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Inclusive Care in Alopecia: Beyond Diagnosis

Transcript: Raising AA awareness in SOC

Last updated: 21st Jan 2025
Published:21st Jan 2025

Dr. Yolanda Lenzy

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Yeah, I would say, to increase awareness. Really, as physicians, I think we, it's been helpful, at least for me, to think outside the box and do a lot of outreach efforts in the skin of color population, In particular, around hair loss in general and alopecia areata in particular because as I mentioned, some people don't know that these conditions can be treated, and effectively so. So, I've had so many patients that come in from just seeing a before and after that I posted on social media, that "wow, this can grow back" and pretty quickly sometimes. So, that's something that physicians can do, is just to really try to be a great resource to your communities. I do a lot of partnership with hairstylists, to educate them on how to pick up various forms of alopecia so that they can help to triage, if you will, their clients into a dermatologist, probably earlier than they would otherwise. So, that's another resource that physicians could be to their patients, because at the end of the day, we really wanna make sure people are aware of these treatments that we have available.

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