Suddenly one fine morning while combing your hairs you notice a bald spot on your head, you will confirm this bald patch with others and you start to wonder what the reason may be.
Bald spot on head is not same as baldness. Men often have natural tendency towards baldness. This natural hair loss is largely hereditary. It poses no major health risks other than sunburn.
Causes Of Bald Spots On Head
- Bald spots may be caused by repeated pulling of the hair, such as tight braids or habitual tugging or twisting.
- A bald spot on head is also called alopecia areata.It is an auto immune condition (body system mistakenly attack its own hair follicles) causing decrease in hair production and thus causing alopecia or hair loss in a spot on the scalp. This bald spots are round patches on the scalp there may be itch slightly in some cases, the margins of the spot is well lined.
- Bald spots may some time extend to alopecia totalis (complete baldness).
Bald Patches On Head
Men and women are equally affected with bald spot disorder. It has hereditary traits. Person in his thirties is generally affected with bald spots.
Treatment of bald spot on head: patience pays in alopecia areata. Patient should be made aware that it is an auto- immune disease, so there is no specific treatment for bald spot on head. It may resolve with time.
Treatment For Alopecia Areata Or Bald Spots On Head
Home remedy used to treat bald spots:
- Turmeric powder paste can be regularly applied on the bald spot, turmeric being a immune stimulator helps the immune system and indirectly reverses bald spot. Regular intake of half teaspoon of turmeric powder in milk is also beneficial in bald spots.
- Increasing immune level by eating fresh fruits containing vitamin C is also beneficial in bald spot treatment.
- Applying homeopathic medicine thuja and arnica mother tincture on the bald spot increases the growth of hair in the bald spot.
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If you don’t have insurance like me, you can go to a clinic. They charged me $50 for a check-up. They gave me a cream called Fluocinonide.I am supposed to use this twice a day for two months and claim that my hair should regrow.