Emotional Triggers?

Did anybody experience an intense emotional stressful encounter right before being diagnosed with alopecia? I understand that sometimes severe stress can trigger this. I wonder if once the stressful emotional is handled, does the hair grow back, if it's not caused by an autoimmune/hereditary/thyroid/hormonal issue?

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Permalink Reply by amit on April 1, 2009 at 6:31am
it is not nesessary dat alopecia is only caused by emotional or stressful encounter but it is a contributary cause.
Permalink Reply by Pam Fitros on April 3, 2009 at 11:25am
My alopecia started when I was 8 and my father had a heart attack. I had dime size patches over the back of my head. It grew back when as my father got better. The next time was when I was 53 and had to tell my son he had to move out of the house because he wasn't willing to follow the rules in the home. I lost a 50 cent size piece that didn't grow back. Two years later I had cancer - didn't have to have chemo or radiation and lost no hair. Two years after that, I was working for a very difficult man and my stress level was sky high. Within 2 months all my hair fell out - alopecia universalis - and hasn't grown back.

So, for me it was heritary (my father had stress triggered alopecia too), but only triggered during severe emotional stress. Once I lost my hair and chose not to wear a wig (they gave me yeast infections on my scalp), my employer said I no longer represented his office as he wanted me to. I no longer work there, and am pursuing other things. Best favor he could have done for me.

I've very contented being bald and very committed to encouraging women to be more up front about baldness - my blog is located at boldlybaldwomen.com.
Permalink Reply by Georgie on April 13, 2009 at 1:08am
I'm going to have to say that my life has been built on stress. My Mom passed away when I was 7...my father never gave us the oppty. to grieve or show emotions....nor did he ever share anything about her, really. That being said, I held it all in until I was on my own and then finally came to terms with her death in my mid 20s after joining a motherless daughter support group in the Bay Area. From there, I could move forward and get married and hopefully embrace what would be the next stage of my life: motherhood.

No issues with not having a mother in my life surfaced during pregnancy or after my girls were born. When it's been that long, it's hard to know any other way. My first daughter was born when I was 29...so, that was 22 years without a Mother. Pregnancy was great. My second daughter was born when I was 33. Not such an easy pregnancy at the beginning. Somewhat of an easy baby but nursed more than I could emotionally handle. She was a tough toddler. *sigh* What I'm able to deduct is that pregnancy and child-rearing are tough on the body: emotionally and physically. I didn't have any thyroid, AA or food allergies until after the 2 pregnancies. Honestly, I love being a parent but I really miss being myself. It's tough. Sometimes I want to pull my hair out because I get so stressed...but obviously it falls out on it's own. *sigh*

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