Focal (alimentary) alopecia is a rare disease that occurs in men, women and even children. This pathology attracts scientists' attention, because Until now, the spontaneously arising and concluding process of hair loss remains unclear.
Symptoms of focal alopecia
Alopecia areata begins suddenly and just as suddenly it can end. The duration of such an outbreak can be different - the disease can lead to a significant loss of hair or stop within a week, affecting areas of small area.
Foci of alopecia with this type of alopecia have a clear outline of a round or oval shape, their number may be different. The mouth of the hair follicles is well preserved. Surface of the hearth is smooth, light, without peeling. In the stage of active baldness, hemp hair becomes an exclamation mark, and along the line of the hearth borders there is a zone of "shaky hair".
In the process of regression, fuzzy hair appears in the focus zone, but eventually they acquire a normal thickness and color. Unexpected resumption of hair growth at existing foci can occur simultaneously with the appearance of new foci in other areas.
Causes of focal alopecia
The causes of focal alopecia have not been studied enough, studies in this area are still ongoing. Among the main assumptions, the following factors can be distinguished:
- stress, nervous shock;
- physical trauma;
- chronic infectious diseases (especially dermatological);
- hereditary predisposition;
- failure of autoimmune mechanisms.
Treatment of focal alopecia
There are many opinions on how to treat focal alopecia. At the same time, none of the existing methods is universal; the causes of the disease are different, and it is often difficult to find them out. At the same time, there are many cases of spontaneous healing and complete disposal of this pathology without the use of special therapy.
To diagnose focal alopecia, microscopic examination of the hair is carried out, the condition of the follicles and skin of the scalp is studied. Also, a number of other studies are carried out - blood and urine analysis, ultrasound studies, etc. Based on the results, various preparations of both local and systemic action (sedatives, immunomodulators, corticosteroids, mineral-vitamin complexes, etc.) can be prescribed .
Therapeutic procedures in the treatment of focal alopecia are directed, mainly, to stimulation of hair growth. The individual course of treatment is appointed taking into account the patient's age, the duration of the pathological process, the area of the centers of alopecia.
Treatment of focal alopecia with folk remedies
Consider several ways how to cure focal alopecia, which are offered by folk medicine:
- Grind 20 shelled walnuts and mix them with 80 ml of any vegetable oil. Rub the resulting mixture into the affected areas daily for the night.
- Prepare a tincture of red pepper, fill 4 medium-sized pods with half a liter of vodka and leave to infuse for 3 weeks in a dark place. Daily rub the tincture in the lesions and adjacent areas of the skin.
- Grind a few cloves of garlic to the state of mush, apply on the sites of baldness for two hours. After that, wash your hair with shampoo. Procedures to conduct weekly courses with interruptions for 10 days.
- For two months daily, rub aloe vera juice into the lesions. Then take a break for a month and repeat the course.
- Mix a tablespoon of fresh onion juice in equal quantities with burdock oil and warm boiled water. Apply to the affected area for 2 hours, then rinse with shampoo. The procedure should be carried out 2 - 3 times a week.