How to Treat Alopecia Areata

Alopecia areata, a condition that causes the loss of hair, results in exposed or bald patches of skin. This condition may come on quite suddenly and can last up to 12 months. This disorder has no cure but certain medications can help treat the condition by stimulating hair growth and rejuvenation.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

1. Understand that no permanent cure exists to rid you of alopecia areata. An autoimmune response can help the hair follicles to regrow. Treatment depends on factors such as age, hair loss and reaction to side effects.

2. Undergo injections to suppress the immunological response that accompanies alopecia areata. The areas that have no hair can be injected to stimulate a regrowth of hair in that area. This treatment does not help in all cases but for those with immunological origins, an increase in hair growth has been documented.

3. Ask your physician about having immunotherapy using diphencyprone, which causes an allergic type reaction that potentially neutralizes the immune cells.

4. Discuss the option of utilizing topical minoxidil (Rogaine) with your physician. It may increase hair growth by acceleration of the growth cycle of hair follicles.

5. Try a course of corticosteroid therapy, which helps stimulate hair follicles. This therapy may take 4 to 6 weeks.

6. Consider consultation with a natural medicine practitioner who may request that you try mesotherapy. This therapy consists of stimulating the middle layer of skin with injections placed into the scalp that in turn stimulate the growth of hair follicles.

7. Research other options for treatment such as the use of anthralin, which supposedly causes a type of skin reaction similar to an irritation that theoretically stimulates hair growth. These types of therapies are not a proven treatment but have been used with some success within the natural medicine community.

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