I’m really sorry this flare is making your hands so uncomfortable, and thank you for the details and the photograph (not shown for privacy). Your description is most consistent with an eczema flare related to irritant exposure from frequent hand washing, which often presents with dryness, scaling, and painful fissures in areas repeatedly exposed to […]
Does anyone in your family have eczema or sensitive skin conditions?
Do you experience itching, or is it more burning and soreness?
Have you changed soaps, sanitizers, or detergents recently?
Yes—many people experience full regrowth, even when patches look bare at first, because the follicles are still present and capable of recovery.
Thank you for describing everything so clearly, and thank you for the details and the photograph (not shown for privacy). Your story strongly aligns with alopecia areata, which typically presents as sudden, smooth, round patches of hair loss due to the immune system targeting hair follicles. Mimickers include tinea capitis, which usually shows scaling or […]
Have you noticed increased shedding all over, or mainly in round localized patches?
Has anyone in your family had similar sudden hair loss or autoimmune conditions?
Did the hair seem to fall out gradually or did the patches appear suddenly within days?