Outlook of the Natural Alopecia Areata Treatment

The cause of Alopecia Areata is still not known.

1. About 1 in every 5 people with this condition has experienced a family history of alopecia, that is, heredity may be a factor. So, genetic factors play an important role, especially those aged below 30 years.
2.  It is believed that psychological stress is one of the main reasons of Alopecia Areata, though current research has failed to prove that stress is a factor.
3. It is likely to occur more in people who have relatives with autoimmune diseases, like- celiac disease, dermatomyositis, Polymyositis, Narcolepsy, Gastro-intestinal Pemphigoid and many more.
4. The cause of alopecia areata may be due to an autoimmune reaction. This mainly happens when the immune system attacks and damages the healthy human body tissue.
5. The risk of developing alopecia areata is generally high in people who have hay fever or allergic rhinitis, asthma problem, vitiligo, Down syndrome, thyroid problem and pernicious anemia.

The Outlook

The effects of Alopecia Areata are usually psychological. Full recovery of hair in adults is very common. Since, hair loss can result in the change of appearances of a person; he or she may suffer from anxiety, depression and social phobia. Alopecia Areata also affects the part of the hair follicle associated with hair color. Some people may have a much poor outcome, like-

• Long-term alopecia.
• Alopecia areata that starts at a young age.
• Widespread or complete loss of scalp or body hair.
• Atopic Dermatitis or Eczema- Refers to skin allergy resulting redness and swelling of the skin and mainly occurs in infants.

 Natural Alopecia Areata Treatment

Stress reduction, massage and relaxation is helping in curing this disease but whether there is a natural cure is not yet known, though there are a few treatments of Alopecia Areata.

5 Treatments of Natural Alopecia Areata (AA) 

There is no permanent remedy for Alopecia Areata even though recurrences are common. Your treatment depends on many factors, like-the amount of your hair loss, your age and your readiness to deal with any treatment-related side-effects or discomfort.  Treatment includes the following-

• Vasodilator medications, like- Topical Minoxidil and finasteride are used for the treatment of androgenic alopecia, which stops hair loss once applied on the scalp and promotes hair re-growth in the majority of patients by increasing the speed of the natural hair cycle and also the diameter of hairs that starts growing.
• Oral corticosteroids decrease the hair loss just for a short span of time but these drugs have serious worse side-effects.

• Cortisone ointment and Elocon cream, two steroid creams are applied on the bald patches.
• A short course of corticosteroids, like-clobetasol, prednisone, fluocinonide are injected by mouth or rarely through veins in adult patients with complete hair loss or where eyebrow hair has been los However, they are not so effective.

• Psoralen as well as Ultraviolet A Phototherapy-controlled exposure of the affected skin to UV Rays.
• Cyclosporine A, a current immunosuppressant drug is also used.