Nurse prescribers Frances Turner Traill and Lyndsey Loughery treat alopecia areata
Hair in many individuals can represent beauty, youth and health and, in women, hair often represents femininity.1 Alopecia is a dermatologic condition that affects the pilosebaceous unit in both genders. It can be extremely distressing for the individual and can impact greatly on their quality of life, often influencing negative body image, low self-esteem, depression, introversion and feelings of unattractiveness.2
Case studyOur patient, a 26-year-old female, initially presented to FTT Skin Clinics with skin issues mainly on her neck area, which we diagnosed as atopic dermatitis caused by an autoimmune problem, so we referred her back to her GP for further investigation. During the indepth consultation with the patient, however, she divulged that she also suffered from an area of baldness on the crown of…
