Shannon.. I think all of us dealing with alopecia have our depression .. I mean I am a new one at this, I was just diagnosed with it in February of this year,...
They have my daughter on Synthroid too. I am not sure if there are any other meds for hashimotos or not. Kevin Dickson <k_sdick@...> wrote: Hi Kayla, I...
I don't know what cause it...my dad had it...he got after two weks that he got married with my mom...so it was a lotf stress and responsabilities I guess.. I...
I remeber that when I went to school once my wig move a lil bit and I was scared that was gonna fall and everybidy would have seen me bla bla... so at night I...
Hi Shannon, I tend to believe that conventional medicine is wonderful for treating acute and common illnesses but it fails with chronic diseases such as AA or...
Hi All, You can get a hair analysis kit through Great Smokies Diagnostic laboratories. They also do stool and saliva testing- which personally, as a...
It's called the T-Cell in everyone that can go off track and cause problems for others, stress isn't the cause but doesn't help either. Right now NAAF is...
... i wish they would find out something new. with all the advancements in science...why not a.a.??? i hate to see my daughter going through this. it sucks!!!...
I am very glad to hear someone say that stress isn't the cause of it. I have had so many people tell me not to worry about it and it won't all fall out or...
Don't you hate it when someone says 'I wish I had a dozen wigs I could choose from every day, because my hair is so awful [or whatever]. I had someone say this...
well i havent' had to deal with that yet, I just went yesterday to try on wigs for the first time and I was not comfortable at all about it, they felt awkward,...
Yes, I've had people tell me how fun it must be to be able to choose different styles or, my favorite, when I wear a scarf instead of a wig, "You are so lucky...
The first time I went to try on a wig I came home in tears. Then I did as you did and took along a good friend and when I picked one out I liked and tried it...
omg Shannon...what a thing to say to you! Well, I suppose one way of looking at a comment like that is that it at least doesn't minimise what you're going...
Some people know that I wear a wig and some people don't...some people knew I wore a wig and have forgotten...but my favorite question is when somebody asks me...
I think it is a hoot the different things people say. I went to a women's conference with a bunch of ladies that know me pretty well (they all know I wear a...
It really bugs me too when it is said that stress causes alopecia. My mom has always said that. Like I need something ELSE to worry about, now my alopecia is...
Remeber, this is auto-immune. No other auto-immune disease has a cure. Some have medicine to control it (insulin for diabetes) and others don't. Some...
Personally, I beleive the AA causes stress, not the other way. What came first, the chicken or the egg? On Fri, 04 May 2007 03:00:03 -0000, sperrsheila wrote...
I have been reading the post for the last few months but have never posted before. My 18 year old daughter was diagnosed with alopecia a few months ago...
Shirene... I couldn't imagine how it would be for an 18 year old, I am 38 and have 3 children and its hard on me, but 18 is such a hard age with friends and...
I know as far as stress goes, I don't think stress causes it, but I don't think that stress helps it any either.. I know my doc told me the other day that he...
Hi Shirene, yes 18, it is going to be hard...so many people automatically assume you have some disease, when I was that age, I remember when I'd tell a new...
I'm really sorry and I think she's really brave I'll be 17 soon and I didn't go out the house without my wig... just try to talk to her to listen to how she...
OMG!!!That's terrible!!!did she really said that she would rather be dead???wow that's pretty bad!!!! I know nobody NEVER tell me or ask me questions...and I...
so yeah it's 2007!and in june I'll be 17!Unfortunately..I'm still bald! yep I just have a lil bit of hair...I wear wig and I never talk about my situation with...
... I agree, I can't believe that she said that. I have only just started on this disease and not all of my hair has fallen out but I have heard some very...
... purchase and a lady kept commenting on cute and shiney my hair was and where do i have it done and did i just have it done and what color do i use and so...
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