Alopecia treatment to be made widely available by the NHS for the first time is expected to help thousands of people. People had been denied NHS treatment for “far too long,” according to a well-known organization.
An autoimmune condition called alopecia areata promotes hair loss by attacking hair follicles using the body’s immune system.
Patients with alopecia went “far too long” without NHS care, therefore Alopecia UK celebrated the decision as a “monumental day” for those who suffer from the condition.
The chief executive of the organization, Sue Schilling, stated, “For far too long, patients with alopecia areata have gone without a licensed treatment option available via NHS pathways.”
“If new treatments are only available privately, it becomes a case of the ‘haves and the have nots’, this… recommendation will go some way to address this.”
