Alopecia: a Fancy Name for Hair Loss

Alopecia means “baldness”;hair loss from skin areas where hair would normally be present. The word alopecia comes from the Greek word for fox, which is “alopex.” This term was used presumably because the condition caused the sufferer to have the appearance of a fox with mange. There is more than one type ofalopecia and treatments depend on which type ofalopecia is [...]

