The FDA approved an expanded indication for baricitinib, a once daily oral JAK inhibitor, for teens aged 12 and older with ...

Waking up to find clumps of hair on your pillow or discovering smooth, round patches where thick hair once grew can be absolutely devastating. This jarring experience affects millions of people ...

"When I shampoo, the drain gets pitch black with hair." "I feel like I have less hair than yesterday."For those who have ...

Alopecia areata is an autoimmune skin condition that causes patches of hair loss on your scalp and other parts of your body with hair. Those can include the eyebrows, eyelashes, beard, and elsewhere.

Alopecia areata is a chronic autoimmune disorder causing non-scarring hair loss due to immune system attacks on hair follicles. Breakdown of immune privilege in hair follicles leads to infiltration by ...

A medication that has been found to effectively treat the skin disease alopecia areata in adults is also successful in treating adolescent patients, according to a Yale-led clinical trial. Alopecia ...

Alopecia areata can be difficult to treat, but with the right products and medication, it’s possible to delay or prevent further hair loss. In some cases, it’s even possible to partially regrow hair.

Shamsha Damani has lived with alopecia areata since she was six, which turned into alopecia universalis in 2013. She's a fierce advocate for those with alopecia areata and currently serves on the ...

Seventy-five percent of patients with moderate to severe alopecia areata—an autoimmune disease that causes patchy, and less frequently, total hair loss—had significant hair regrowth after treatment ...

Sometimes this distress can grow into anxiety and depression, which affects up to 17 percent of people with this autoimmune condition. Many people describe an overwhelming sense of shock and loss when ...

Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease in which the body attacks the hair follicles. If you're one of the 6.8 million people in the U.S. with this condition, what should you avoid with alopecia ...

Rep. Ayanna Pressley announces the Wigs for Warriors, which could be life-changing for family members of service members ...