Pressley, McGovern, Colleagues Honor Alopecia Areata Awareness Month, Unveil Bill to Support Individuals Experiencing Hair Loss

Bill Allows Medical Wigs to be Covered by Medicare https://pressley.house.gov/media/press-releases/pressley-mcgovern-colleagues-honor-alopecia-areata-awareness-month-unveil-bill WASHINGTON – Today, as Alopecia Awareness Month comes to a close, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and House Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern (MA-02) led their colleagues in re-introducing the Wigs as Durable Medical Equipment Act, legislation to help individuals affected by Alopecia Areata and patients with cancer who are undergoing chemotherapy. Many private insurance plans cover wigs for those … Continue reading Pressley, McGovern, Colleagues Honor Alopecia Areata Awareness Month, Unveil Bill to Support Individuals Experiencing Hair Loss

News For Hair Loss Sufferers

Japanese Firms Team Up To Fight Baldness With Stem Cell Cure Giant strides to prevent and cure baldness are being made in medical labs around the world. The latest announcement comes from Japan’s largest research organization RIKEN, which has teamed up with two Japanese companies, Kyocera and Organ Technologies, to develop a cure based on regenerative medicine. The companies are targeting 2020 for commercialization. They … Continue reading News For Hair Loss Sufferers

Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia (FFA)

Frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA) within an entity characterised through the recession from the frontotemporal hairline (FTHL) with alopecic scarring change. [15] We’ve appreciated that in individuals patients whose FFA was at a progression phase, perifollicular erythema was more apparent compared to individuals the condition continued to be stationary, with record significance. The advancement of the […] via Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia Progression — hairyblognews Continue reading Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia (FFA)

What is Alopecia?

Alopecia areata is a common disease that results in the loss of hair on the scalp and elsewhere on the body. There are three types of alopecia areata; alopecia areata, alopecia areata totalis and alopecia areata universalis. In all forms of alopecia areata, the hair follicles remain alive and are ready to resume normal hair production whenever they receive the appropriate signal. In all cases, hair … Continue reading What is Alopecia?

Alopecia Awareness Month

A’Miracle Law Living with Alopecia Head2Toe Magazine is on a mission to bring awareness about Alopecia and other hair loss issues. Alopecia can happen to anyone no matter age, race or gender. We had the chance to meet 14 year old A’Miracle Law who resides in Mobile, Al. We love how A’Miracle has overcome the issues that come with having Alopecia especially being that she … Continue reading Alopecia Awareness Month