Causes of Alopecia

1. CAUSES OF ALOPECIA
• Nonscarring alopecia
• Primary cutaneous disorders
• Telogen effluvium
• Androgenetic alopecia
• Alopecia areata
• Tinea capitis
• Traumatic alopecia
• Systemic diseases
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Secondary syphilis
• Hypothyroidism
• Hyperthyroidism
• Hypopituitarism

2. • Scarring alopecia
• Primary cutaneous disorders
• Cutaneous lupus (chronic discoid lesions)
• Lichen planus
• Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia
• Folliculitis decalvans
• Linear scleroderma (morphea)
• Systemic diseases
• Discoid lesions in the setting of systemic lupus erythematosus
• Sarcoidosis
• Cutaneous metastases [5]

3. COMMON TYPES OF ALOPECIA
• ALOPECIA AREATA (AA)
Alopecia areata is an autoimmune condition which causes patchy hair
loss. It can result in a single bald patch or extensive patchy hair loss.

4. • ALOPECIA TOTALIS (AT)
It is more advanced form of alopecia areata which results in total loss of all hair
on the scalp.

5. • ALOPECIA UNIVERSALIS (AU)
It is the most advanced form of alopecia areata which results in total loss of hair
on the body, including eyelashes and eyebrows.

6. • ALOPECIA BARBAE (AB)
It is alopecia areata that is locaised to the beard area. It can be a single bald
patch or more extensive hair loss across the whole of the beard area.

7. • ANDEROGENETIC ALOPECIA (AGA)
It is known as male pattern or female pattern baldness. It is a thinning of the
hair to an almost transparent state, in both men and women. It is thought to be
a hereditary form of hair loss and is the most common type of progressive hair
loss.

8. • TRACTION ALOPECIA
Traction alopecia is usually due to excessive pulling or tension on hair shafts as a
result of certain hair styles. It is seen more often in women, particularly those of
East Indian and Afro-Caribbean origin. Hair loss depends on the way the hair is
being pulled. Prolonged traction alopecia can stop new hair follicles developing
and lead to permanent hair loss.

9. • ANAGEN EFFLUVIUM
This hair loss is generally caused by chemicals such as those used to treat
cancer. Initially it causes patchy hair loss, which often then becomes total hair
loss. The good news is that when you stop using these chemicals the hair
normally grows back (usually about6 months later). Other drugs also can cause
hair loss. Many medicines used to treat even common dieases can cause hair
loss.

10. • TELOGEN EFFLUVIUM
It is form of hair loss where more than normal amounts of hair fall out. There is
a general 'thinning' of the hair. Unlike some other hair and scalp conditions, it is
temporary and hair growth usually recovers. [6]

11. HOMOEOPATHIC APPROACH
• Alopecia is an autoimmune disease. Dr. H.A. Roberts says, "Similar remedy or
similar disease satisfies susceptibility and establishes immunity" Each and every
individual case has unique feature to represent the symptom and disease by
that way of individualization only homoeopathy treats the individual as a
whole.[8]
• Homoeopathy is a therapeutic system in which drug is applied to disease
according to a specific principle. In this we treat person as a whole. Health is not
merely a state of being, it is power. Health is the power of resist, power to
adopt life to condition without fear, the power to live a life in the world. The aim
of homoeopathy is to build that power. [9]

12. • The mind, body, sprit and the trinity of life, which is present in every
Organism. Harmonious low of life maintains health and deviation leads to
disease. As Robert correctly stated that, "Any disturbance of this vital energy
immediately shows itself in of harmony through the outward manifestations of
our beings. in other words, symptom, when harmonious flow is disturbed, we
get sickness as a result, and it has as its base and inception. This lack of
harmony in the low of vital energy through the body is manifest in disease as it
naturally develops because of disturbed vital force. [9]