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How To Get Rid Of The Alopecia Areata?
hi
Im 23 yrs old and having aelopecia areata from last 3 years and im takinng medicines
Omnacortil-40mg, finpecia 1mg, and biotin tablets 1mg,
but again Im having hair fall in very excess over 400 hairs per day,
n the pathces have started apearing again plz help me,
before these medicine doctor prescribed me methyl prednisolone 6 tab a week (3 monday and 3 on saturday) on december 2010,
then I recovered from the disease in march, in may2011 she changed the
medicine to omnacortil 40 (1.5 tab mon and sat.) and multivitamin tabs ,
and the hairfall started in excess again from august and now it is in worst condition again,
now still the patches are not perfect but there are very few hairs on the patchy area and they
are also falling with other hairs of the head,
now I dont know what to do please help me n guide me to what to do.....plz
Im 23 yrs old and having aelopecia areata from last 3 years and im takinng medicines
Omnacortil-40mg, finpecia 1mg, and biotin tablets 1mg,
but again Im having hair fall in very excess over 400 hairs per day,
n the pathces have started apearing again plz help me,
before these medicine doctor prescribed me methyl prednisolone 6 tab a week (3 monday and 3 on saturday) on december 2010,
then I recovered from the disease in march, in may2011 she changed the
medicine to omnacortil 40 (1.5 tab mon and sat.) and multivitamin tabs ,
and the hairfall started in excess again from august and now it is in worst condition again,
now still the patches are not perfect but there are very few hairs on the patchy area and they
are also falling with other hairs of the head,
now I dont know what to do please help me n guide me to what to do.....plz
Thu, 24 Jul 2014
Hello. Thanks for writing to us at healthcaremagic
You seem to have focal variety of Alopecia Areata. In focal or patchy alopecia areata the disease presents clinically as patches of baldness, which may be just a single patch or few patches. It most commonly affects the scalp. The prognosis of focal patchy alopecia areata is good however there may be a few relapses, as in your case.
For a single patch intralesional steroid injections is first line treatment. However, for multiple patches oral steroids may be started as well (weekly doses of omnacortil on 2 consecutive days).
Besides, topical minoxidil 5% solution can also be applied to the bald patches.
If I was the treating doctor I would have ideally started you on intralesional steroids injections for the individual patches and topical minoxidil in addition to the oral weekly steroids.
Regards
You seem to have focal variety of Alopecia Areata. In focal or patchy alopecia areata the disease presents clinically as patches of baldness, which may be just a single patch or few patches. It most commonly affects the scalp. The prognosis of focal patchy alopecia areata is good however there may be a few relapses, as in your case.
For a single patch intralesional steroid injections is first line treatment. However, for multiple patches oral steroids may be started as well (weekly doses of omnacortil on 2 consecutive days).
Besides, topical minoxidil 5% solution can also be applied to the bald patches.
If I was the treating doctor I would have ideally started you on intralesional steroids injections for the individual patches and topical minoxidil in addition to the oral weekly steroids.
Regards
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