Hair Therapy & Transplantation
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Department of Dermatology and Trichology, University of Bari, Apulia, Italy

Biography

Member of the Board of Directors S.I.TRI.Roberto D’Ovidio: Graduated in 1979 from the University of Bari.In 2000 was made Director of the Trichology Group of the AIDA.In 1996 along with a group of doctors and patients, he founded the “Mediterranean Association of Aerated Alopecia” to encourage interest in this important pathology.

Publications

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  Alopecia Areata in Males, Females and Children
  Author(s): Roberto d’Ovidio*
  
  Alopecia areata is a condition that causes hair to fall out in small patches, which can be unnoticeable. Often it results in a few bald spots on the scalp, each about the size of a coin. The condition develops when the immune system attacks the hair follicles, resulting in hair loss. Alopecia areata also known as spot baldness. In a few cases, all the hair on the scalp or all body hair is lost and loss can be permanent. The condition can result in total hair loss, called alopecia universalis, and it can prevent hair from growing back. When hair does grow back, it’s possible for the hair to fall out again. The extent of hair loss and regrowth varies from person to person. The main cause is that it is an autoimmune condition in which the body attacks its own anagen hair follicles and suppresses or stops hair growth... View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2167-0951.20.10.151

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