Hey Jen, I wouldn't necessarily recommend a scalp biopsy... unless there is uncertainty about whether or not it is alopecia. They wanted to check because it was also a possibility of stress/trauma causing hair loss which is what my family doc thought it was. It hurts like heck, and only gives a concrete diagnosis but no answers on how to treat it. That's just my experience!
LeslieAnn Butler
Hello and welcome, Jen!
How are you today? I have universalis, too.
Leslie Ann
Sep 29, 2014
LeslieAnn Butler
Hi Jen,
I developed areata when I was about 26 and then universalis when I was 40 something.
Oct 1, 2014
molly
Hey Jen, I wouldn't necessarily recommend a scalp biopsy... unless there is uncertainty about whether or not it is alopecia. They wanted to check because it was also a possibility of stress/trauma causing hair loss which is what my family doc thought it was. It hurts like heck, and only gives a concrete diagnosis but no answers on how to treat it. That's just my experience!
Oct 3, 2014