Talk:Alopecia universalis

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Addition to External Links

I'd like to add a link to Alopecia World, a social networking site for people living with hair loss, their loved ones and friends. Please check out the website to make sure whether this complies with Wikipedia's guidelines. WSchmied (talk) 12:22, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Huh?

If you go to Rockafeller's Wikipedia article, there are plent of pictures of him with hair. And that British model too. What's the deal?

they could be wearing wigs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.19.127.17 (talk) 03:07, 31 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I found your source: http://books.google.com/books?id=usHNKVnOSTkC&pg=PA655&lpg=PA655&dq=john+d+rockefeller+alopecia+universalis&source=bl&ots=HZZNzPCCOx&sig=zvqdKa2FJ-TMwPdXvzJbDgV-apo&hl=en&ei=r-6jSdDpNMe_tgfIl_zJBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result Nicklink483 (talk) 13:01, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In addition, and as stated in the page itself, it is possible for people to recover from the condition, therefore it is entirely possible for someone to have recovered from the condition and be growing hair again. Cfuse (talk) 15:24, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Made famous by Burt Reynolds"

Can the anonymous person who keeps adding this phrase to the article please explain what they mean? Burt Reynolds most certainly has his own hair. -- FirstPrinciples 04:56, Nov 21, 2004 (UTC)

I assume it is just someone's silly repeated vandalism. -- Infrogmation 05:00, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Charlie Villenueva, the Toronto Raptors basketball player, has got to be one of the more famous people with the disease

Stan Sitwell is a fictional character, not a real person.

Joseph Gatt appears to have the condition, but like many on the list of notable people there isn't any citation/evidence as to that fact. Whilst putting that information on his bio page would likely fall foul of wikipedia's policies, what is the stance on including him on the list on this page? Cfuse (talk) 15:32, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Other effects?

Does this condition have any effects other than hair loss? Nik42 17:23, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, in that it can cause psychological and mental difficulties; it is also linked to nail and skin problems-- but nothing life-threatening unless the patient is depressed to the point of suicide risk (which happens). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.194.112.203 (talk) 04:17, 31 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Review articles

You could put together a pretty good entry by summarizing these articles:

Alopecia areata.
Gilhar A, Etzioni A, Paus R.
N Engl J Med. 2012 Apr 19;366(16):1515-25.
PMID 22512484
doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1103442. Review.
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1103442

"This review summarizes the pathogenesis, clinical presentation, and management of alopecia areata and synthesizes relevant background information concerning the biologic and pathobiologic features of the hair follicle. Currently available evidence suggests that alopecia areata can be considered a T-cell–mediated autoimmune disease in which the gradual loss of protection provided by immune privilege of the normal hair follicle plays an important role."

Clinical practice. Hair loss in women.
Shapiro J.
N Engl J Med. 2007 Oct 18;357(16):1620-30. Review. No abstract available.
PMID 17942874
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMcp072110
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp072110

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they exist. The article ends with the author's clinical recommendations.

The psychological impact of alopecia.
Hunt N, McHale S.
BMJ. 2005 Oct 22;331(7522):951-3. Review.
PMID 16239692
http://www.bmj.com/content/331/7522/951.long
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.331.7522.951
Free PMC Article
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1261195/

Is alopecia areata an autoimmune disease?
Randall VA.
Lancet. 2001 Dec 8;358(9297):1922-4. Review.
PMID 11747911
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2801%2906943-4/abstract
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(01)06943-4
Lots of progress, in successful treatment and in understanding the mechanisms. Also a New York Times, story, not WP:MEDRS but informed patients (one a doctor's daughter). http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/30/fashion/alopecia-four-women-bond-over-the-beauty-in-their-baldness.html They object to calling alopedia a "disease," because it doesn't harm their healthy functioning in any way.--Nbauman (talk) 04:44, 29 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]