Researchers in America surveyed more than 2,000 people about how they felt about alopecia - the general medical term for hair loss. Other, more concerning causes of hair loss include stress, cancer treatment such as chemotherapy or radiotherapy, weight loss or an iron deficiency. Alopecia is an autoimmune disorder where the body's immune system attacks the hair follicles, leading to hair loss. It has several subcategories depending on severity, ranging from alopecia universalis (total loss of all bodily hair) to alopecia areata (patchy loss of head hair). 'There is a myth that alopecia is contagious, or that hair loss always means someone is sick.

Source: Daily Mail March 10, 2021 16:07 UTC