How to Use alopecia in a Sentence

alopecia

noun

• Treatment depends on the type of alopecia and the extent of the hair loss.
  — Bloomberg.com, 28 Mar. 2022
• A 7-year-old girl who lost all her hair to alopecia didn’t let that stop her from winning Crazy Hair Day at school.
  — Ajc Homepage, ajc, 10 Apr. 2017
• All of this heavy-handed styling puts the hairline at risk for traction alopecia.
  — Nykia Spradley, SELF, 29 Jan. 2018
• His wife has gone public with the fact that her alopecia resulted in hair loss.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 28 Mar. 2022
• Breakage around the edges (a source of shame and ridicule) is often called traumatic alopecia.
  — Patia Braithwaite, Allure, 22 July 2021
• This is considered the treatment of choice for adults with alopecia areata of the scalp or eyebrows.
  — Heather L. Brannon, Md, Verywell Health, 27 Jan. 2024
• Seeing that his wife — who struggles with her alopecia — was offended, Will Smith walked up to the stage and slapped the comic across the face.
  — Kristina Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022
• Frequent use of clip-ins can lead to stress, tension, headaches, and, in some cases, traction alopecia.
  — Jasmine Washington, seventeen.com, 5 Apr. 2023
• While alopecia can affect any part of the body, like the arms and legs, hair loss due to alopecia most often affects the follicles on the scalp.
  — Ayana Underwood, SELF, 30 Jan. 2024
• Jada has opened up numerous times in the recent past about her hair loss and the effect alopecia has had on her.
  — Alexis Gaskin, Glamour, 29 Mar. 2022
• The actress has spoken publicly about struggling with hair loss due to her alopecia.
  — Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2022
• This eyesore of a trim looks like a peacock that has contracted alopecia.
  — SI.com, 10 July 2019
• Reinhart is certainly not the first celebrity to open up about a battle with alopecia.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 30 Jan. 2024
• Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs, for instance, suffers from stage three alopecia or hair loss.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 6 Apr. 2017
• Traction alopecia tends to affect around the hairline where the baby hair and edges are located.
  — Janell Hickman, Allure, 22 Apr. 2020
• It’s not always something like cancer or alopecia or some kind of disease.
  — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2021
• People with alopecia, or hair loss, can lose their nostril hair, and the scientists want to learn how this impacted their health.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Sep. 2023
• Rock’s joke about her baldness, which many noted may have been a sensitive topic due to her alopecia.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 July 2022
• About one-third of women experience hair loss — also known as alopecia — at some time in their lives.
  — NBC News, 2 Jan. 2020
• Hair loss in the form of traction alopecia, is considered one of the most common forms of hair loss in black people and results from hair being pulled too tight and too long.
  — Ciku Kimeria, Quartz Africa, 17 Oct. 2019
• Others used the tweet to spark discussions about their respective alopecia or hair loss.
  — Aimee Simeon, refinery29.com, 4 Sep. 2020
• Early signs of alopecia typically begin with bumps on the scalp or hair loss at the beginning of the hairline.
  — Celeste Polanco, Essence, 18 Jan. 2024
• In fact, Allure recently shared the stories of six women with alopecia.
  — Devon Abelman, Allure, 12 June 2018
• So far, he’s created about 200 custom dolls, including a doll in a wheelchair, a doll with alopecia and one with a cochlear implant.
  — Char Adams, PEOPLE.com, 23 Sep. 2019
• Androgenic alopecia is recognized by balding at the crown of the head and a receding hairline in men.
  — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2022
• Along with causing headaches and pain, the physical stress of wearing tight up-do hairstyles every day can cause damage to your hair in the form of traction alopecia.
  — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 21 Nov. 2022
• Jada has been open about her struggles with hair loss and alopecia, and debuted her shaved hairstyle in July 2021.
  — Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com, 29 Mar. 2022
• Treatment for different kinds of alopecia and baldness depends on the underlying cause of the hair loss, but most forms of baldness don’t have a cure.
  — Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2022
• Jada, who has alopecia, rolled her eyes after Rock jokingly referred to her as G.I. Jane.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023
• Pinkett Smith has a condition called alopecia, which causes hair loss.
  — Marisa Dellatto, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024