Watching A Patch Fill Back In
Fine new hairs where smooth skin was. Confirmed by photos, documented visit to visit.
What Alopecia Areata Recovery Looks Like
The Part
Nobody Sees
Proof Before Promises
Real Clients,
Real Results.
Results vary by individual. Shared with written consent.
Sound Familiar
Start With The One
That Sounds Like You
Tap the one you would say out loud. It takes you straight to the calendar.
“A round patch appeared out of nowhere”
“The alopecia areata is spreading”
“It grew back and then fell out again”
“My eyebrows or lashes are thinning too”
Come in with just a patch and a question.
We confirm the type, the stage, and the immune triggers in your first visit.
Start With My $99 Hair & Body DiscoveryWhy Alopecia Areata Care Works Better When It Goes Deeper.
Alopecia Areata Lives In The Immune System. The Scalp Is Where It Shows Up.
A dermatologist examines the skin at the patch. A trichologist goes further: the follicle under magnification, the immune markers, your thyroid, your ferritin, your cortisol, and your gut health. Alopecia areata is autoimmune. Dr. Nina's protocols reach every layer that matters.
You were treating the right condition. We just go deeper.
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Your Alopecia Areata Started Somewhere. Six Triggers We Identify.
Nutritional Deficiency
Iron, ferritin, zinc, vitamin D, and B12. Low levels can affect immune regulation and the hair cycle at the same time. We read the numbers that matter for alopecia areata recovery.
Chronic Stress Response
Cortisol dysregulation is a common trigger for an alopecia areata episode. We map when the patch appeared against what your body was handling.
Daily Habits
Sleep, hydration, and tension from styling can slow follicles that are trying to recover. We connect the dots so your routine supports regrowth.
Hormone imbalance
Thyroid, estrogen, and androgens help steer the hair growth cycle. Hormonal shifts can trigger or worsen autoimmune flares, including alopecia areata.
Medication side effect
Some prescriptions can trigger immune responses that contribute to alopecia areata. We review everything you are taking to find what may be a factor.
Autoimmune Activity
Alopecia areata often appears alongside other autoimmune conditions. We assess thyroid autoimmunity, vitiligo, celiac disease, and the patterns that may connect them.
Before we treat your alopecia areata, we look for the trigger. And you see the evidence yourself at 200x.
Why We Look Beyond The Patch
Alopecia Areata Is Autoimmune. The Full Answer Lives In The System.
The internal side of this work has its own home on the site, including how hormones, nutrients, and immune activity are reviewed alongside the scalp.
Functional Medicine At Nina RossHow We Work
The Immune Factors We Check And What 200x Shows At The Patch
What we evaluate alongside your alopecia areata
Thyroid function and any history of thyroid disease in you or your family
Iron and ferritin, because alopecia areata recovery depends on storage iron well before anemia shows on bloodwork
Vitamin D, which plays a direct role in immune regulation and is often low in autoimmune conditions
Concurrent autoimmune conditions, including vitiligo, celiac disease, Hashimoto's, and type 1 diabetes
Digestive symptoms and gut health as part of the wider immune picture
Stress and sleep, mapped against when the alopecia areata patch first appeared
Medications, recent illness, and any infection close to onset
Family history of alopecia areata or other autoimmune conditions
Active Versus Resolving Alopecia Areata At 200x
An active patch tends to show exclamation-mark hairs at the border, meaning short broken hairs that are narrower at the scalp end than at the tip. Alongside them there are often black dots where a hair broke at the surface and yellow dots at the follicular opening. Follicular openings themselves are preserved, which is the single most important finding, because it means the follicles are still there.
A resolving patch looks different. The border settles, exclamation-mark hairs become scarce, and the field fills with upright regrowing hairs, often fine and lighter in colour than the surrounding hair. Pigment usually returns as the hair matures.
Preserved openings are what separate alopecia areata from a scarring alopecia at the same site, and it is why the read matters before any plan is written. Smooth skin with the openings gone is a different condition with a different answer.
Both states are photographed from the same fixed positions each visit, so at review we compare your patch against your own baseline rather than against an impression of how it looked last time.
Alopecia Areata, In DetailHow We Treat Alopecia Areata
Every Treatment Follows What Your Alopecia Areata Assessment Shows
Each modality is selected after the assessment. What your alopecia areata patch shows at 200x and what the wider health review reveals determine your plan.
PRP Therapy
Concentrated growth factors placed directly into the scalp at sites where follicular openings are preserved. PRP supports dormant follicles that still have the structure to produce hair and can accelerate the transition from resting to active growth.
Growth Exosome Therapy
Targeted growth signaling for patches where follicles have gone quiet for extended periods. Selected when magnification shows viable follicles that are not cycling on their own and need a stronger activation signal than PRP alone.
Red Light Therapy
Low-level laser therapy used to reduce inflammation around the follicle and support the anagen (growth) phase. Typically combined with another modality for alopecia areata rather than used as a standalone treatment.
You Are Welcome Here
Come With Your Alopecia Areata However It Looks
Wigs, scarves, strategic parts, and protective styles are all welcome. Come as you are. Share your full history, including when the alopecia areata started, how many patches you have had, and anything you have tried. It is clinical information, and it helps us help you.
Alopecia Areata In Black Hair. We Know What To Look For.
The factors that affect how alopecia areata presents and recovers in textured hair. We ask about every one of them.
Relaxer HistoryWhat years of chemical service may have done to your scalp.
Protective StylingHow tight, how often and how long you wore them.
Hormonal ShiftsPostpartum, thyroid, perimenopause and PCOS patterns.
Nutrient StatusIron, vitamin D and other markers that affect growth.
Men's Hair LineReceding hairlines, thinning crowns and the patterns that run in families.
200x magnification.
See what's happening under the hair you can see.
Your First Step.
Find Out What Is Driving Your Alopecia Areata.
If you have been Googling alopecia areata pictures, trying remedies, and checking the same patch every morning, this visit is where real answers begin.
Everything You Get.
The $99 Hair & Body Discovery.
One visit. You see your alopecia areata at 200x. Next day, it is in writing.
Your One-on-One Alopecia Areata Assessment
30 focused minutes with a certified trichologist.
The 200x Scalp Read
Your alopecia areata patch, magnified live on screen. Active or resolving, you see it yourself.
A Full-Body Biofeedback Scan
The Part Nobody Has Ever Given You
Your Hair & Body Discovery Report
What may be triggering your alopecia areata and what to do next. In writing, the next business day.
Come As You Are
One Visit
Same-Week Availability
All Are Welcome
Serving All of Metro Atlanta
Our Promise
You will leave seeing your alopecia areata at 200x, understanding the factors behind it, with your report the next day. If you don't, the $99 is on us.
Clinical Direction
Dr. Nina Ross, ND, Double Board Certified Trichologist
“Alopecia areata is autoimmune. My job is to find what triggered it and help your follicles recover.”
Dr. Nina Ross
Dr. Nina Ross, ND. Double Board Certified Trichologist. PhD in Functional Drugless Medicine. Master Cosmetologist. Founder and Clinical Director.
Dr. Nina chose naturopathic and functional medicine because alopecia areata responds best when the whole system is considered. Her training shapes every protocol. Evaluations and treatments are performed by certified trichologists under her direction. If you are also seeing a dermatologist, both teams can work alongside each other.
Everything happens in-house. We never send you elsewhere to piece together your care. 10 years of specialized care. 2,500+ clients seen. Serving all of Metro Atlanta.
- 10 years of specialized care
- 2,500+ clients seen
- Naturopathic and functional medicine approach
- All care handled in-house
In Their Words
Reviews From Clients Across Metro Atlanta
“I had tried everything for years. Nothing worked. Within months at Nina Ross, I saw new baby hairs. At 40 weeks, I had the confidence I thought I lost forever.”
Coretta, Atlanta
“Doctors told me nothing could be done. Nina Ross slowed my CCCA and actually gave me new growth. I only wish I had started sooner.”
Tasha, Decatur
“I was skeptical after wasting money elsewhere. The scalp imaging alone told me more than two years of guessing.”
Danielle R., Sandy Springs
Reviews are shared with client permission.
Results not typical. Individual results will vary.
Getting Here
Where Our Alopecia Areata Clients Come From
The clinic is in Sandy Springs at 8735 Dunwoody Place, Suite 290, Sandy Springs, GA 30350, just off GA-400 near the Perimeter, with free parking at the building.
Clients travel in from Atlanta and Decatur, down from Roswell and Alpharetta, over from Marietta, and across from Dunwoody and Brookhaven. A patch is the kind of thing people want looked at quickly, so appointments are usually available the same week. Serving all of Metro Atlanta.
We are open Monday to Saturday, 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM, and your written report reaches you the next day whether or not you decide to treat with us.
01Sandy SpringsOur home. Off GA-400 near the Perimeter.
02Atlanta20 to 30 minutes from Midtown and Buckhead.
03DunwoodyUnder 10 minutes.
04BrookhavenAbout 15 minutes.
05RoswellAbout 15 minutes via GA-400.
06MariettaAbout 25 minutes via I-285.
07DecaturAbout 30 minutes via I-285.
08AlpharettaAbout 20 minutes via GA-400.
Alopecia Areata Questions, Answered.
Honest Answers
Before You Commit
If your question is not here, call us. You will talk to a real person.
Can alopecia areata hair grow back?
In many cases, yes. Alopecia areata preserves the follicle. As long as the openings are intact, which we confirm at 200x, those follicles can produce hair again.
What causes alopecia areata?
Alopecia areata is autoimmune. Your immune system targets your own hair follicles. Common contributing factors include stress, thyroid dysfunction, nutrient deficiencies, gut health issues, and genetic predisposition.
How is alopecia areata different from other hair loss?
Alopecia areata creates smooth, round patches because the immune system targets specific follicles. Traction alopecia comes from tension. CCCA involves scarring. Telogen effluvium is diffuse shedding. Each requires its own approach.
How long does alopecia areata treatment take?
It varies. Some clients may see fine new hairs in 8 to 12 weeks. Fuller regrowth can take 6 to 12 months depending on how long the patch has been present and what the assessment shows. Results not typical. Individual results will vary.
What do I need before coming in?
Just an appointment. Most clients come in with a patch and a question. We assess whether the pattern is alopecia areata, identify the stage, and review potential immune triggers in your first visit.
What happens during the $99 Discovery?
You receive 30 focused minutes with a certified trichologist, a 200x view of your alopecia areata patch on screen, and your written report the next business day.
Can alopecia areata spread?
It can. Some people have a single patch that resolves on its own. Others develop multiple patches or see existing ones expand. Early assessment helps establish the stage and whether follicular openings remain intact.
Do you treat alopecia areata in men?
Yes. We assess scalp patches, beard patches, and eyebrow thinning using the same process: magnification, a wider health review, and a written plan.
Your First Step.
See Your Alopecia Areata At 200x And Know Exactly What Is Happening
One visit. Your patch magnified. The immune factors assessed. The full picture in writing the next day.
Start My $99 Hair & Body Discovery
Your first step is one visit where you finally understand your alopecia areata.
(678) 561-4522
8735 Dunwoody Place, Suite 290 · Sandy Springs, GA 30350