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Photo caption: Professor Wu Wenyu, Director of the Department of Dermatology at Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University

Produced by | Sohu Health

Author | Zhou Yichuan

Editor | Yuan Yue

When it comes to hair loss, we often think it is a problem for middle-aged and elderly men. In fact, more and more young people and even children are coming to the clinic because of missing patches of hair, also known as alopecia areata. Professor Wu Wenyu, director of the Department of Dermatology at Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, said in an exclusive interview with Sohu Health that alopecia areata is more common in middle-aged and young people, affecting not only their appearance but also their mental state, and the impact on adolescent patients cannot be ignored.

Wu Wenyu analyzed that the "Mediterranean" we often call, that is, the hairline receding with age, is androgenic alopecia, which is more common in middle-aged and elderly men and develops slowly; while the root cause of alopecia areata is abnormal immune function, which can occur in people of all ages and even infants and young children. Not only the hair, but also the hair all over the body including eyebrows, eyelashes, chest hair, etc. may fall off. The most serious patients will lose all the hair on their body, which is called "universal alopecia."

Mental stress is an important factor in the development of alopecia areata