Phototherapy for alopecia areata
1Depatment of Dermatology, University Hospital, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Avenida Francisco I. Madero y GonzalitoS S/N, Mitras Centro, Monterrey, NL, 64460, Mexico.
Clinics in Dermatology
|September 18, 2016
Abstract:
Phototherapy is a useful therapeutic method for various skin diseases due to its modulatory effect on the cutaneous immune system. Alopecia areata is a dermatosis characterized by partial or complete hair loss. Collapse of the immune privilege of the hair follicle, which induces noncicatricial alopecia, is an important factor in its etiology. Several forms of phototherapy are used in dermatology.


