What is alopecia areata

Alopecia Areata is called some other things, a disease or a disorder. These terms are not complete. It is at worse an autoimmune condition. As with any differences in human physiology, it is so important to "think through it". This however is not so easy when such a thing is so close to you. The easiest explanation for this condition is that your own body is alergic to your hair and so the white blood cells in your body which protect you are working to protect itself. There is alot of information about this topic and my attempt here is to aggregate the technical information and provide personal accounts of challenges and experiences, and how to overcome them. Alopecia is not hair loss. I would like to hear from you, about you, about your life and especially about how you cope. If you have another "way" to think about alopecia, please post a comment.