Alopecia > Types

* Alopecia areata monolocularis describes baldness in only one spot.
* Alopecia areata multilocularis refers to multiple areas of hair loss.
* 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.
* The disease may also be limited only to the beard (Alopecia areata barbae).
* A possible condition called Diffuse alopecia areata may cause a person with mixed grey and dark hairs to lose all their dark hairs at once due to a psychological trauma, causing the patient's hair to appear to have turned white overnight.

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