Famous Interior Designer Sheila Bridges discusses Hair Loss

Sheila is a famous Interior Designer, writer and tv host.
In this introduction, she talks about her "baldness" - Alopecia Areata (AA).

What is AA?
AA is a medical condition in which hair is lost from some or all areas of the body, usually from the scalp. Because it causes bald spots.

The most common type of alopecia areata involves hair loss in one or more round spots on the scalp.

Hair may also be lost more diffusely over the whole scalp, in which case the condition is called diffuse alopecia areata.

Alopecia areata monolocularis describes baldness in only one spot. It may occur anywhere on the head.

Alopecia areata multilocularis refers to multiple areas of hair loss.

The disease may be limited only to the beard, in which case it is called Alopecia areata barbae.

If the patient loses all the hair on his/her scalp, the disease is then called Alopecia areata totalis.

If all body hair, including pubic hair, is lost, the diagnosis then becomes Alopecia areata universalis.

Alopecia areata totalis and universalis are rare.

For MORE, go to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alopecia_areata