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Recently diagnosed with AA and questioning a few things
I'm fairly recently diagnosed with AA from a dermatologist, after a scalp biopsy. I 1st noticed a 3" bald spot on the back of my head on 8/17/17. The spot has grown and new ones developing rapidly. I'm shedding so much hair everyday and it's to the point that 70% is now gone. I'm a 48yr old female, who is very active and fit. I'm also Type 1 diabetic. My hair had always been such a big part of my identity, due to having naturally curly hair. So frustrating now.....
My question for you is does it keep shedding until it's all gone? Will the shedding new patches stop. It's been over a month.
My Dermatologist did the 1st round of scalp shots 10 days ago. I'm also using the Rogaine Foam at night and a different cream/ointment in the morning. Nothing has helped thus far.
Oh, and he also prescribed a 6 week treatment of Prednisone. Yuk!!! I stopped after the 1st pill.
Thank you.
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Hence, the problem with AA is no one knows where it ends up. In my daughters case it did shed till it was all gone in 4 months. Everyone is different. There is no real answer to your question, unfortunately it is a wait and see. What I did when I saw this happening to my daughter knowing that her hair was a big part of her identity too was start to look at wigs that were as close to her own hair as possible. This is when I started to study what makes up the best wigs for those with medical hair loss. I am a phone support person for the National Alopecia Areata Foundation. You might want to look up their website and learn more about the condition and what research etc is going on. They are a top notch organization. If you want to reach out to me for more information on wigs or any other topic related to AA you can friend me. All my best and you came to a great website to learn.
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