alopecia totalis

The disease alopecia totalis makes people's hair fall out.

Loss of all scalp hair (alopecia totalis), often within 6 months after symptoms first start.

Hair loss that spreads to cover the entire scalp is called alopecia totalis.

If the patient loses all the hair on the scalp, the disease is then called alopecia totalis.

In 2005 Porter started suffering from alopecia totalis, causing her to lose all of her hair.

Wigs are often used by those with alopecia, particularly alopecia totalis, in which hair is entirely lost from the scalp.

E.g. Leprosy,alopecia totalis etc.

Diphenylcyclopropenone (diphencyprone) is a topically administered drug intended for treating alopecia areata and alopecia totalis.

If left untreated, or if the disease does not respond to treatment, complete baldness can result in the affected area, which is referred to as alopecia totalis.

In 1-2% of cases, the condition can spread to the entire scalp (alopecia totalis) or to the entire epidermis (alopecia universalis).

Effluvium can present with similar appearance to alopecia totalis, with further distinction by clinical course, microscopic examination of plucked follicles, or biopsy of the scalp.

When she was in her late 30s, Beale developed alopecia totalis which caused her body hair to fall out and prompted her to wear her signature headscarves.

Chemotherapy induced hair loss occurs by a non-androgenic mechanism, and can manifests as alopecia totalis, telogen effluvium, or less often alopecia areata.

Histology would show telogen hair follicles in the dermis with minimal inflammation in effluvium, and dense peribulbar lymphocytic infiltrate in alopecia totalis.

Variations of this condition include alopecia totalis (the loss of all scalp hair), and alopecia universalis (loss of all scalp and body hair).

Effluvium can present with similar appearance to alopecia totalis, with biopsy in the former showing telogen hair follicles in the dermis with minimal inflammation in effluvium.

Porter's experience with alopecia totalis was the subject of the BBC ONE Life series documentary Gail Porter Laid Bare on 31 May 2006.

Unlike its androgenic counterparts, it often progresses to alopecia totalis, although it usually is reversible, with prophylactic measures including scalp cooling, and temporary interval cosmeses such as wigs and head garments.

Extreme forms of alopecia areata are alopecia totalis, which involves the loss of all head hair, and the most extreme form, alopecia universalis, which involves the loss of all hair from the head and the body.