The FDA on Monday approved the first-ever treatment for alopecia areata, an autoimmune disorder that causes hair loss and was thrown into the spotlight after actor Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars.
can make hair fall out of the scalp in patches and also affect other parts of the body, like eyebrows and nose hair. Sometimes hair grows back but repeated bouts of baldness can also occur.
While seldom discussed, it’s actually fairly common: the second biggest cause of hair loss, after male or female pattern balding. It’s not physically painful, in some cases it spontaneously goes away and it can be treated.Alopecia tends to run in families. Total hair loss affecting the entire body can happen, but is rare. The condition can also cause dents and ridges in fingernails and toenails, but affected people are otherwise healthy.
Alopecia can come on quickly, is unpredictable and can be incredibly tough to deal with mentally, said Brett King, a hair loss expert at Yale Medicine, told The Associated Press in March. “Imagine if you woke up today missing half of an eyebrow,” he said. “That unpredictability is one of the things that’s so mentally treacherous and awful because you have no control of it ... it’s a disease that strips people of their identity.”Ayanna Pressley, a Democratic congresswoman from MassachusettsMore people are talking about Jada Pinkett-Smith and alopecia after the viral incident between Will Smith and Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards.
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