Alopecia areata has these symptoms in the early stage

Alopecia areata is also known as alopecia areata. This disease can occur at any age, and it is also common in infants. If parents do not pay attention to it, it will cause serious hair loss. Everyone should understand the early symptoms of alopecia areata and treat it in time to avoid unnecessary trouble.

1. Alopecia areata can occur at any age from infants to the elderly, but it is more common in middle-aged people, and there is no obvious gender difference. Alopecia areata is often discovered accidentally or by others. There are no subjective symptoms. In a few cases, there may be mild abnormal sensation in the affected area in the early stage of the disease.

2. Initially, there is one or several circular or oval areas of hair loss with clear boundaries, which are about 1 to 2 cm in diameter. There are often some loose and easily falling hair at the edges of the hair loss area, some of which have already broken off, and the hair at the proximal end often atrophies. If you pull out the hair, you can see that the hair is thick at the top and thin at the bottom, like an exclamation mark, and the hair pigment at the bottom is also lost.

3. This phenomenon is a sign of progression. As the hair loss continues, each piece of hair expands and may fuse together to form an irregular shape. If the disease continues to progress, it may lead to total baldness. In severe cases, eyebrows, eyelashes, armpit hair, pubic hair and all body hair also fall out, which is called alopecia universalis.

4. Hair loss can also stop. At this time, the area of ​​hair loss will no longer expand, and the hair on the edge will be firmer and not easy to pull out. After several months, the hair will grow gradually or rapidly. Some patients first grow white fuzzy hair, which then gradually becomes thicker, darker, and longer, becoming normal hair.

5. The scalp of a person with hair loss is normal, smooth, and has no inflammation. Sometimes it looks thinner and slightly concave. This is because the hair and hair roots disappear, not because the scalp is actually thinning.

Warm reminder: if we only have mild hair loss, we don’t need to be too nervous. If we find ourselves having symptoms of alopecia areata, we should seek timely treatment. If people have long-term mental stress, it will affect the normal functioning of the body, especially due to the environment, which will also cause people to have severe alopecia areata, making the symptoms of hair loss more obvious, resulting in a smooth head and seemingly non-inflammation, but causing great physical and mental distress to patients.