WASHINGTON — Recent events surrounding the 94th Academy Awards show put a spotlight on the disease. Jada Pinkett-Smith, who was diagnosed with alopecia, has spoken publicly about her condition.

Bald people have been given fresh hope after an eczema drug restored hair growth in a teenage girl with long-standing alopecia. Doctors told how their 13-year-old patient, who has alopecia totalis - a ...

At first glance, you may assume I have cancer. I do not look like the average 19-year-old girl, because at the age of seven, I was diagnosed with alopecia totalis, an autoimmune disease that causes ...

Absence of a scalp-specific cancer excess challenges the UV-exposure hypothesis and supports maintaining standard, individualized skin cancer risk assessment rather than AA-specific screening ...

But less viral than the slap itself -- and part of the reason Will Smith took so much offense to Rock's comments -- is is the fact that Pinkett Smith's decision to shave her head was made after she ...

On Mar.27, at the Academy Awards ceremony, Will Smith won a best actor trophy, but also slapped and exchanged heated words with comedian Chris Rock for a "G.I. Jane" joke aimed at his wife, Jada ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Louis Theroux has given an update on his alopecia, revealing he expects to shave his head within a year. (Getty Images) (Getty) ...