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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ogechukwu Hannah Nnabude, MD
Overview
The epidemiology and demographics of alopecia varies by age, race, sex, and health status.
Alopecia epidemiology and demographics
- Androgenetic alopecia affects 50% of men and 15% of women, particularly postmenopausal women. [1]
- In alopecia areata, the prevalence is 0.2% and has no age or sexual predilection. However, it affects white races more than dark races.
- In telogen effluvium, women are at higher predisposition than men.
- Tinea capitis has a higher incidence among the pediatric age group and in darker races. [2]
- Anagen effluvium is more common in cancer patients receiving treatment with chemotherapeutic agents.
References
- ↑ Rinaldi F, Marzani B, Pinto D, Sorbellini E (2019). "Randomized controlled trial on a PRP-like cosmetic, biomimetic peptides based, for the treatment of alopecia areata". J Dermatolog Treat. 30 (6): 588–593. doi:10.1080/09546634.2018.1544405. PMID 30513014.
- ↑ Owczarczyk-Saczonek A, Wygonowska E, Budkiewicz M, Placek W (2019) Serum sickness disease in a patient with alopecia areata and Meniere' disease after PRP procedure. Dermatol Ther 32 (2):e12798. DOI:10.1111/dth.12798 PMID: 30511475