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Permalink Reply by Ray on February 24, 2009 at 12:49pm

I think it is Alopecia Areata but in all honesty the exact terminology doesn't really matter. I had AA and now it is virtually AU. I had shaved my head for the second time due to AA when my body hair started falling out. I had lost about 60% or more of it and so I had the rest of it removed. It is much better now without any hair although I still have a few hairs where my eyebrows should be and now and then a few hairs pop up in different places. I was really hairy before (arms, legs, chest, back and of course private areas) and so having no hair at all is a really big change for me.

It's great!!!!!!

Permalink Reply by JoDeanna on February 25, 2009 at 12:52am

Did yours come on gradually or suddenly? Was it heredity or stress,illness related? As I said the doc said mines was heredetary but I found stress made it worse.

Permalink Reply by Prakash Patel on March 11, 2009 at 5:11pm

I was told by my Dermatologist, that Alopecia can worsen under stress, but he says the reason some research says stress, because its a catchall explanation, and the underlying causes of it are still unknown. Severe stress is bad in general for your overall health, not just for alopecia so if you can decrease/manage it, its always good. I think my alopecia has worsened over the last few years because of stress, but there could easily be other factors i think.

Permalink Reply by JoDeanna on March 13, 2009 at 5:01am

Stress is the contributing factor to so many ailments. If we are prone to losing hair I guess the stress would affect us more in that area.

Permalink Reply by JoDeanna on March 13, 2009 at 4:57am

It still amazes me how that can happen, one goes from being hairy to hairless. I have never had much hair on my body. However, until alopecia came I did have hair on my head. It was a decent enough length but always fine.