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Alopecia is a set of disorders ranging from male and female pattern alopecia (alopecia androgenetica), to alopecia areata, which involves the loss of some of the hair from the head, alopecia totalis, which involves the loss of all head hair, to the most extreme form, alopecia universalis, which involves the loss of all hair from the head and the body. Treatment for alopecia has limited success. The more hair lost, the less successful the treatment will be. Many doctors are unsympathetic towards the psychological implications of alopecia; which include stress, anxiety and depression, and can in many cases involve issues relating to identity change, particularly when the eyebrows and eyelashes are also lost. Hair loss is sometimes the result of chemotherapy treatment for cancer sufferers. Alopecia totalis is the loss of all head hair. ...
Alopecia universalis is a rare disorder that causes the afflicted to be incapable of producing hair anywhere on the body, from birth. ...
Chemotherapy is the use of chemical substances to treat disease. ...
Famous sufferers of alopecia include Patrick Stewart, who lost most of his hair by the age of 19, and football referee Pierluigi Collina. Patrick Stewart Patrick Stewart, OBE, (born July 13, 1940 in Mirfield, Yorkshire, England) is a British film, television and stage actor best known for his roles in Shakespearean productions, Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Professor Xavier in both X-Men and X2. ...
Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ...
A player is cautioned by the referee A referee presides over a game of association football (soccer). ...
Collina giving German player Miroslav Klose a yellow card Pierluigi Collina (born 13 February 1960 in Bologna, Italy) is a financial advisor and is widely regarded as one of the worlds best football referees. ...
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