What is the Treatment and Prevention of Alopecia?
First of all to prevent any kind of hair loss you should eat a well balanced diet. Hair loss or alopecia can be prevented or treated after determining the cause of hair loss. But sometimes it is not possible to prevent hair loss like in case of alopecia Areata. In case of alopecia Areata, hair grow back after some time but if it takes longer to grow back, one can take the help of medicines to speed up the growth of hairs on the bald patch. Usually topical steroids are prescribed for affected area. Localized corticosteroid injections are also applied on the scalp. Oral steroids are reserved for very severe cases. For the people who are suffering from alopecia totalis or universalis, it is better to adapt to the situation and find artificial means of covering head or eyebrows etc rather than finding a cure. There is a medicine called Minoxidil which is rubbed on the affected area twice daily for treating diffuse and androgenic alopecia. But it does not show any result for the people who
