Alopecia

[livingwith]

I am 35 years old and losing my hair. I can’t believe it. Since April 07 my hair started falling out. I am so unsure that I really cant express how I feel. I have alopecia areata. I have had stress through out my life. Why now?

It started as a small patch no larger than a dime and now it is about the size of the top of a average coffee cup, right on top of my head. I have to fight with myself in the morning to try and cover the spot by grabbing my other hair and pulling it up. I get so ag...Read the full article

[mcg]

I just tried to post, but it did not show. I read your entry. I have a form of alopecia, from what I am told, lichen planopilarus. Are you being treated for your condition? I am not sure if my treatment is doing any good... the progression of the hairloss continues, but perhaps at a slower rate.

[bren8519]

Hi! my name is bren and i have had alopecia since aug of 06 a little over a year. When my
hair started falling out it all went in less than 45 days! i had my hair highlighted which i think
was a bad hairdresser and then i got into a very stressful arugment with my office manger
i got the best of her but not before i got extremely upset. i think these two things led to
what happened but i cannot prove it. now i went to pieces i did not know how to cope and
to me it was all over i am 60 soon to be 61 but i had been married for about 5 years to a man
10 years younger so imagine how i felt would he leave me etc? my husband was sweet and took
me on a 7 day cruise by the time i got back i had to wear a wig to work. the first day i cried
all the way to work dreading it because i am a customer service manager at a big car dealership
working with about 30 men everyday. can you imagine how i felt going in to face that? well
to my surpise no one knew i had on a wig they all thought i had a new hair style. i am sorry
goes to show you how much attention people really pay to us as opposed to how much we
think they notice. in addition when i went into a wig salon i met another lady who had
alopecia but i did not know that at the time and in she had on a wig and i could
not even tell. i hope this is giving you some hope because what i learned is looks as
important as they are certainly are not everything and can be dealt with but say a stroke
or cancer well we are lucky that is all i will say. but the point is it may grow back after almost
a year i am growing hair now do not get me wrong i am not counted on it because i have heard
it can fall right back out and the growth is slow but point being there is hope. i have done alot
of on line research and tried some things but none i can brag on. i buy my wigs on line and that
was a journey in and of itself so if i can help let me know. i know its touch but it could be
so much worse and that is how i cope i do not cry anymore and my depression does not come
as often anymore i just try not to think about it and i have asked god if its mean to be that
he let my hair come back that plus vitamins and i did do the scalp injections is all i have
done so far i am still searching and open to trying new things. good luck and hope i have
helped some bren

[bren8519]

bren again sorry for the not checking the spelling but i think you will get the point
i am like you i could use some help to especially if anyone can tell me what new
growth looks like and how long it takes? my hair is very blonde and about 3-5 inches
but very thin could not possible be seen like this but i also have some brown strands
more like my natual color that i suspect come from the sites of the scalp injections
i have not been back in months and still thinking about it as to whether i will go
back any advice i can get on regrowth and what to look for and how long plus
the injections i would appreciate thanks bren