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Hair loss, also known as alopecia or baldness, refers to a loss of hair from part of the head or body. Any part of body comes under its defination but its presentation most commonly found in head.
TYPES OF ALOPECIA:-
Alopecia areata - starts suddenly and causes hair loss in patches anywhere in the body in children and young adults. This condition is also known as ‘spot baldness’. This condition is observed to run in families and experts believe this condition could be the result of autoimmune disease, where the immune system of the body mistakenly attacks the hair follicles.
Involutional alopecia - is a natural process, wherein, hair thinning occurs with age.
Androgenic alopecia - is a genetic condition. Men with this condition suffer from what is commonly known as male pattern balding, which can start during late teens or their early 20s. Receding hairline is a characteristic of this alopecia.
Alopecia totalis - is an autoimmune disorder and occurs when a person experiences total loss of hair on the head, and face, including eyebrows and eyelashes.
Alopecia universalis - is also an autoimmune disorder in which there is total hair loss all over the body, including eyebrows, eyelashes, and pubic hair. It is considered to be the most severe form of alopecia areata.
Alopecia barbae - is loss of facial hair and affects men, specially as it causes hairless patches in beards.
Traction alopecia - If the hair is tied regularly for too long, it can lead to prolonged traction alopecia, and the hair on the affected areas may never grow back.
SYMPTOMS / FEATURES OF ALOPECIA :-
The symptoms of alopecia or hair loss include:
1. excessive hair loss ( more than 150 hairs a day) from the scalp2.2. hair loss from other parts of the body, apart from your head
3. thinning of hair on the head, especially scalp
4. a receding hairline
5. patches of broken hairs
6. an M shaped pattern in front of your head, just above your forehead, leaving the crown of the head exposed
HOMOEOPATHIC TREATMENT OF ALOPECIA/ BALDNESS/ HAIRLOSS
Fluoricum acidum
Itching of the head and falling off of the hair; the new hair is dry and breaks off.
The hair comes out in lumps, leaving bare patches; eyelashes also fall out; frequent frontal headache.
Ammonium muriaticum
Large accumulation of branlike scales, with falling off of the hair, which has a deadened and lustreless appearance, with great itching of the scalp. Antimonium crudum
Losing hair from nervous headaches. Arsenicum album
Touching the hair is painful; bald patches at or near the forehead; scalp covered with dry scabs and scales, looking rough and dirty, extending sometimes even to forehead, face and ears. Baldness, especially of the crown, in young people; scalp very sensitive to touch, aggr. from scratching.
Calcarea carbonica
Hair falls out, especially when combing; dryness of hair; great sensitiveness of scalp, with yellowish or white scales on scalp; sensation of coldness of outer head. Cantharis vesicatoria
Hair falls out when combing, especially during confinement and lactation; scales on scalp; enormous dandruff. Carbo vegetabilis
Falling out of hair after severe diseases or abuse of mercury, with great sensitiveness of scalp to pressure; hair falls out more on back of head, after severe illness or parturition. China officinalis
Hair sweats much (Bry.) and falls out. Colchicum autumnale
Prurigo favosa; great falling off of the hair. Fluoricum acidum
Large patches entirely denuded of hair; new hair dry and breaks off; must comb the hair often, it mats so at the end; baldness. Graphites
Even the hair on the sides of the head falls out. Helleborus niger
Losing hair from the eyebrows or pudenda. Hepar sulphur
Hair falls out here and there, leaving bald spots. Hypericum perforatum
Alopecia from headaches, caused by concussion of the brain. Kalium carbonicum
Alopecia after nervous fevers; dry hair, rapidly falling off, with much dandruff. Lycopodium clavatum
Hair becomes gray early; hair falls off after abdominal diseases; after parturition; with burning, scalding, itching of the scalp, especially on getting warm from exercise during the day. Mancinella
Losing hair after severe acute diseases. Mercurius solubilis
Hair falls out, mostly on sides and temples, without any headache. Natrium muriaticum
Hair falls out if touched; mostly on forepart of head, temples and beard; scalp very sensitive; face shining as if greasy. Petroleum
Much itching; scurf on the hairy scalp and falling off of the hair. Phosphoricum acidum
Gnawing grief changes hair of the young to gray. Phosphorus
Round patches on scalp completely deprived of hair; falling off of the hair in large bundles on the forehead and on the sides above the ears; the roots of the hair seem to be dry; the denuded scalp looks clear, white and smooth; dandruff copious, falls out in clouds. Plumbum metallicum
Great dryness of hair, it falls off even in beard. Sarsaparilla officinalis
Mercurio-syphilitic affections of the head; sensitiveness of scalp; falling off of the hair. Selenium metallicum
Hair falls off when combing; also of eyebrows, whiskers and genitals; tingling itching on scalp, which feels tense and contracted. Staphisagria
Hair falls out, mostly from occiput and around the ears, with humid, foetid eruption or dandruff on the scalp. Hair pulls out without pain after the slightest effort. Sulphur
Dandruff, hair dry, falling off, scalp sore to touch, itching violently, aggr. when getting warm in bed. Sepia officinalis
Losing hair after chronic headaches. Silicea terra
Premature baldness, itching of scalp or of vulva before menses. Thuja occidentalis
White, scaly dandruff; hair dry and falling out. Vinca minor
Hair falls out in single spots and white hair grows there; spots on head oozing moisture, the hair matting together. 
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