Steven, Sorry to inturrupt, but to answer your question... Hearing that you were/are under a lot of stress seems to me more likely to possibly causing alopecia...
HI Corrine - Â I have been to probably close to 4- 5 derms and 2 endos since Feb of this year when everything starting happening. Typically the derms look you...
Brushing doesn't cause alopecia - aa is an 'inside' job when our immune systems get sidetracked for reasons unknown as yet and attack the hair follicle. I...
I wanted to rant a little. I was watching a TV show last night and they had a woman with a fake bald head on (on Mercy, the cancer patient). She looked...
I agree, I hate it! I am also watching my son who still has no hair at all! Having him watch all these shows where losing hair is a bad thing or they are...
I get emails and calls from ad agencies. Most recently, they needed a model to work a private industry trade show modeling the prototype of a new headset....
I developed Alopecia and a few months later was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. These two are supposedly auto immune disease. Why is my immune system...
Hi Selena, for many years I had psoriasis which is also auto immune. There has been some discussion previously on what other auto immune diseases we have but...
I have read that autoimmune diseases often (though certainly not always) come more than one in the same person. I read a study showing that far more Celiac's...
hi pat, hmm, I'm not particularly impressed with my coping skills at this moment. Having alopecia was hard enough. i guess i'm just feeling depressed and...
Hi there, I posted before, but am reposting just in case that one didn't show up properly. :) Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone had advice on how to...
Hi Baharebat, I have AA and also telogen effluvium which I belieeve is due to low iron. My specialist in Boston told me that ideal ferritin levels should be...
I believe it Selina. I have had other more serious health issues too, and yet the hair loss bothers me the most. Autoimmune diseases do come in packs and...
Hi Selina, I believe feeling overwhelmed must be an understatement for you right now and depression...well it's part of the deal initially. As you become to...
Thank you Carm! I am going to up my iron to twice a day. I've been frustrated, the dermatologist I went to was no help, and my regular doctor thought that a...
Yes, the stubs would be around the area you lost. I too get frustrated when doctors tell me the tests are "normal". Normal is a subjective term. Ferritin...
Just wondering among those with patchy hair loss- alopecia areata, how long you have been dealing with this? I am on year 2.5, and my doctor tells me I am the...
hey carm, i have been dealing with AA for 20 years!! it sucks alot!! i don't do shots or any treatments but i am too that point that i am willing to try...
I am 21 years old and have been AA for 21 years.... When I was a baby it was no big deal... a lot of babies have bald spots but now its getting ridiculous ...
I've been dealing with it for 21 years now (since I was 14). I did shots for 5.5 years, then took oral prednisone for 3 years. I have been "clean" (haha) for...
Hi Carm, I've had AA spots on and off now for approx 14 yrs. Cortizone shots have been my only method of treatment. Sometimes my hair grows back within a few...
I have been dealing with it for 26 years now. I was AU by age three, hair grew back by age 8. Spots ever since. Did shots at age 4 and hair started to grow...
Hey Carm, 3 years!! I stopped the shots as I'm too scared of the long term side effects plus although I was getting shots I still had loss. For example, I get...
Pat, Thank you for normalizing my situation. I was really having issues with my situation. I felt almost guilty for having AA, especially when the doctor said...
A small patch fell out once every 10 years and always regrew. Then 13-20 years ago diffuse thinning with the biggest shift 13 years ago to totalis and now...
What interesting responses. I hope I'm not intruding but can I ask, how many of you had diffuse thinning and did it turn into totalis or universalis? My son is...
Selina, you're not alone with feeling guilty about stressing and then getting told to stop stressing because it's making your hair fall out...the same thing...
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