Welcome to the group where you will find lots of support. It's particularly difficult for parents to watch their children go through any difficulty, and we can only be grateful alopecia is not a life threatening disease. However, it has its own difficulties and I am not in the least minimising them! You will find others here who are dealing with the same thing, while there are others like myself who developed aa as adutls. We all help each other get through the emotional roller coaster of alopecia.
Welcome to the group where you will find lots of support. It's particularly difficult for parents to watch their children go through any difficulty, and we can...
Hello .. Just found this group .. I suffered from alopecia areata for a long time. I don't get the bald spots anymore, and they always grew back, but now I...
Hi Op, Welcome to the group, I hope you find this site helpfull and informative, post your concerns and one of us will answer your questions. We are all here...
Hello, My name is Lynnie and I am new to the group. I took my son to get his haircut on Wednesday. He had just gotten glasses for the first time, and I...
Hi Lynnie, the same thing happen to me when I was 37. I thought my wife shaved my head in one little spot when I was sleeping (yep, she'd do something like...
Hi Lynnie, Alopecia can be caused by the immune system going wacky, which is why your hair falls out. And usually at the age of 11 young children develope...
Hello, I am new to this group. Our son was diagnosed with AA this past Saturday. He is a beautiful - inside and out - three year old boy. Were do we go from...
Hi Clea, Welcome to the group. Everyone here can only respond from their own experiences--and you will see that everyone's alopecia is different. I don't think...
I know there is a female Dr. who specializes in Alopecia, at the University of CT. I have never met her but hear she is wonderful, she did her residency at...
Thanks Kim. I'm hoping this one patch on my duaghter will grow back, and that she won't have any more. We check her head everyday and it's been over 3 weeks ...
Does alopecia Areata always mean the head will lose large areas of hair? Or could it always just be small spots ... or can it be just a one-time thing??? I...
Hi, I'm new to the group as well with an answer and a question. AA doesn't mean that the head will always lose large areas of hair. It could be only one spot...
Uusually it means loosing areas of hair on the head. I have had Alopecia Areata since I was 2, and I am 25 now. When I was younger it was spots all over my...
Hi Emily...i have AA i am now 54 and had it as a child and through out the years 2 years ago i had it hit me big time 9 patches and i had never had that many...
Fay, Along with my fingernails doing the peeling up stuff that I mentioned in my last email, they also have ridges. My Doc did say it was related...It is...
Thanks Emily. As a mom, you know how it is to want to protect yoru child as much as possible. I know if I talk to my daughter about it she will start crying...
Fayth~ So I'm not crazy ;o) I figured like you that since fingernails are made of the same stuff that it would make sense. It was something I hadn't thought...
The funny thing about alopecia and talking to docs about it is that YOU will probably be informing the doc about what really happens rather than them informing...
About the findgernails....There is a correlation between the indentions and alopecia. The first thing I noticed about my alopecia, though, is that when I lost...
Yes, my nails also crack straight down instead of across. They have never been really strong. But I have never been healthier in my life since I've had...
besides the pitting on my nails, my nails are also pretty thin...I have only been able to grow them long and pretty once in my life. but they were easily...
Hi Clea and welcome to the group! Well I have to say that Rebecca is right, but I think if you don't want to go this far seek out the doctor that low_rain...
Hi Kim, What kind of tests would they do? I have so many questions and I have no where to get them. I am going to check out NAAF their site is great. I have...
Oh my gosh....it's been 23 years ago for me. They did some blood tests, a scalp biopsy, checking thyroid, kidney and liver dieases, lupus, etc.... There are...
hi .... i am new to the group. I have an 11 year old (will be 12 in july) daughter who was recently diagnosed with alopecia areata. I had noticed some...
I just wanted to welcome you to the group Simmy ~ Alopecia is very unpredictable. The shots usually produce good results. At times when my hair would come...
I was wondering if anyone has had any side effects from the shots? If anyone has had them, and had side effects, let me know... Thanks, Amy kimberlyjb40us...
Nothing serious from them. Besides the minor pain of getting them, I would get headaches afterwards, and I had indentions in the scalp. Kim ... If anyone has...
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