Hello All,

I just joined this site and am searching for information.   My dermatologist is on maternity leave  and her associate told me he doesn't treat FFA because nothing works.   I have an appointment with another dermatologist, but not until January.   In the meantime, I'm wondering about how FFA has progressed with others that have it.   I was diagnosed 6 months ago, but believe I have had it for about 18 months (started noticing loss of eyebrows and some loss of hair on sides of hairline following major surgery).

My progression has been slow, for the past year the activity has been my bangs area - so the hairline above my forehead and back about 1-2 inches.  the inflammation was at the follicle level with evidence on the scalp as minor redness and scaling.   In September, for about 2 -3 weeks, this area of my scalp became very inflamed with the scalp bright red and when my hair moved, it hurt.  The result was a loss of patches of hair about an inch from the hairline.   I was devastated.   I was wondering if anyone has had this type of progression and if this is "normal" for FFA???

ann