Cassie's Crawl for Alopecia Research

Alopecia areata is a common autoimmune skin disease resulting in the loss of hair on the scalp and elsewhere on the body.

It usually starts with one or more small, round, smooth patches on the scalp and can progress to total scalp hair loss (alopecia totalis) or complete body hair loss (alopecia universalis).

Alopecia areata affects approximately two percent of the population overall, including more than 4.7 million people in the United States alone.

Treatment
In all forms of alopecia areata, the hair follicles remain alive and are ready to resume normal hair production whenever they receive the appropriate signal.

In all cases, hair regrowth may occur even without treatment and even after many years.

There are no FDA approved treatments specifically for alopecia areata.

many medical professionals are willing to try treatments off label.

NAAF Research

Part of the National Areata Alopecia Foundation’s mission is to encourage research in alopecia areata, striving to find a cure or acceptable treatment. NAAF accomplishes the research mission by funding an acclaimed research grant program, seeking out investigators in the areas of genetics, immunology and clinical research. NAAF’s research program is committed to piecing together the puzzle presented by alopecia areata.

NAAF has been at the forefront of many fruitful studies that yielded answers to some of the largest questions surrounding the autoimmune disease. They are committed to continuing this search until all of the questions about alopecia areata have been answered and the mechanisms of this disease are clearly understood.