WHAT IS THE SECRET TO FIGHTING ALOPECIA AREATA?

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WHAT IS THE SECRET TO EFFECTIVELY COMBAT ALOPECIA AREATA?

Learn how infections of the gut microbiome can affect scalp health

Recent studies have shown that many autoimmune diseases, and seemingly without obvious causes, are related to the health of the gut flora and the gut microbiome in general.

Among them, one of them isalopecia areata: one of the most common trichological conditions characterized by patchy hair and hair loss not only on the scalp, but generally all over the body. A 2020 study showed that 2.4 percent of the world’s population suffers from alopecia areata, and this figure is increasing dramatically due to mainly environmental factors. It is estimated that 50% of cases involve people under the age of 20 and 40% affect individuals between the ages of 20 and 40.

This particular type of alopecia can potentially affect anyone, regardless of age or gender, and the causes can be many and varied; these include:

trauma
stress
infections
endocrine dysfunction
malnutrition

Each cause, in its own way, is extremely harmful to the human body and subjects the body to a situation of stress and dysbiosis, or imbalance in nutrient absorption that can have strong negative effects on health.

In addition, it should be remembered that alopecia areata is an autoimmune disorder that occurs when there is a dysfunction of the immune system that causes the body to attack its own tissues, generating, precisely, a severe situation of dysbiosis and inflammation.

But let's try to understand better how it works....

Within our bodies there are many different types of “populations” of bacteria, viruses and fungi; each of these “inhabits” a certain part of our body and is called the microbiota (to name one, the gut microbiota), while the aggregate of all microbiota generates the human microbiome.

In recent years, thanks to the study of the gut microbiota, experts have confirmed that imbalances in this particular system are often causes or concomitant causes of various autoimmune diseases such as, for example, alopecia areata.

What is the link between dysbiosis and alopecia areata?

It is now scientifically proven that situations of stress or psychological distress, combined with poor eating behaviors, can lead to intestinal imbalance, which often manifests itself through inflammation. The latter, as it spreads, reaches other organs or negatively affects, as in the case of alopecia areata, the health of the skin and scalp.

Is there any way to solve the problem?

First of all, excessive consumption of sugars (simple and complex) and also carbohydrates that promote the inflammatory process should be avoided, while it would be useful to stock up on “friendly bacteria,” namely probiotics, found in some foods or nutraceuticals (e.g., Kenflor 15cps). The use of probiotics contributes physiologically to reducing inflammation and oxidative stress, among the main triggers of alopecia areata.

Regarding the maintenance of the scalp microbiome, in these cases it is useful to wash the hair often with gentle and specific shampoos (such as, for example, RestaX Sh ampoo Sebo Care or RestaX Shampoo Sebo Care Donna) to remove all the impurities that, by settling, can worsen the inflammation of the involved tissues. However, it is essential to do so with products specifically formulated to safeguard its balance and increase its defenses.

By treating gut dysbiosis and protecting the scalp, it will certainly be possible to observe great improvements in the areas affected by alopecia areata, with a marked reduction in the areas affected by hair or hair loss.

But is there a SPECIFIC product to treat alopecia areata?

Wikenfarma research has developed RestaX Areata, a product specifically and purposefully developed to selectively and directly intervene on the intestinal microbiota of those suffering from alopecia areata. Its supportive action makes it possible to reduce, and in some cases completely restore, the areas affected by hair and hair loss, going directly to the root cause of the problem.

Thanks to the gastroresistant capsule, each capsule contains as many as 4 selected probiotic strains that act synergistically to reduce oxidative stress and preserve intestinal barrier integrity, directly acting on our body’s bacterial imbalances.