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Is Anyone Experiencing Hair Loss With Vitiligo? I Am Experiencing It At The Temples, I Have Vitiligo On My Face.

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Brewster, WA
August 4
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Hair loss is not due to Vitiligo. May be some other cause.

August 5
A MyVitiligoTeam Member

No can't say I have

August 14
A MyVitiligoTeam Member

Twdor hello and I hope you're having a wonderful week! I'm doing well this week. In response to your question their is no connection with vitiligo and hair lost. Vitiligo itself is not known to cause hair loss. However, because vitiligo is an autoimmune condition, it might be connected to other autoimmune conditions that can cause hair loss. Vitiligo and alopecia areata are common autoimmune conditions, which are considered to be disfiguring skin diseases. While vitiligo causes discoloration of the skin, alopecia areata (AA) causes patchy hair loss.
Alopecia areata patients typically see their round coin-sized patches of hair loss spontaneously recover and grow back, though it can become a chronic recurring condition. The most severe forms of alopecia areata (AA) can cause baldness on the entire scalp (called alopecia totalis) or loss of all body hair (called alopecia universalis).
Despite vitiligo and alopecia areata (AA) different outward appearances, there is evidence to support that the underlying causes of these two conditions share several similarities.
One commonality seems to be the disease activity in both the innate and adaptive immune systems. The innate (or nonspecific) immune system is the defense system that you were born with, and it offers the first line of defense whenever the body is faced with a foreign intruder like a virus or bacteria. The adaptive immune system kicks in if the innate system cannot fight off an invader. It is a more specific line of defense, and it can learn to identify new diseases or infections. High cellular stress levels in the innate immune system might be initial triggers of disease in both AA and vitiligo, along with increased reactive oxygen species. Reactive oxygen species (RSO) play an important role in the killing response of immune cells to microbial invasion. In addition to these similarities, genome-wide association studies suggest that there might be common genetic risk factors for both alopecia areata and vitiligo pathogenesis. Vitiligo and AA share other similarities, too. They both present in patches on the body and develop earlier in life. While AA can develop at any age, 60% of patients develop their first episode of hair loss before the age of 20. Similarly, half of vitiligo patients develop the disease before the age of 20 years old.
While it appears to be very rare, some people might have an emerging clinical variant called alopecia areata and vitiligo β€œoverlap syndrome,” or coexisting cases of vitiligo and alopecia areata. It is estimated that 3% to 8% of vitiligo patients might also have alopecia areata. Ultimately, researchers hope that understanding the close connections between vitiligo and AA can guide the development of future targeted treatments.
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Vitiligo and Alopecia: What You Should Know
Vitiligo and Alopecia: What You Should Know
August 7 (edited)
A MyVitiligoTeam Member

No..

August 7
A MyVitiligoTeam Member

No, first time i am hearing this. Hair loss might be from several other factors.

August 5

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