The Hair Loss Disease Alopecia Areata
Alopecia areata is a non-life threatening hair loss disease. It may not literally kill you, but in other ways deep down it could. I know this from my personal life. I have been an individual that has been suffering from alopecia for the past six years. It’s not easy living in this world with it. I feel at times that it’s a pain just to go to school and be in public with my disease.
It does not matter where you go but people are always starring at you and whispering about you, because you have no hair or bald spots throughout your scalp. I know that my disease has changed me and made me be the person that I am. Due to always looking different to others, I’ve grown to never judge people by their looks. I’m as normal as any other person, except for the fact that I loose my hair and at times I’m almost completely bald.
I chose to research Alopecia areata as part of my portfolio because not only will it help my grade in genetics it will help me understand and learn more about my disease. I have never been fully educated about what I have. My parents don’t understand it either. At first when I found out what I was suffering from my mother and I tried everything we could, at one point I was getting 60 shots of steroids in the scalp. Back about three years ago, I gave up going to all the different Doctor appointments. By doing that I was hoping that my Alopecia areata would run it’s course and my hair would just grow back and stay for good. Now That I have been doing this research on it and finding out that I am not alone with this. I’m going to do something about my disease and hopefully find something that will help. I already know that there is no cure but I’m sure there are some kind of...
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...s is Alopecia Areata you can begin some kind of treatment. There are not many treatments out there. I know that my dermatologists put me on steroids that were injected into my scalp every three weeks. We found out with my form of Alopecia areata it made it worse. The only thing it did for me was made me really fat. This made my whole condition ten times worse being in the 5th grade at the time. There are many kinds of chemicals that you can try to stimulate your hair follicles to get the hair to grow and stay.
Everyone that has Alopecia areata has potential of his or her hair growing back and staying then being in a remission. You will never cure it forever you will always have it and have to deal with it. There are different kinds of therapy’s that you can do, but if you’ve had Alopecia areata for over two years you only have about 40% chance that it will help.
Hair is considered one of the components of the integumentary system, along with the skin, nails, glands and nerves. Mammalian hair has many functions including protection from environmental factors and the ability to disperse sweat gland products such as pheromones. Almost every part of the human body is covered by hair except for the palms, hands and bottoms of the feet. On average, every person has about five million hairs; each of these hairs is born from a follicle or tiny tube-like structure that grows into the dermis layer of the skin. Oftentimes this follicle even reaches the subcutaneous layer, which is made of fat and connective tissue. (UXL Complete Health Research, 2001)
The complete process is carried out under local anesthesia to numb the scalp. These grafts grow into natural hairs with the progress of time. Hence, hair transplantation is able to complete the process of hair restoration successfully.
Alopecia is a medical term for baldness. It is an autoimmune disease whereby the individual's own immune system attacks hair follicles for an unknown reason and disrupts normal hair formation, usually on the scalp. When this happens the persons hair starts to fall out. In rare occasions the person loses all of the hair on his or her head what is known as alopecia areata totalis or on the entire body known as alopecia areata universalis.
Tristin had to face her biggest fear, School. She was stared at and asked so many questions. At this point tristin was feeling very uncomfortable. Some teachers understood and let her wear her hat and some did not. Tristin had a few bad days. She then got used to it but still gets upset when people stare at her. She starts to feel uncomfortable and weird. Tristin feels like everyone’s staring at her likes she’s not human. Tristin was upset that people stared and judged her for doing something out of the kindness of her heart. Her hair is grown a lote from November forth. It still bothers her when people stare at her in public. After finishing her hair she told keagan she did her
According to Relevant Research, Inc and the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery, 35 million men and 21 million women in the United States were experiencing hair loss as of July 2013. Hair loss can have many causes and subsequently there are many solutions. People experiencing hair loss will go to great measures to reverse their hair loss. 47% of hair loss suffers said they would give up their life savings to regain a full head of hair and 60% said they would rather have more hair than money or friends. With those statistics, it is no surprise that that the worldwide revenue for surgical hair restoration alone is $1.87 billion. However, not all hair loss solutions are a match for everyone and some do not provide the results promised. In order to truly understand what type of solution is best for an individual it is necessary to know what has caused the hair loss. Alopecia, which simply means hair loss and does not refer to one specific hair loss disease, can be caused by many factors from genetics to stress. The three most common types of alopecia are androgenetic alopecia, telogen effluvium, and alopecia areata.
Hair grows about half an inch per month to six inches a year but can vary depending on the person. First, what exactly is hair? Based on WebMD, hair is made up of an extremely strong protein called keratin which is also found in the human skin, nails, and teeth. Expert cosmopolitan Cunnane Phillips explained that there are three different types of hair growth phases that an individuals hair goes through. The first phase is called anagen. This is the growth phase...
Some people fortunate not to be affected by chemicals that are found in hair product, but if you are worried about having thin air, just try to avoid these chemicals.
The gene mutation responsible for ginger hair was discovered in 1995, but this research did not leave any significant impact and future research based on this discovery was dedicated to exploring other differences in genetic constitution between redheads and people with other hair colour (Johansen, 2005). For example, it is established that red hair is the first phenotype linked to pain tolerance (Knight, 2002). Research by Edwin Liem, Teresa Joiner, Kentaro Tsueda, and Daniel Sessler (2005) proved that redheads are more sensitive to thermal pain than women with dark hair, and the results have confirmed previous studies regarding redhead resistance to anaesthetics. There were several limitations to this study, including possible bias from the investigators and subjective responses from participants, but Liem, Joiner, Tsueda, and Sessler (2005) have reached the desired conclusion because they did not consider these limita...
Sloane starts losing her hair and gets diagnosed with alopecia areata. “A pile of hair came out when I showered.” (Langston49), Sloane got frantic and nervous when she noticed an abnormal amount of her hair falling out. She checked to make sure that she did not have any bald spots, however she did in fact find three. She went to a specialist and
Baldness, especially among young men, is considered by the main concern as an attack on their physical integrity, as a sign of premature old age. The more stress increases, the more hair falls. The vicious circle sets in and some people end up having no social life.
Patient education is a key factor in alopecia areata. Inform patients of the chronic relapsing nature of alopecia areata. Reassure patients that the condition is benign and does not threaten their general health.
There have been an infinite number of highs and lows on my journey, however my Trich is something that has become a part of my person. There have been days when the though of shaving my head to put myself out of my misery seems like a tempting solution, but there have also been days where I am thankful for the lessons that Trich has given me. My self confidence has sky rocketed and my appearance is no longer a concern of mine. Yes, Trichotillomania continues to be a problem that I will probably battle for the rest of my life, but I have made friends and memories that I wouldn't trade for anything — even a full head of
Hair growth takes place in three phases the anogen phase, the catagen phase, and the telogen phase. The first phase to take place, the anogen stage, can last anywhere from three to seven years. During this stage, hair grows at an average rate of 1 centimeter per month which adds up to around 12 centimeters or 1 inch per year. It is also during this stage that melanin, the pigment that gives hair color, is created. As people get older, follicles gradually give up producing thick, strong hair. As a result, hair becomes thinner and shorter; baldness may even occur. The next phase in hair growth is the catagen phase which takes place anywhere from two to four weeks. During this stage, the base of the follicle moves from underneath the skin to the face and rests near the opening of the sebaceous duct until it is ready to begin growing. This growing takes place during the telogen phase which lasts anywhere from three to four months. During this stage, new hair begins to grow from the hair follicle. As it grows upwards, the old hair will be shed naturally or may be pulled out. This shedding of telogen hairs happens easily and painlessly; these are the hairs that fall out when a person is shampooi...
Within the early stages of my life, I discovered the joy of serving those in pain by walking with my younger brother through his childhood illness. Six years ago, my brother Caden was diagnosed with alopecia arietta, an autoimmune disorder which, in my brother’s case, resulted in extreme hair loss and a tragically weak immune system. My family and I had to immediately adapt to his urgent medical needs. Because of the weakening of Caden’s immune
Dandruff does not come forever. You are sure to cope with this disease, and we wish you a little patience in your endeavor.