Can use of tretinoin cream be made for the treatment of alopecia areata?

Tretinoin is a retinoic acid that is used for the treatment of quite a few diseases. In simple terms, tretinoin is the acid form of the commonly used Vitamin A. The drug is used for skin treatments but mostly for acne and chicken skin or keratosis pilaris. In addition to the drug’s uses for skin conditions, it has also been used for the treatment of leukemia. Alopecia areata is a condition that has also been more commonly called spot baldness. It is a condition where the T cell lymphocytes of the body cluster around an area of the scalp, which causes an inflammation and subsequently the hair loss in just that specific area. This does not occur due to any external triggers and is hereditary.

Alopecia areata is a disease that eventually disappears if left to its own device. In fact, nearly all the people who suffer it recover from it with the spot baldness that occurs returning to its original state. The most common and most effective treatment for alopecia areata is the use of corticosteroids. Corticosteroids are a group of steroids that are created in the adrenal cortex of the adrenal gland. This steroid is the body’s mechanism to control stress responses, immune responses, carbohydrate metabolism and even behavior. Usually, when the diagnosis of this particular type of alopecia is made, the first treatment is orally administering corticosteroids. It can be applied as an ointment but this is ineffective as the active substances in the ointment do not reach the parts of the skin they should. Interestingly, the condition itself is one that is not permanent and patients usually start to re-grow hair in the affected region, however, the condition could just reappear again after a few months or a year.

The graying that you are experiencing in just one part of your hair is just a natural occurrence; In fact most graying occurs from certain specific patches like the side burns of most men. Graying is caused by the lack of skin pigments in hairs and this process is entirely controlled by genetics. However, sometimes, your genes’ choice of area of gray hair can be a bit dubious by aesthetic standards and to cover this up, coloring your hair would be a good idea. It might be a good idea to do some research on natural hair colors before you color your and especially because of the alopecia areata condition that you suffer from.