Symptoms include the partial or generalized loss of hair or bristles. Alopecia can be experienced in an acute or progressive way.
Signs often associated with alopecia: dull hair, itchy scalp, painful roots, excess sebum and dandruff.
Risk factors:
- Heredity
- Intense stress (surgery, death, divorce, etc.)
- Permanent lesion of the scalp (radiotherapy or burning)
- Skin diseases (lichen planus, lupus erythematosus, skin tumors)
- Hormonal changes