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Diagnosed with alopecia areata last August.
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what hasn't worked and what has

Posted on May 11, 2009 at 7:41pm 4 Comments

after a particularly devastating and painful period of my life, i was diagnosed with alopecia areata - almost a year ago. at the time of diagnosis, i only had two small quarter size patches. i immediately began getting injections, and continued to do so until two months ago. although i was confident in the course of treatment, i found that the injections did not seem to help me. altho some hair would grow in the center, the spots were still growing larger. and others one would start forming… Continue

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At 5:50pm on October 16, 2009, Lee said…
Hi Claudine,
I agree that most doctors dont know much about alopecia..but I also think that they use that as an excuse...are they really trying to learn about it? There HAS to be treatments that work...and a cure...somewhere, but no one has found it. In my opinion, theyre not looking hard enough...but, there are other diseases that need cures first. That being said, when I went to Dr Daly, it was different. If you look up Garden City Derm, you wil lsee that he specializes in alopeica. Now, many doctors say they specialize in it, if you look on a health insurance website...but they really dont. They do what they can do...what they know...dont really try anything new or different. Daly gave me lots of meds...about 5. You can tell he really cared about making my hair grow back. I didnt get the alopecia is hard to treat speech...I just got the care I needed with no BS ; )


I dont think shots are a waste of time. There are a lot of risks though, and you have to g o every month to get them. They are also painful in that area.

I found a pretty good Dr here named Dr. Hobbs with Georgtown..shes good so far. Someone that woks there has AU and is getting shots in his brows too.
At 1:21am on October 14, 2009, JeffreySF said…
Hi Claudine,

Glad I could put a smile on your face.
Where do you live?

Jeffrey
At 12:06am on October 13, 2009, Karen said…
My pleasure, Claudine! I'm still getting injections, only going on the 4th round. And just like your post, I have some stubble but the patches are getting bigger and the spots that they miss are bald. I'm still shedding but not as bad. Pretty ugly under my pretty wigs. So I'm on the fence about shaving. Just can't get the guts to do it. I don't know why I'm such a chicken! haha
How are things with you?
At 7:47pm on October 12, 2009, JeffreySF said…
Hi Claudine,

How are things with you?

Jeffrey
At 11:46pm on March 17, 2009, LeslieAnn Butler said…
Hello and welcome, Claudine! How are you today?
LeslieAnn
 
 
 

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