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Alopecia remission
Im curious as to if anyone else here as experienced remission of their alopecia and for how long. I was recently contacted on facebook from someone that says they cured their alopecia with a lifestyle change. I have let to talk to anyone that has long term regrowth (remission) before their alopecia returned. Is there really a cure in lifestyle changes or is this just remission.
For me I was first diagnosed at 8. I experienced patches and within a year I was bald. Slowly my hair grew back and for over a decade I had full thick and long hair. So thick and long that if I kept it in a ponytail all day I would have a headache. It wasnt til my 20's that I started to experience patches again and even then my hair would grow back without any notice to the world around me. My later 20's and into my 30's I then experienced more hair loss, doing treatments and more treatments. At 35 I was yet bald again.
Your thoughts ????
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Permalink Reply by ShinySpot on
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I lost all my hair in January 2007. My hair, eyebrows, eyelashes started to grow back after I moved in with my new boyfriend in Sept 2011, after I sold my house approx. 9 months later and dealing with my ex, my hair, eyelashes, eyebrows all fell out again. I been at it for a few months. I started noticing some hair growth on top of my head, decided to change my eating habits and went gluten free because of my hypothyroidism. I drink a green smoothie every morning with chia seeds, flax, hemp seeds, coconut oil, almond milk or coconut water, spinach and fruit. I also limit anything processed. Been helping so far, actually quite surprised by the little hair growth!!
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Permalink Reply by Bald and Fabulous AKA Terri on
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yes.... I'm for the healthy lifestyle change but I would never expect hair growth from it
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Permalink Reply by Jason on
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is she trying to solicit her services to you? be careful of that. Lifestyle changes are very important in recovering from alopecia but you can make those changes on your own without paying someone to tell you to do it.
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Trying to add me as a friend on Facebook...I never added her as I don't know her.
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I did my research on her and spoke with her. I congratulate her on her success but like I mentioned before, despite the healthy changes to a life style, how much is it just a remission.
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Permalink Reply by Tallgirl on
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I ignore all claims to cures, as the only time my hair really grew back was the decade (plus) from mid-college to my children's toddler years. Why growth? Wine, beer, dancing and (ahem) more kissing and dating (Hormones? Move to California?), with NO more treatments from the medical community. I had my own hair for my wedding and births of children. Then, once I started some birth control pills, the spots started again. I stopped the pills at doctor's orders, but the alopecia spiraled to AT, then AU, especially after a stressful put-down from a mother-in-law, new job and weight gain. We also moved to a place with possible pesticides (farm area), and we had dogs and a horse on the property (my elementary doctor said I was allergic to pet fur, and actually, my alopecia started around the time my sister had a cat in elementary).
I no longer have the ex, my MIL, pets or my children around me...and I no longer have that job...but I do not think this current reverse ophiasis pattern will ever grow back (I am now 60).
See this bit put on another website:
Patchy loss due to alopecia areata can often be treated, via steroid injections or a high strength minoxidil cream + azelaic acid, but when the hair loss becomes more extensive treatment is less likely to be effective. The extent of alopecia areata can wax and wane, and spontaneous remission can also occur. Because of the different extents to which alopecia areata can cause hair loss, people often wrongly assume that hair loss is due to other factors, but patchy loss all over the scalp is almost always due to this type of alopecia.
Whilst alopecia areata is caused by an auto-immune function in the body, it also seems that it can be triggered by various environmental factors. Whilst research into this is still ongoing, it would appear that everything from stress and shock to allergies, pregnancy and illness can trigger the condition.
Some people also wrongly believe that it needs to be an ongoing trigger to maintain the condition, or that alopecia areata will cease to be a problem when the likely trigger has been identified and stopped. Sadly this is not the case, as once an autoimmune disease is initiated it can be self-perpetuating. Tissue destroyed in the early stages of the disease can be broken down and the antigens presented to immune system cells in the lymph nodes. This recruits more self- reactive cells, which destroy more tissue producing more antigens, and so the cycle continues.
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Permalink Reply by Christine on
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I agree, I lost my hair I believe from stress and a big hormone shift from surgery. When I was a baby of about 2 my mom told me my hair fell out in spots all over my head after she had been hospitalized for a few weeks, she came home to find her baby girl with half her hair. I never gave it much thought and never had a problem with it again until after my surgery, within that first year I got my first patch over a ten year period I had many times I'd lose and regrow and lose again. each time I would lose more before regrowing, Finially a year ago it got so bad that I got rid of what little was left and now wear a wig full time, I now have only a very small patch of bio hair left on my head and have lost my eyebrows and lower eyelashes. I haven't tried any drastic lifestyle changes as far as eliminating foods, but I feel that like tallgirl said once the cycle has gone this far those T cells just take over. I know that some have had complete regrowth after AT and sudden AU, but I don't think I'm one of those as mine progressed without really stopping this time. Just a thought, I hope that I'm wrong, it would be nice to have this just stop and regrowth.
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That is not entirely true..if the inflammation cause is discovered why would AA strike again..why dont you people have some optimisim..not all AA will head to an AU
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