Traction Alopecia 👩‍🦲 👨‍🦲…

Alopecia: simply is the loss of hair all over the body or on the head alone.

This can be temporary or permanent. Common causes include

Old age • Stress • Autoimmune diseases • Hereditary •Thyroid disease • Traction.

There is no cure for Alopecia yet but different curative methods exist and these focus on slowing the rate of hair loss or improving growth of new hair .

Today we are going to Focus on Traction Alopecia as this can be prevented and is caused by how hair is manipulated..

What is Traction Alopecia?

Let’s break it down , Having defined Alopecia above , I would explain what traction is .

Traction is the action of drawing or pulling something over a surface.

There by Traction Alopecia is Hair loss from continuous tight pulling of hair.

These might be from

1. Braids and weaves that are too tight.