Table III.
Prevalence of the types of classified alopecia in 1070 patients with COVID-19 and the number of patients with preexisting alopecia versus new-onset alopecia
| Types of classified alopecia | Preexisting alopecia diagnosis |
No preexisting alopecia diagnosis |
Not reported | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No new symptoms triggered by COVID-19 | New alopecia flareup worsened by COVID-19 | New-onset alopecia triggered by COVID-19 | ||
| AA (n = 143, 13.4%) | 78 (54.5%) | 58 (40.6%) | 7 (4.9%) | 0 |
| AE (n = 2, 0.2%) | 0 | 1 (50%) | 1 (50%) | 0 |
| AGA (n = 561, 52.4%) | 287 (51.2%)∗ | 0 | 274 (48.8%) | |
| PA (n = 2, 0.2%) | 0 | 1 (50%) | 1 (50%) | 0 |
| TE (n = 362, 33.8%) | 0 | 23 (6.4%) (n = 10 had prior AA) (n = 13 had prior AGA) |
339 (93.6%) | 0 |
AA, Alopecia areata; AE, anagen effluvium; AGA, androgenic alopecia; PA, pressure-induced alopecia; TE, telogen effluvium.
Not reported whether alopecia symptoms worsened (or were stable) after COVID-19.