“It’s a capricious illness”: how can Edouard Philippe’s hair grow back?

“It’s funny. » In an interview with our colleagues at Parisian, Edouard Philippe explained a turnaround in his illnessalopecia, which he made public in 2023. This disease, “anything but neutral”, is in fact a generic term to evoke hair loss.

In reality, Édouard Philippe revealed that he suffered from vitiligo and alopecia areata. The first corresponds to whitening of the skin, hair and body hair while the second refers to hair loss.

“The feeling of reliving my puberty”

Concretely, alopecia areata is “an autoimmune pathology”, begins Doctor Philippe Assouly, member of the French Society of Dermatology (SFD) requested by actu.fr. “White blood cells accumulate around the bulb, which blocks hair growth. »

The immune system works to destroy them in some way. So this is what the former Prime Minister experienced.

I experienced having this illness which was neither dangerous, nor contagious, nor painful, but visible. Very visible. And I can say, because I've experienced it, that losing all your hair is anything but neutral.

But “last June, it started to grow back, without treatment or operation”. “I have the impression of relive my puberty
» laughs the mayor of Le Havre. “I kind of came back from the bald guys. »

“A capricious illness”

Obviously, if we can only rejoice for Edouard Philippe, who does not dwell on his presidential intentions, we can also question the why of this regrowth, even though the Seinomarin has not taken treatment.

“It’s a capricious disease », recognizes Doctor Philippe Assouly. “There may be regrowth, for no particular reason, with or without treatment, or partial regrowth, only on one side. »

The evolution of the disease can be surprising, according to the dermatologist, member of the SFD.

We cannot know if it will grow back completely or fall back.

The specialist invites us to talk about “episodes” of alopecia areata.

“The main lines”

“We don’t know the rules”specifies Philippe Assouly, thus indicating that there are “a few main lines”.

He thus mentions that children who have suffered severe alopecia areata are less likely to see their hair grow back or even the fact that an alopecia areata on the beard is less likely to grow back.

For Édouard Philippe, the alopecia areata was first in “patches (the most common form), then receding (responsible for his hair loss) and finally universal (we add the beard and eyebrows)”, details the dermatologist.

To summarize, we don't really know why Edouard Philippe's hair grew back, and moreover, we don't know how his illness will progress. Nevertheless, his speeches have the merit of raising awareness about an illness that affects 2% of the population.

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