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Comment by Lisa on July 17, 2009 at 9:00am

Hello again! I had to step away from this a while ago. I needed to try to get away from any reminders and guess what? I can't. So here I am in hopes that I can find something positive and to have not only myself as the only one going through something that is so traumatic. This pic is over a year old. I thought it was thinned out then! lol. I think this whole thing is driving me nuts. Help!

Comment by Alexandra on June 8, 2009 at 7:51pm

I'm sick of watching my hair slowly fall out day by day, I'm nauseated by my mother's constant questions, I'm sick of dealing with hair loss. I'm saving up for a vacuum wig and I'm shaving it all off. I'm done.

Comment by Alexandra on November 14, 2008 at 8:46pm

He did check my thyroid through blood tests and the results came back fine, he said. I'm so confused!

Comment by CSue on November 13, 2008 at 9:38pm

Alexandra, have your doctor check your thyroid if he hasn't already. Low thyroid causes overall thinning; whereas, FPB is predominately on the top of the head similiar to male pattern baldness.

Comment by Alexandra on November 11, 2008 at 12:38am

Hey all!
I, too, have FPB according to my dermatologist and trichologist and it sucks because I'm still really young. I thought this crap was supposed to begin (if it has to begin at all!) as the woman gets older, not when she hasn't even hit her 20th birthday. Ugh! I'm trying to be optimistic about it, looking at different wigs and scarves, but more than anything I wish my own hair would stay with me.
Just a couple of questions for those who are pretty well-versed in FPB.
1) Can it lead to AU?
2) How can I be 100% sure it's FPB and not Tellogen Effluvium? I did have very low iron... I was boarderline anemic! (And possibly a little too hopeful.) =P
3) I have overall thinning. I don't have patches like in AA, but rather the hair all over my head has gotten thinner over the years. If you separate my hair you can see through to my scalp. (It's annoying because I used to have the thickest bush of hair anybody had ever seen. You'd have to take a weedwacker to it in order to see any scalp.)
Any answers would be great! Thanks!

Comment by Gemma on November 9, 2008 at 4:32pm

Hi, Hannah!
I hope you find your support on here. Good on ya for shaving your head- sometimes wish I had the guts to do that!!
Have a good week. xxx

Comment by Hannah Sylberstein on November 3, 2008 at 10:10am

hi, folks..
i am completely new to here..
before i got my head shaved,
a few days ago, my head looked a bit
like the "black-and-white"-picture,
on the group-front-page..
i do hope, i find nice and interesting
people here...

hannah

Comment by Laurie on October 11, 2008 at 1:01pm

As far as the body hair, my Mom (age 58) has noticed less hair over the years. She hardly ever shaves her legs anymore. Maybe one of the benefits of getting older! She does have thinner (maybe thinning) hair than she used to, but she also has no bald spots either - maybe just a small amount of scalp showing at the crown. It's so slight it could just be a cowlick. She is also a diabetic like you and probably does not control it too well as she is overweight. Hope this helps.

Comment by Laurie on October 11, 2008 at 12:58pm

Sue, they actually numb an area on your scalp and cut out a small piece. The 'cutting tool' is kind of like a cookie cutter about the size of a pencil eraser or possibly even smaller. You really don't feel a thing. They send of the biopsy and you get the results a little over a week later.

Comment by janet on October 11, 2008 at 7:31am

Hi CSue, i have also found over the yers that my hair has thinned out on the sides to, enough to see scalp quite clearly now, but as you know by now i chopped the whole lot off just yesturday. hubby hadnt seen my head untill an hour ago, i was worried how he would feel about it, but i need'nt have, he was fine and is very very supportive thankfully.

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