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Saturday, March 5, 2011

Alopecia Areata

Alopecia Areata (AA) is a condition in which there is a loss of hair on the scalp or the body.

It is affecting 1 percent of the population mostly the children.

Even adults are also affected by Alopecia Areata and it can occur at any age.

According to scientists, it is an autoimmune disease in which hair follicles are attacked by WBC from the immune system and kept them away from the producing hairs.

TYPES

Alopecia areata multilocularis
Alopecia areata barbae
Alopecia areata totalis
Alopecia areata monolocularis
Diffuse alopecia areata
Alopecia areata universalis

CAUSES

It is an autoimmune disease and not considered as contagious. The cause for Alopecia Areata is not known. Genetic factor can be one of the causes for AA.

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF AA

It starts with one or small, coin size, round, bare patches. It is mostly common on the scalp and even includes eyelashes, eyebrows and beards. Hair grows with the full hair regrowth.

There is no such symptom which can cause Alopecia areata but there can be itching or minor discomfort when a new patch is developed. Nails also become distorted and can have tiny pinpoint dents. This is not a serious disease and the person can have risk of asthma, atopic eczema, allergies etc.

DIAGNOSIS

It occurs mostly in the late teenage years and with almost people of all ages. Fingernails can also be affected along with the hair loss. Diagnosis is done in which other treatable diseases are excluded that can be the cause for hair loss such as tinea capitis and trichotillomania. Patches of broken hair and no skin changes which are associated with the alopecia areata can be found in trichotillomania.

TREATMENT

There is no permanent cure or treatment for alopecia areata but these treatments promote new patches of hair loss and hair growth. Many treatments are available and they are:-

Anthralin – It is a substance which looks like a synthetic tar that alters immune system which affects the skin. It can be applied for 20 to 60 minutes and should be washed off to protect from skin irritation.
Corticosteroids – These drugs are taken as pills and given in the form of injections in the areas of hair loss. Steroid injections can also be given in the patches on the scalp and any hair bearing skin. Corticosteroids will have positive side effects if taken by mouth.
Topical minoxidil 5% solution – This solution can be applied twice to the scalp which promotes the hair growth in children and adults and new hair will appear in 12 weeks.

Caps, hats and wigs are worn by the people having alopecia areata and it does not affect the general health.

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Details of data retention

General expectations

IP and other technical information

When a visitor requests or reads a page, or sends email to a Wikimedia server, no more information is collected than is typically collected by web sites. The Wikimedia Foundation may keep raw logs of such transactions, but these will not be published or used to track legitimate users.

When a page is edited by a logged-in editor, the server confidentially stores related IP information for a limited period of time. This information is automatically deleted after a set period. For editors who do not log in, the IP address used is publicly and permanently credited as the author of the edit. It may be possible for a third party to identify the author from this IP address in conjunction with other information available. Logging in with a registered username allows for better preservation of privacy.

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Laser resurfacing

Laser resurfacing is a technique used during laser surgery wherein molecular bonds are dissolved by laser. It is used for the treatment of wrinkles, solar lentigenes, sun damage, scars (see acne scar treatment), stretch marks, actinic keratosis and telangiectasias or "spider veins".

It can be combined with liposuction to remove excess fat from the chin and jaw area. The skin may be wrinkled after fat is removed and laser resurfacing can help tighten and smooth over the new contours.

Laser resurfacing is usually done with a 2940 nm Er:YAG laser or a 10,600 nm CO₂ laser. Complete resurfacing was first done with a CO₂ laser. More commonly now, laser resurfacing is done with a fractional laser. The term fractional pertains to the method in which the laser light is transferred. Tiny pinpoints of laser light are used to deliver the laser to the surface of the skin in only a fraction of the area. Several hundred or thousands of laser pinpoints may be used per square inch, leaving healthy skin in between the ablated areas, to allow more rapid healing and lower risk.

Skin resurfacing can also be performed with a plasma-based device instead of a laser. At least one manufacturer of such a plasma device^[who?] claims "It’s the only treatment proven to generate new skin, at the fundamental levels, for as long as a year after treatment".^[3] However these claims do not have supporting evidence published in a peer-reviewed medical journal, and have not been verified by any independently funded studies. Superiority to laser-based devices remains an open question.

Fractional photothermolysis (FP) is another form of laser treatment with several devices currently on the market. Some doctors claim FP provides similar results to CO₂ laser resurfacing without risk of scarring or significant downtime. As of January 2008, there are a number of papers referenced on PubMed which mostly support those claims.^{[citation needed]} Complications observed in a study of 961 treatments included acneiform eruptions (1.87%) and herpes simplex virus outbreaks (1.77%). Side effects and complications observed in this study were of a temporary nature.^[4] There have been, however, anecdotal negative accounts of bad scarring and hyperpigmentation without any findings of infection.^[5]

When compared to a chemical peel, dermabrasion or other forms of laser treatment, a laser allows the surgeon to customize the surgery not only for each patient but also to each area of the face.

CO₂ laser resurfacing has been shown to have an increased risk of hypopigmentation and scarring when compared to the erbium lasers. This is due to the high degree of coagulation and thus heat production that occurs as a nature of the CO₂ wavelength. Both Erbium and Co2 fractional systems have a better safety profile than lasers of the past.

Both Erbium and CO₂ are used to treat deep rhytides, sun damage and age spots. Through the heating of the deep dermis, fibroblasts are stimulated to form new collagen and elastin helping to bring increased turgor and thickness to the skin.