Alopecia Totalis Similar to alopecia areata, but hair loss affects eyebrows and eyelashes as well as scalp. Alopecia Universalis Similar to alopecia areata, but hair loss affects entire body surface, including underarms and pubic hair. Traction Alopecia Hair loss which results from tension on the scalp caused by tight braids, winding hair too tightly on curlers, and other hairstyles. Anagen Effluvium Hair loss usually caused by radiation therapy or systemic chemotherapy. These agents disrupt the anagen cycle.
Hair usually breaks off rather than sheds.
It s long been a goal of many pharmaceutical companies to develop a way to restrict the production of DHT, thus stopping the balding process. In the past few years some products have come into the market that have been proven to slow balding in both men and women. The goal now is develop better drugs that will do so more completely. Cradle Cap A form of seborrhea, commonly found in infants, cradle cap is an inflammatory scaling disease of the scalp. Dandruff Dandruff, a seasonal condition, is the excessive shedding of dead skin cells from the scalp.