Hi Cristian,
How are you?
Tracy

I am all fine. I am trying to cope with the situation. Thanks for the question. Though i have this for some years, i only realized in the last couple of months how much this thing has influenced my life. I wish i would have never had it! It makes me feel inferior with respect to others, unsecured on myself and introverted.

The most I am upset cause i lost my eyebrow.

Sometimes i wish i could definitely remove all the hair on my head and face. And for this i would like to ask if any of you knows a solution. If i can't have enough hair, at least to take it all out and that's it.

I understand what your going through Cristian. My daughter has AA and it has been a rough road for both of us. But I know she will become stronger because of this and so will you. Maybe your doctor could suggest some other treatment if you are experiencing problems with the cream. Is the steroid treatment painful?
Tracy

I am sorry to hear about your daughter. I don't know how young she is or from how long she has AA. However it is important for her to start a treatment the soonest. Like for example a treatment with a steroids cream as i am using.

Because i had noticed that while the 'old' spots didn't recovered, the new ones (actually only the eyebrow) did. So it seems it has to do with how recent a spot is or not, that the treatment will be most effective.

The steroid cream treatment is absolutely painless. I am using it under the form of cream, not under the form of shots (which i do expect to come with some hurting).

I had been to the doctor recently, another doctor this time, and she told me plainly that they don't have any other treatment for this. The only thing that she added is that the scalp skin in particular should be kept clean so that the hair follicles to have space to grow (which i admit that it sounds silly for me, but hey, i am not a doctor) and that i should still use minoxidil spray (which i did used in the past until it generated no response further so then i stopped using it).

Hence, in the evening i was applying the cream over head and face, and in the morning i was shaving, washing my head with a special fungous shampoo (not for the fungus but the doctor said it is best to keep the skin healthy), such a shampoo is found in Europe under the name of Nizoral and it's produced by Janssen - Cilag , and then i applied Minoxidil for the rest of the day.

Does your daughter takes any treatment currently? How does she react?

Cristian

Hi Cristian,

Welcome to Alopecia World.

Jeffrey

Thanks Jeffrey

Hi Cristian, I wanted to welcome you to Alopecia World. I can honestly say that we are a great community here and I hope you enjoy the time you spend with us.

Cheryl
co-founder

Hi Christian,

How are things going with you?
When you reply make sure you reply to me and not yourself. Oops!
Hope you are having a good day!

Jeffrey

Happy Birthday Christian!

Jeffrey

Thanks for the add hun :D
How's it goin?
x

officially? was just asking how you are? :)

Oh I see, no problem! :D
what type of alopecia do you have?
I know it is so difficult to ignore them but I always found it better to learn to live with it so thst if your hair comes back, you are prepared for hair loss in the future.
I am Ok thankyou :) I had alopecia areata for 4 years and i finally seem to be keeping my regrowth going. I've actually recently stopped wearing my hair piece :)
x

How long have you had it? Are you coping well? I hope so :)
x

How are you doing? Everything ok?

Hi Cristian

How are things going?? Funny to see Delft, your home town, I was stranded there during terrible storms across Europe a couple of years ago, great city and my sanctuary for a night!

Keep well

Chris

hey man I'm good, thanks for your comment. I hope things are going well for you!

hey dude just fort ill drop in a hi as its been ages! hope your well(ish!)

Tommmy

Hello,
& thanks for adding me as a friend

Oi Tudo bem? sou Rafael do Brasil

Hi !!! my email is seabra.rafael@hotmail.com

Around here everything is great ... but thank God and so on? I am very happy to talk to you ... How is your hair loss? Hopefully we are good friends. I do not speak much English. we can use more translators ... A special hug. May God bless you and keep ... Rafa

hey dude how ya been?

i'm alright...
how is your hair loss now?

i see... thats a good way of looking at it...
maybe i could learn from u...
but ur right... the interim stage to losing all the hair is quite annoying...
i have to shave about a 5 times a day to make the spots blend in :-)

Red Ribbon

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you too Cristian.  Hope you're enjoying your break.  Really nice photos by the way.

happy hanukkah! your pics are fantastic!

tommy :)

LOVE the photos!!

Thanks for the add brother, cool pics

merry very late christmas!

hey my mails not working! hope your cool

Tommy

Red Ribbon

Hello

How are you? Nice profile :-)