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Permalink Reply by JeffreySF on May 30, 2012 at 9:37pm

I've been in your shoes actually I still am in certain areas.
After I went AU all my hair was coming in white to translucent in color. This lasted for about a year. After that the dark started to come back. I still have 8 or so patches with this semi translucent color.
I wouldn't worry about shaving it I did all the time with an electric shaver.
Hope this helps.
Jeffrey

Permalink Reply by somegirl on May 30, 2012 at 10:10pm

i am in the exact same boat! i shaved my head about 3 weeks ago and have kept shaving it in the hopes that it will all grow back in at the same time and be the same length. but i started noticing what i thought were blonde hairs growing back in place of my normally dark brown hair. so i now have patches of NO hair, dark brown, and tiny little blonde (or i guess probably no pigment hair). needless to say, not happy about the way my head looks.

Permalink Reply by Gia on May 30, 2012 at 10:16pm

This is common. My dermatologist says it is just what happens in people with alopecia. Makes it easier to ID the new growth though!

Permalink Reply by Jaclyn on May 31, 2012 at 8:43am

Thanks everyone! I appreciate hearing that it's common - and especially that I can just shave it without worrying. :)

Somegirl - I have patches of no hair, patches of this weird colourless hair, and the remaining hair is about 50% (or more) grey! I feel like I look like an old lady, and I'm only 33! I guess weird hair is better than no hair, but I'm hoping that my dark hair (or at least grey, because unpigmented won't accept dye) will come back like JeffreySF's.

Permalink Reply by Leenda on May 31, 2012 at 9:48am

Hey Jaclyn! My son has some regrowth as well and it is growing back as you said; very light and white. We did shave his regrowth and YES it does grow back but for some reason not as fast as his "normal" hair so we just keep reshaving. Hope this helps.

Permalink Reply by Annette on January 10, 2013 at 4:11am

I am glad I found this I am new to all of this and I have new growth and it is very white also I havent been brave enough to shave my head yet but I think I might have to soon.

Permalink Reply by Jaclyn on January 10, 2013 at 8:16am

Annette, I know I may be the exception to the rule, but I wanted to give you some hope: As soon as I shaved my head the falling out stopped, and regrowth began immediately. It came in white initially, but after a few months the white was replaced with my normal colour (okay, and some stray gray hairs, too!), and I ended up having ALL my hair grow back after about 4 months.

Permalink Reply by Annette on January 10, 2013 at 5:58pm

Well thank you for replying It sounds like shaving all the left over hair is a good thing I hope your hair is growing back good I have been talking silica compond tablets which strengthens hair and nails my nails are extremly strong after 6 weeks of taking them so hoping new hair grown will benifit from the tablets as well.

Permalink Reply by Annette on March 30, 2013 at 12:27am

I too lost all my hair and the regrowth was as white as snow then grey very gray. I have 99.9% regrowth I wont shave my head again untill its a couple of inches long. I have been given a new product called Activance with Rhodanide hair stimulant Google it the results are amazing it's not cheap $55.00 for 200mls but it;s working for me. Good luck