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Permalink Reply by Rose Marie' on April 22, 2013 at 9:55pm

Hi

I am going to pass on my personal opinion with regards to medications and treatments.

At this time there is no known cure for alopecia. Steroids (oral and external) do help, but can not be used endlessly as side effects can be horrendous. Lotions and potions have and are always touted as being something that helps. I have never known anything that helps consistently for all dealing with alopecia. Some people will swear by their regimen of use though and they may pop on and pass what they feel helps, on to you.

My daughter has had alopecia for 10 years in that time she has regrown her hair 6 times and lost it 7 times. We have never used medications, treatments, lotions or anything else. Her hair goes into spontaneous remission on a fairly regular basis. Nobody can tell me why it comes back or why it falls out. Spontaneous remission is not unusual for those dealing with alopecia (especially children), so sometimes the wait and see is waiting for your daughters hair and body to balance somewhat (sometimes this happens and sometimes it doesn't).

I know this is incredibly frustrating for you and understand why you may like to try some treatments. My advise would be to make sure you are not spending too much money and that whatever you are using is not hurting your daughter in the long term.

Good luck with everything.

Rosy

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