Hi Sheila, I've been au since I was 39 and I'm 56 now [my god that sounds ancient].yes it's hard as a woman to deal with this, and I believe it's also ...
Pat, I agree with you. Loosing the eyebrows and eyelashes is what I miss the most because the face does sort of disappear without them. I use eye shadow to...
That is great Chip! I have a similar story but I wear a wig to work and that's about it. My personal life is typically with nothing, scarves, and hats. I...
When this disease hits, it IS devistating. It does effect you life, your self esteem, your reltaionships, and everything else. Everyone deals with the...
Yes... cruel and unforgiving.... but not deadly physically. Hang in there.... and hang out here. Blessings. -Mindy chuver2001 <chuver2001@...> wrote: In...
Thanks for being there... I felt devastated tonight. We live in a small (30k) city, and my two girls attend a local school. Well tonight was the local...
Hi I have just read your post and really feel for you. That is just awful. I have never experienced anything like this so maybe what I say won't help but...
Sheila it is amazing how our alopecia affects so much in our lives. I believe it is how we act that determines how others act towards us. When I was going...
Hey there! I cannot remember who wanted to know what steriods ;my Derm has been injecting for my hair regrowth, but his assistant finally called me back!!!!...
Thank You for your response and checking on that for me it was very nice of you to go out of your way. Andrea Greer Chapman <greersie99@...> wrote: Hey...
Shiela, Question about your 'friends' - you are assuming it is because of the AA that they are no longer your friends (you wrote 'for reasons unknown to...
Greer, The researchers do say that colds can be triggers to turn on/off AA. I don't know what my trigger was but when I had regrowth on the sulfasalazine it...
Hi Carolyn, Thanks for being there, again. I forgot to mention, yes I was open about the different stages of AA and finally AU with both groups of friends....
You are very welcome!! I also wanted to note this.. and sorry boys if this is TMI. I also remmeber when on my first onset of AA a year ago, I remember how...
THANK YOU SO MUCH! Not TMI! My breasts have been sore like no tomorow.... and I get skin sensitive all over in "patches" and then notice that the hair in...
Shiela, Sounds like you got some of your own answers. Guess it wasn't meant to be. I have a similar story with my big sister in the sorority. I had brain...
Hi I lost my hair in patches when I was about 19 and over the next couple of years I had patches that came and went and then it all grew back and I had no...
Hi all. My alopecia started back last month. I was diagnosed earlier this year (march), but by august, my hair had gorwn in enough for me to wear a short...
You should consider going to the tanner. It is working for my Lilly(7). We even put her L of L wig on hold because she now has 1/3 of her hair back. Juli ... ...
I am 43 and have been AU for going on 1 year, and yes, I had skin problems since childhood, mainly in in the form of dermatitis. My dad had a chronic skin...
Mindy, I really pray you get a sudden reversal of your condition, and all your hair suddenly grows back, like I prayed so hard for myself. However, praying...
DOES ANYONE KNOW OF ANY NEW TREATMENTS FOR AA? IT HAS BEEN ABOUT 4 YEARS SINCE I HAVE GONE TO MY DERMATOLOGIST. I GUESS I KIND OF GAVE UP. I HAD 90% LOSS OF MY...
Hi there [better to use lower-case, easier to read] I'm one who ditched the injections early on, but others here have had some success with them. How much hair...
I know exactly how you feel. I lost my hair when I was 11 yrs old and it took me 6 treatments and 6 yrs to have it back. Of course, I lost it again, 5 yrs ago...
Hi, I've been doing cortisone shots since 2001 and have grown a full head of hair, and at this point won't go off it now since I'm doing so well! So yes for...
I'm on a discussion board for hair loss at toplace.com and although there are mostly guys there they have had a lot of experience with hair replacement and...
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