Alopecia Disease Summary

Overview

Alopecia areata is an autoimmune non-scarring hair follicle disease characterized by patches of significant hair loss. While androgenic alopecia is a chronic follicular disorder characterized by progressive hair loss with a patterned distribution.
Alopecia may be abrupt or gradual in onset.
Severity of Alopecia Tool (SALT) is commonly used in assessing the severity of alopecia based on the area of scalp hair loss.
Early intervention, when thinning is first noticed hairs are incompletely miniaturized, optimizes treatment.

For further information regarding the management of Alopecia, please refer to Disease Algorithm for the Treatment Guideline.