VIDEO: Better knowledge, awareness of alopecia areata benefits patients

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As providers, we are constantly learning. We have newer treatments and older treatments and we employ every (audio cuts of speaker) we know. But when we hear real life stories the perspective that comes through this information from social media, from the internet in general, we're not untouched by it. We learn a lot. New studies are designed based on some of this information as well. We also see that when patients come in with more social support, with more knowledge and awareness of the disease, they have higher satisfaction rates. They are more comfortable in going through the treatment plan and obviously in that case the result is much better. Stress being a very big factor in any kind of autoimmune disease. As soon as you have more awareness and knowledge about a certain process, stress is likely to be less and therefore you're more open to receiving care. So it definitely helps us prepare the patient better and ourselves in order to help them out. September is considered the Alopecia Areata Month and blue is the color associated with it. Several conferences and meetings occur with regard to alopecia areata. There are also scholarship funds and research funds that people can donate and whoever's interested to support this cause. But because this is October and we just passed that month, there's more knowledge about this out there.