Balding Lower Legs

This is because it is visible on the front anterior and sides lateral of.

Balding lower legs. Baldness typically refers to excessive hair loss from your scalp. In fact for most men going bald is a gradual process. Anterolateral leg alopecia a seemingly harmless cause of lower leg hair loss is common in middle-aged and elderly men according to the April-June 2014 issue of International Journal of Trichology Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease that causes round patches of hair loss often the size of a quarter which can occur anywhere on the body.

Aside from various skin disorders such as eczema and psoriasis which should be. Leg hair loss may also be. Hair loss around the neck legs and base of the tail can also be seen along with small crusty scabs called miliary lesions a term that was coined because the scabs look like millet seeds.

I thought the shininess came from thinning of the skin due to excess flaking. Other symptoms include pain in the legs with walking cold and paleness of the legs and sometimes sores on the leg. Hair loss on the legs is also known as anterolateral leg alopecia.

Doctor just gave me some cream to apply which. Its possible but usually the cause is unknown. I suppose someone who has low sensitive body hair do not develop hairy chest legs back etc but that same person may develop male pattern baldness because he has sensitive scalp hair.

This distinctive pattern of hair loss is confined to the lower legs and predominantly occurs in male patients. The ASPCA recommends bringing your cat to the veterinarian as hair loss can be caused by fleas food allergies a bacterial infection or even an autoimmune disease. This case highlights a common benign but under-recognized hair loss condition with surprisingly scanty available information on cause pathogenesis course and treatment.

Eventually it will thin up to the knees or higher. Hi it is a symptom of thyroidim. Body hair loss such as leg hair loss is type of genetic condition in men aged 35 years and older.