All You Need To Know about Treatments for Alopecia Areata (Part II)


In our previous post, we gave a review of the most common treatment options for alopecia areata - steroid injections, topical steroid medications, and Minoxidil. Today, we are going to consider other types of medical approaches, namely, topical immunotherapy and the drug Dithranol, which are also used to address this little understood hair loss condition – alopecia areata.

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All You Need To Know about Treatments for Alopecia Areata (Part I)


Since alopecia areata is a poorly understood autoimmune disorder with an unpredictable medical prognosis, not treating is often a wise option. In the majority of cases, the condition resolves itself – bald patches disappear and the hair re-grows without any medical intervention. If you have alopecia areata in a mild form, with only a few small areas of baldness, your health care provider may advise that you should simply apply the method of “watchful waiting” – that is, to wait and see if the condition improves in time without treatment. The hair is likely to re-grow within a period of several months to one year. For the time being, hair style changes can be helpful in masking bald patches.

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Understanding Alopecia (Part I)


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. Medical doctors distinguish several types of alopecia: androgenic alopecia, or male-pattern baldness; androgenetic alopecia, or female-pattern baldness; and alopecia areata, or patchy hair loss, which is currently believed to be an autoimmune disease of the idiopathic origin (with no known cause).

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Some Hair Loss Truths: What Causes Baldness and How to Prevent It


During our lives, scalp hair tends to go through cyclic patterns of growing, resting, falling and regenerating. However, as we age, certain hormonal and genetic changes can restrict successful reproduction of our locks, leading to irreversible hair loss. The important question is whether baldness can be prevented or cured?

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Neo Leaf – a Japanese Remedy for Hair Loss


Neo Leaf is a last generation hair loss product that has originally been developed at the skin & hair laboratories of Japan. A result of extensive research, Neo Leaf offers a good, non-toxic solution for hair loss sufferers. Designed for topical applications, this product is said to promote the strength of hair follicles and resilience of the hair shafts and scalp to daily exposure to chemicals, salon procedures, dry air, and various environmental stresses. If you are bothered by hair loss or thinning that seems to be directly related to the use of hair-styling products, shampoos and hair lotions containing petrochemicals, synthetic dyes, or repeated hair-strengthening procedures, Neo Leaf can offer an effective protection. It works especially well by reducing the damage incurred onto your hair by modern hair-care products and by reviving weakened hair shafts and follicles.

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