalis:
   It is rapid hair loss over the entire body including the scalp, eyebrows, eyelashes, and other areas of the body.
4. Androgenic Alopecia:
   This is a genetic hair loss, which is also known as male pattern balding.
5. Traction Alopecia:
   It is caused by damage to the hair follicles and dermal papilla due to the constant stretching of hair over a long period. Therefore, it often occurs in persons who either wear tight braids or have styles like a tight ponytail.
   
   

HomoeoCARE's Approach

We understand the medical and aesthetic significance of hair and are concerned about its loss. Therefore, our approach is to study the root cause of alopecia so as to decrease the rate of hair fall and enable an individual to get back the lost hair.

We at HomoeoCARE take a detailed history to understand the stresses, if any, which have caused the weakening of the roots of hair resulting in their loss. In such cases, we give medicines to reduce the impact of stress on one’s body and strengthen the roots of the hair. We advocate only plain coconut oil to be applied on the hair and discourage the use of external lotions or medicines to prevent the shedding of hair.

We help individuals in building their immune system in such a manner that it hastens the recovery of the damaged hair follicles and also assures healthy growth of the new hair. One can imagine the confidence and happiness one gets to see the lost hair back on one’s scalp. Imagine the joy of a bald lady who has got her hair back and think of a person who could revive his eyebrows or eyelashes. They would love to look into the mirror and admire themselves. At HomoeoCARE we try to bring back the joy of having lustrous hair or dazzling eyelashes.

HomoeoCARE's Success

Mrs. AR 41 year old female staying in Malad a western suburb of Mumbai came in July 2004 with loss of hair for 3 months for homeopathic treatment for her alopecia areata. Within 8 months her patches were restored permanently and she is now completely normal. Visit case details section

A 36- year old female came to our clinic with the complaint of bald patches on her scalp. Within one month of treatment at HomoeoCARE, some strands of hair started to reappear on her scalp and the aesthetic aspect of her body improved. As her entire bald patch got recovered with healthy hair within a year, she did not have to cover her head. This led her to regain her lost confidence we could see the abundant joy in her glittering eyes.

If you suffer from any kind of alopecia, we are here to help you prevent the shedding of your hair and regain the lost confidence.

No more hiding your bald spots.

Imbibe the wonder of HomoeoCARE into your lives and see the difference it brings.