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You don't mention his age, but it really doesn't matter. He is probably experiencing male baldness.
Google is not a doctor and doesn't pretend to be. Neither should you.
Unless wearing a hairpiece, I don't think anyone shaves the top of their head. Chances are that if the OP mentions shaving the head, he shaves the entire head. It's true that the OP didn't say where on the head the baldness takes place, but it seems its all over. If there is significant hairloss on the temples/sides and/or back of the head, scratch off male pattern baldness.
A person suffering from male pattern baldness can be a candidate for hair transplant. The source of the hair to be transplanted is precisely in the temples/sides/back of his own head. If he is balding even in those areas, he would not be a candidate for hair transplant and, as far as I know, no hair transplant doctor would touch it.
My Uncle has itchy skin and regularly shaves his scalp due to itch.
Right after we entered 2021 he lost patches of hair. It didn't bother him and he says this is good since he doesn't have to shave.
A few weeks later he shaved the remaining hair that was left.
Now his hair hasn't grown back. When anyone mentions it he says he doesn't care about the baldness because now he doesn't have to shave.
But the question is, what is the cause? I saw google and it says it is immune system attacking hair cells.
Why should immune system attack anyone? How to stop these attacks so there are no other problems.
It's very hard to say what causes the baldness in anyone without a diagnosis from a doctor. He is the only one that can say what causes it.
As for baldness from some type of autoimmune system disorder, there isn't a reason for why it happens. What does exist is that sometimes it happens. There are treatments for various autoimmune disorder baldness, but if the person affected by the autoimmune disorder baldness isn't bothered and the autoimmune disorder doesn't produces other side effects; then, there is nothing anyone can do.
Baldness can also be due to other reasons, such as a fungus growing on the scalp. You said he has itchy skin, perhaps that is the reason causing the baldness.
There is one other aspect to take into account. Socially it's easier and even accepted for baldness in men. A woman that is balding will go through a much greater stress level. In general, society isn't as accepting of female baldness as it is for male baldness. This could very much be one of the reasons your uncle isn't bothered by the baldness. For men, the stress comes from accepting that you are balding, but for women even if you accept it society at large will not and that's a source of extra stress. It also doesn't help that, what it seems to me, women are more likely to value the opinions of others while men are more likely to not care what others think.
Unless wearing a hairpiece, I don't think anyone shaves the top of their head. Chances are that if the OP mentions shaving the head, he shaves the entire head. It's true that the OP didn't say where on the head the baldness takes place, but it seems its all over. If there is significant hairloss on the temples/sides and/or back of the head, scratch off male pattern baldness.
A person suffering from male pattern baldness can be a candidate for hair transplant. The source of the hair to be transplanted is precisely in the temples/sides/back of his own head. If he is balding even in those areas, he would not be a candidate for hair transplant and, as far as I know, no hair transplant doctor would touch it.
He shaved entire head.
Now it appears hair is coming back on most of his head, the front and center part.
They are small white hairs.
I will keep you posted.
You are right in your other post, baldness is more more more stressful to women than to men.
During last dermatologist visit (telemedicine) when my Aunt bought it up he brushed it aside. He suffered from pruritus (intense itchy skin)
Blood test for COVID? Ok shall do, but COVID?
Yes, covid. Although the poster may have meant an antibody test for covid, to see if he has had covid in the past. Since you say his hair started disappearing after the new year, he may need one of those T-detect covid tests that can test for prior infection. The antibody tests are generally only able to detect an illness for the past 3 months but the T detect can go back further.
Even asymptomatic covid infections can cause hair loss & it can last for up to a year. It would be good to know to rule it out, in case he has another condition that needs to be diagnosed.
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