Types of hair loss
With hair loss we distinguish between effluvium, the process of losing hair, or alopecia, a condition which ranges from thinning of hair, i.e. reduction in hair density, to complete baldness.
Alopecia is divided into two types: the scarring and non-scarring alopecia. In the scarring form the follicles are irreversibly destroyed and hairs can no longer be produced. In non-scarring alopecia hair follicles do function fully.
Diffuse and androgenetic alopecia as well as alopecia areata belong to this group.
