What does AU stand for?

The condition where in one has lost 100% of scalp hair is called alopecia totalis, while the loss of 100% of the body hair is termed as alopecia universalis.

Last year, Scott lost all her hair due to the rare autoimmune disorder alopecia universalis.

Infrequently a condition called alopecia universalis occurs where hair is lost from the entire body.

The first is from the condition known as alopecia universalis.

After four months, Sarah's condition developed from alopecia areata (hair loss in patches) to alopecia universalis (total loss of all body hair).

There are three kinds of alopecia - alopecia areata, which causes hair to fall out in small clumps; alopecia totalis, which causes the loss of most or all of the hair on the head, and alopecia universalis, in which all body hair, including eyebrows, eye lashes, facial and body hair, falls out There is no cure but alopecia rarely destroy follicles so regrowth can occur spontaneously.

30 Science, the researchers reveal that the gene harbors a mutation in family members afflicted with alopecia universalis.

The amount and patterns of baldness can vary greatly; it ranges from male and female pattern alopecia, alopecia areata, which involves the loss of some of the hair from the head, and 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.