My alopecia journey

I'm so glad I found this place, I thought I was a lone alopecian in the world for a time. Here's my story, I'm a 33 year old male who was recently diagnosed with AA. About 4 months ago I found a bald patch under my chin and thought this is weird. So the weekend went on and my beard continued to disappear little by little. Then it was time for my first haircut after getting married about 4 weeks prior. I usually get a high and tight haircut and as soon as she buzzed the back of my head three bald spots revealed themselves. Fast forward to now and the bald spots are still there after a couple of rounds of steroid injections and now a few more are starting on top. I went through an emotional roller coaster and I'm still on it but I've learned to accept this and just try and adjust. I went to my dermatologist today and we decided no more shots for a few months and she prescribed me a topical steroid cream and I'll see her again in November. I've read a lot of stories on here and I'm glad there's a place for people like me to relate to others who have this frustrating condition. I'm lucky enough to have a saint as a wife who's done her best to make this a comfortable transition. I'm getting my last haircut tomorrow to try and have one last hurrah with hair on my head until it's time to take it all off and go the Mr clean route. God bless and feel free to respond or just vent, I'd love to chat and talk to any and all.

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Permalink Reply by Aly089 on August 31, 2017 at 8:43pm
Hi! I'm so glad I found this place too. Although I've had alopecia for almost 20 years I still have never met anyone who can identify with what I'm living with. Being from a tiny country town in Australia, alopecia isn't really spoken about, or understood. I've spoken to few hairdressers that know about the condition and even fewer have ever seen someone with full blown hair loss. I've always just felt kind of alone. I honestly think my saving grace is my partner. After years of feeling like I don't fit, or would never be accepted by someone, his love and understanding has blown me away. However it's days like today that really take a toll. I'm off "sick" from work because I couldn't set my wig naturally enough, and therefore, naturally broke down. I mean full blown anxiety fit. This however, thankfully is a rareity. The hardest part is when I have these attacks, he is the one who has to pick me up and comfort me while I cry like a two year old. I don't know how I got so lucky to find a rock like him. And I don't know how I will ever even begin to express to him how much I truly appreciate his unconditional support. I don't really know where I'm going with any of this, but it is nice to be able to say how I'm feeling, and admit that I'm still a ball of mess inside when it comes to being ok with alopecia.
Permalink Reply by Heisten on September 1, 2017 at 1:00pm

My story sounds very similar, just I am quite a bit older. I too started losing a couple of spots on my beard and then I lost my brother and I guess the stress of that caused all my hair to go. Hang tuff, it gets easier as time goes on.

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