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alopecia areata
(redirected from Spot baldness)

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alopecia areata [‚a·lə′pē·shə ‚a·rē′ad·ə]
(medicine)
A type of alopecia that is characterized as an autoimmune disorder and usually presents with one or many oval, slightly erythematous, asymptomatic patches of hair loss.


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It is also known as spot baldness because in the early stages it appears as bald spots on the scalp, though later it might strip the scalp of every hair.
Alopecia Barbe refers to spot baldness on beard region and Alopecia Universalis is when a person looses all bodily hair.
There have been a lot of people that have seemed perfectly healthy, live a clean lifestyle, but still experience the perils of spot baldness This condition (known as Alopecia as well) is responsible for creating bald spots on the scalp of both men and women alike There have been a lot of people that have seemed perfectly healthy, live a clean lifestyle, but still experience the perils of spot baldness.
 
 
 
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