10 Lupus Symptoms
Symptom #6: Hair Loss
Another one of the most common symptoms that people experience during lupus is hair loss. Thinning hair is usually the first symptom that people get. Hair loss occurs because the skin and scalp become inflamed. When this symptom becomes serious, people may begin shedding clumps of hair - but usually, the process is much slower.
Thinning of hair can happen anywhere on the body: some people lose beard hair, some lose eyebrows and eyelashes, and others report thinning of other bodily hair. Hair can become brittle before it begins shedding, which makes it easier to break off. Lupus hair is a term that’s used to describe the thin, ragged hair that people suffering from lupus often have. If you develop skin lesions on your scalp, then you may not be able to grow hair there again.
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