Understanding Alopecia Barbae and Knowing About the Treatment

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Most men who wear a beard consider it a part of their personality and a sudden patch of hair missing from their beard can cause them to wonder how it happened. For most of the people the immediate assumption is that  these patches are a   result of stress or worries.  which is causing problem. However, patches in the beard are the signs of something more serious that can lead to other hair loss problems in future down the road if not addressed.

Alopecia Barbae is the medical term for patches in the beard that is not typically stress induced, but instead is actually an immune malfunction, which results in bald areas appearing on the face or neck. When Alopecia Barbae occurs, the body begins producing antibodies that are typically isolated to one patch of hair, producing a circular patch of smooth, hair free skin that is from a nickel to quarter in size.

Cures for Alopecia Barbae

The most common treatment for this disease  are the injections of Coristone, which is applied under the supervision of a dermatologist if not by the dermatologists themselves.

Another medicine that has been proved equally effective in treating the cases of Alopecia Barbae, is the Topical Minoxidil.

Anthralin is another medicine recommended for Alopecia Barbae cures, the physical appearance of which is an ointment or cream that resembles tar.

Apart from medical treatments, there are a couple of natural treatments available to treat Alopecia Barbae. Calosol  beard recovery ointment is one of the most effective methods of correcting beard patches  in which there are plant extracts as well as nutrients that help the body correct its immune disorder and stop attacking the hair follicles.

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