“Prolonged mechanical stress on hair can lead to permanent damage and loss of follicles,” says board-certified dermatologist Andy Goren, MD. Unfortunately, says Goren, once traction alopecia ...

The most common form of the condition affecting black women is traction alopecia, which is caused by hair being stressed at the roots. Other forms of the condition include alopecia areata ...

It can be temporary or permanent and can range from having ... Chidera, an influencer from London, has had traction alopecia since the age of seven, which is a different type to Jada's.

Although Disney princesses seem to live happily ever after, they face serious real world health hazards, warn experts in the ...

Cicatricial or scarring alopecia comprise chronic inflammatory hair disorders that result in permanent hair loss ... typically during middle age. 2 Both traction alopecia and central centrifugal ...