Abstract

Recovery from Alopecia Universalis after Bilateral Lung Transplantation

Highlights

  • Alopecia Areata (AA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects the hair follicle and sometimes the nail

  • Hair follicles are preserved in alopecia areata and the potential for recovery of hair growth is maintained, even in longstanding disease

  • Almost all affected patients will experience more than one episode of disease recurrence, and 15–25% will progress to either a total loss of scalp hair (Alopecia Totalis, AT) or a total loss of entire scalp and body hair (Alopecia universalis, AU), from which full recovery is unusual (< 10%) [2,3]

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Summary

Introduction

Alopecia Areata (AA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects the hair follicle and sometimes the nail. Contact immunotherapy is the best-documented treatment for severe alopecia areata but it is not widely available, involves multiple visits to the hospital over several months and stimulates cosmetically worthwhile hair regrowth in

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