Question

scenario: alex is a licensed cosmetologist who specializes in hair. they are about to make a presentation to recent graduates of a cosmetology program about abnormal hair loss and they want to make sure the group is well informed. they have a visual presentation and need to make sure their lecture correlates properly with the images they are showing. alex presents a slide of a person who has a normal scalp and hair loss in round patches. this slide, they realize, corresponds with ____________. select the correct response: postpartum alopecia alopecia areata alopecia totalis alopecia universalis

Explanation:

Alopecia areata is characterized by hair loss in round - shaped patches on a normal - appearing scalp. Postpartum alopecia is related to hormonal changes after childbirth and usually presents as thinning all over the scalp rather than round patches. Alopecia totalis is the complete loss of hair on the scalp, and alopecia universalis is the complete loss of hair on the entire body.

Answer:

alopecia areata