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Permalink Reply by Connie - Chris' Mom on September 8, 2010 at 5:40pm

My son is 15, and after almost a year AU, has significant re-growth. He has been on immunosuppressants during this time - although they aren't being prescribed for his hair loss. We found out he had Ulcerative Colitis and that has been the course of treatment since June '09. He was supposed to go off of the immunosuppressants this past summer and we were curious to see if the hair stayed. But he had a severe reaction to the new medication they were trying so we're back to square one and he'll be on them at least until next summer when we'll try again. I wish I knew if they were responsible for the re-growth, although I don't think I would have put him on them for just hair loss. We have to run to the doctor anytime he's exposed to anything. We had a scare with the swine flu, shingles and then chicken pox. Each time we had to put him on anti-virals just to be safe.

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Permalink Reply by Cathy Bay on September 9, 2010 at 10:58am

Hi Connie,

Thank you for responding, it is nice to talk to some one that has a son who is going through the same thing, Ryan does not communicate with me, so it makes it very hard, I don't know how he is feeling, he gets very quiet when I ask him if kids question his spots, I am going to speak to his school counselor this week and just let him know what is going on, Ryan does have some great friends that have know about his AA since he was 5 years old, we are going in next week to try the Immuno Therapy/ Squaric acid treatment, I am concerned. Hope Chris is doing well, I am sorry to hear about Ulcerative Colitis he has, amazing what life throws at us. Please take care.

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