Celebrities like Maiara, Marais and Gretchen have recently been diagnosed with alopecia and have brought the subject up. This condition impairs the health of the hair, leading to partial or complete loss of hair and/or hair in areas of the body where it normally grows.

Santa Catarina hairdresser Andres Leal Vieira, 40, says she has suffered from partial alopecia since she was 7 years old. According to her, people notice hair loss only after experiencing, for example, the peak of stress. In her case, it happened during a breakup, 19 years later.

Andres Vieira has been suffering from partial alopecia since the age of 7 – Photo: Reproduction / ND

“Usually people think that the peak of stress is the moment when they experience the moment. Is not. Her hair will begin to fall out only after a while, ”explains Andreza.

However, according to her, hair loss occurs gradually, but when she realizes this, it already causes “damage”.

“Today you will notice that your hair is falling out. It won’t fall into a lump. You will look in the mirror and you will realize that you have a flaw, but you will not understand that it has disappeared. In five days you have a hole, and in a week you have lost all your hair. There is nothing to do,” recalls a woman from Santa Catarina.

symptoms of alopecia

According to dermatologist Gabriela Blatt, some of the symptoms that can trigger alopecia areata, the most common type of disease, or androgenetic alopecia, as in the case of Gretchen, and cause hair loss: stress, scalp fungus, low hormone levels, secondary syphilis, misuse chemical substances. on the hair and lack of vitamins.

Singer Gretchen had to get her hair micropigmented – Photo: Reproduction/ND

Dermatologist Marcelo Rigatti explains that hair loss occurs in patches and there are no noticeable symptoms.

“When a person realizes this, the part of the hair no longer exists.” He says it is a chronic disease and incurable. “Hair is coming back, but it always needs a dermatologist to treat it,” he notes.

Diagnostics

To make a correct diagnosis, Blatt recommends taking a blood test, since the cause may be internal, as well as dermatoscopy, a type of examination using a device to examine the skin and scalp. After that, the diagnosis is closed and treatment begins.

alopecia treatment

Alopecia has several provoking factors and is treated on a case-by-case basis. “If it’s low hormone levels, you’ll have to replace your vitamins,” says Blatt.

Treatment can also be done with corticosteroid injections into the scalp. The doctor says that she will always attack the root cause of the disease. Treatment for alopecia can vary from 6 months to 1 year.

According to the doctor, there is a plasma procedure, PRP (Platelet-Rich Plasma), in which, after blood has been collected, the plasma is separated and injected into a person’s scalp. The result begins to appear after three months.

However, it is worth noting that it is important to visit a specialist doctor so that he can prescribe the best treatment for each person.