Examining Alopecia through Selected Case Studies in Bangladesh

The COVID-19 pandemic has been triggered unprecedented health crisis across the globe. Millions have lost their lives to the virus while many are still coping with post-covid complications. Much of the health impacts are still unknown. The horror unleashed by the virus has been a major source of stress for many people. Indeed, this situation is a difficult process for the individuals to cope up with and this resulting in psychosocial stress. This increased psychosocial stress can affect the individuals suffering from stress sensitive skin diseases. Most of the people notice heavy hair fall during quarantine. We also observed increasing cases of alopecia in our clinic for last several months among those who have recovered from COVID-19. The pandemic has been spreading in Bangladesh since March 2020 and numerous methods were taken including quarantine in order to prevent the spreading of the disease that were at the highest point in May 2020. Thus, we noticed the percentage of the patients with alopecia in 2020 is higher compared to the corresponding period of previous year.