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Today we're going to talk about the 11 types of alopecia. Now, what does the word alopecia mean?

It comes from a Greek word alopex, which means fox.

And the reason why they talk about a fox is that certain fox get an infection with mites, and they start

losing their hair in different patches. So that's the origin of the word alopecia. Now, as I go through

this, there's a lot of new words that you may not be familiar with. Just realize they're mostly

Greek or Latin words that describe the characteristics of what's happening with your hair.

So definitely don't get caught up with the names. Just classifications of different types of hair loss.

Now, some of these conditions that I'm going to talk about are not really a hair loss problem.

That's a symptom. The underlying real problem is the immune system. And so when someone

has an autoimmune condition, they develop antibodies against their own tissues. In certain types of

alopecia, you have the body developing antibodies to your own hair follicles. And that creates a loss of hair or some type of thinning with the

hair or damage with the hair root or the hair just doesn't grow. Other types of elopecia could

have a genetic component, but don't get too caught up in the genetics because there's something

called epigenetics, which is above your genes.

And so you can do things about this even though you have a genetic problem. And then there's a type

of alopecia that is caused by too much dh-ht, which is a very powerful form of testosterone.

So I'm definitely going to get into the remedies after I describe each type.

So let's start with number one. Alopecia areata. Okay. Now, what does the word area

mean? Comes from the Latin word, which means area, as in a vacant space or patch. Okay.

So this is where you see patches of hair loss throughout your hair because of

a certain autoimmune disease. Now, there are certain types of alopecia areiatta that I'm going to

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