Eyebrows and eyelashes

Alopecia can make your eyebrows and eyelashes become thinner and fall out. This doesn't happen to everyone.

Doctors call this type of alopecia Alopecia Totalis. It sounds like this "al-o-pee-sha toe-tar-lis".

If you have no hair on your head or face, you have Alopecia Totalis.

Body hair

Some people with alopecia lose the hair on their bodies, as well as the hair on their face and head.

Doctors call this type of alopecia Alopecia Universalis. It sounds like this "al-o-pee-sha yoo-ni-ver-sar-lis".