Someone asked me

Mrs.Maria, I have almost 5 years suffered from alopecia areata with cured heal, recurrence, recurrence, and even more, a lot of holes in my head. Can this disease heal without coming again or getting older, the more severe the dock ...? And what is the right handler for me, right?

Answer from me

Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks the hair follicles (roots) and causes hair to fall out in certain areas. As you have experienced, alopecia areata is indeed a difficult condition to predict its appearance. People with alopecia areata can experience hair loss to baldness, then the hair can grow on its own without medication, then fall back, grow back and fall out again. Some people can experience only 1 episode of hair loss and recover forever, but many also experience it as you have for years. Not infrequently also sufferers of alopecia areata who do not experience hair regrowth (becoming permanently bald), especially if hair loss occurs very widely and occurs throughout the body.

When healing symptoms occur (hair grows again) no one can predict whether hair loss will occur again or not. This makes the disease often frustrating for the sufferer. Treatment given also cannot guarantee 100% cure. Hair growth can occur with the administration of drugs, but still no one can guarantee whether hair loss and baldness will occur again or not.

Some therapeutic options that can be given to alopecia areata patients include:

Giving corticosteroids (either injection or topical / topical medication) Minoxidil topical Topical immunotherapy (topical anthrax) Induction of allergy with diphencyprone (DPCP) To overcome baldness, you can also consider using a wig or sticking hair in a bald area

To do the above therapies, it's good you consult first with a dermatologist. The above therapies are very dangerous if done alone, so do not do therapy in place carelessly.