Hair loss varies from person to person, but there are a few common types.
Aloplasia areata is the most common type and start in kids and young adults.
It affects people of all skin colors and genders.
The word “areata” means patchy, which is why it’s usually called “alopecia” or “hair loss.
” There are other medical terms for hair loss, like “barbarae” which have patchy hair on your beard, “osphiasis” which have a band of hair on your scalp, “totalis” have lost all your hair, and “universalis” have hair loss everywhere else on your body.