When is the best time to dye your hair after alopecia?

Hello everyone,

This is my first bout of Alopecia.  I lost all my body hair in August 2013.  My hair is slowly growing back bright white (my natural hair is dark black - although I'm 33 and had a few grey hairs anyway).  I just wanted to know how do you know when your hair is ok to be dyed?  I feel confident showing off my head without wearing a wig anymore however it is the colour that is holding me back.  If it wasn't bright white, I would be ok with showing if off.  Please will somebody let me know?  I'm a bit scared as I know Alopecia hits you 4 or 5 times sometimes before it stops (if it does).

I had 16 patches on my head including a gigantic patch at the back of my head.  All patches have grown about 1-2 inches and the gigantic one has only just started to grow.  I understand you are not suppose to dye your hair after Alopecia but if my hair does grow back properly, I would want to show it off.

Many thanks, 

Amy

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Permalink Reply by Sarah Reade, MD on January 17, 2014 at 12:52am

Amy,

I will keep my fingers crossed.  I was under a huge amount of stress too, including my Dad dying.  My hair was really long. At his memorial I wore a pony tail, but above my ears it was bald.  That was in 2010.  I went to my Derm and he gave me high potency steroid solution, it just kept falling out gradually.  By 2012 all hair on my body was gone. I never had any regrowth like you, so I'm not sure what you can expect.  I think keeping your hair short is a great idea.

Going bald like this was never on my list of things to do.  Do you ever dream your hair is back??? I do. It's weird to wake up!

Permalink Reply by Amy on January 17, 2014 at 1:52am

My fingers are crossed for you too x I just keep massaging my head in a calm way & using Alpecin, it seems to be working, although I must admit, I do miss my ponytail x My hair used to be a pain in the bum having to dry and straighten it, & now I would never whinge about having to sort it out x

Permalink Reply by Amy on January 17, 2014 at 12:52am

Also I used to be a massive stresshead (and I mean massive).  Now I stress over 3% and let the rest go over my head.  This illness has kind of put things into perspective for me x maybe it was what I needed at the time, coz my head sure feels a lot clearer now x

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