Losing hair but no bald patches?? Just fuzz

I have been diagnosed with Alopecia Areata. A small patch started at the side of my head and in 3 months about 85% of my hair had fallen out. Whenever I have seen photos of other people with Alopecia it looks as though the spot where the hair had fallen out is completely bald (smooth to the scalp) That has not been the case with me. Even with 85% hair gone it was still fuzzy all over the place where the hair fell out. Does this sound right? I just shaved my head last night (pretty freeing I have to say) and not all the way to the scalp and there are no actual "bald" patches. Looks like I just decided to shave my head.

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Permalink Reply by Carol Yuen on July 6, 2009 at 6:57pm
i think you have diffuse alopecia like me, i have one bald patch and that is it..and my hair just thin out all over
Permalink Reply by BaldGirlsDoLunch.org on July 6, 2009 at 7:34pm
Diffuse alopecia areata is common. I've had that form of AA.

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Permalink Reply by Becky on July 8, 2009 at 6:09pm
HI Brazen, I started to lose my hair at the end of March of this year, 3 months later the only hair i had left was at the top of my head and very very thin. This past Sunday my fiance pulled out the clippers and shaved it. Now let me tell you this. I am a 30 year old woman who split up with my kids father a year and a half ago, I lost a ton of weight and never have felt better about myself in years, then BAM my hair starts shedding...AND...DOES ...NOT ...STOP...All I did for 3 months was cry and cry and cry. Since shaving my head, I have not cried once. NOT ONCE..I feel better because my hair no longer controls me. It's no longer there so I don't need to see it falling out every time i touch my head or whene i wake up in the morning it isn't all over my pillow. i bought a wig (a cheap one ) until my really good one is done being made. But I don't wear it. I have alopecia and there isn't a damn thing that I can do about it. People can look at me all they want but I am who I am and no less so because of my hair. I gotta say that it helps that I have a really nice head..lol...and my fiance says I look like a model and I know he means it because he says it about 10 times a day. But remember this Brazen, you are know different than you were before this started. The people that know and love you know this. The people who don't know you and have something to say about it can take a hike. The age old saying...You can't please all the people all the time. There are just to many differences. Hang in there girl

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