I have looked under the bed, I have checked my pockets, I have searched high and low and my hair was nowhere to be found. You see, since I was 21 I have been losing my hair and have done everything short of sending out an Amber Alert for it! My name is Scott and this is my story how I fell into Depression when my hair fell out and how I recovered from it.

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I just read the blog post from a sister asking how friends took the news about Alopecia. I've not told any friends which is why I thought I'd do my own blog about my experience with people finding out..

With having alopecia for what feels like all my life my mum, dad and brother obviously knew from start. I remember my mum having alsorts of ointments to try all which smelled horrid.

She also used to cut me and my brothers hair. I don't think this helped me in long run as she would use… Continue

In my last blog post, Acceptance, I mentioned that I told my boyfriend that I have alopecia. Well, two weeks ago, we broke up. He was my first boyfriend that I've told about my alopecia. And for that reason, I withheld the part about wearing a hairpiece (he just knows about the loss of hair everywhere else, like eyebrows, eyelashes etc). I would of eventually told him if we continued dating but I'm glad I didn't tell him. Because two days ago, on twitter, he tweeted: "Lmfao if your a girl…

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Just throwing this out there. I have watched countless videos on Youtube (as I'm sure many of u have as well) about Alopecia and how many people seem to have positive effects of regrowth from organic diets. I am weak in that regard and am currently working on gettimg better with my diet, but I wondered if even in some small way there might be some connection, and if the incidences of alopecia are higher here in America than in other countries? This is just a curiosity, but I know that none of… Continue

Ok this is my first blog ever so here it goes. My name is Nicole and I'm 24. I have a beautiful 4 year old princess and an amazing fiancé. Back in November 2012 I noticed a small spot on the back of my head. I didn't think anything of it. Come January it grew bigger and I finally went to my doctor. I found out it was alopecia areata. I assumed it was from my birth control mirena. I got my bc removed in January and noticed growth. I came back to reality about a week ago when I found another spot… Continue

SO A LOT HAS GONE ON SINCE I WAS LAST ON HERE, SO UPDATE WITH ME, WELL ON MAY 19, 2013 AT 9:09 AM I WAS TAKING IN FOR AN EMERGENCY C- AT 27 WEEKS AND 3 DAYS DUE TO BEING IN FULL LABOR, AND THEY TOOK HIM BECAUSE HIS UMBILICAL BEING IN FRONT OF HIS HEAD, AND I WOULD HAVE LOST HIM IF I DELIVERED HIM NATURALLY. OUR SON WAS 2 LBS 5 OZ AND 14 1/2 IN LONGS AND HE IS DOING JUST FINE HE IS A LITTLE FIGHTER. AND HE KEEPS GETTING STRONGER EVERY DAY. AS OF 6-3-2013 HE IS 15 DAYS OLD AND IS GETTING BIG.…

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I haven't been on the site for a while, but its good to see so much happening as far as help, support and advice.

I first started losing my hair back in Oct 2011. I was 41 then. I had just been through a marriage break up and having never had hair loss before I have staunchly put it all down to stress. I started with just a small bald patch on my chin. I didn't worry and thought it must be "one of those things" A week or two later my daughter was giving my hair a trim and told me I had…

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I must must must stop getting pleasure of out freaking ppl out, although my hair is now short I can still wear my long hair pieces, which I did to show a friend how natural they can look (ironically). Anyway a group of teenage girls, who had sow me the day before (with short hair) were asking if it was a wig/hair piece/extensions ect (genuinlely interested in extension), and a smart mouth teenage boy shouted 'What r u going bald or something??' I shouted back 'Yes, wanted to see' wiped off…

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I have had allopecia for 40 years now and have worn just about every type of wig there is. For a long time, I wore human hair wigs that were made for me, but then we moved to Hong Kong for a while and they would not withstand the humidity there- and I couldn't learn to do them myself. So I changed to wigs with mono-caps, but synthetic hair. I liked them a lot better because I could maintain them. But a couple of years ago, I found a wig that really gave me a nice new look and I get…

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For that matter, am I brave?

People seem to think I am. But in all honesty I don't know that I'm any different from the next person who just doesn't let things stop them. Especially the things that may seem impossible from the onset.

Maybe it's Faith - Faith in the knowledge that things just have a way of working out in the end.

But, for all my seeming to be strong and comfortable in my skin, I do have a few concerns. One in particular is me trying to wrap my head around…

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Hey, its me again!!! Okay so first of all I am going to be going into seventh grade in August. Second I am seeking help on ideas or cute sayings about alopecia to put on some T-shirts me and my mom are making for school. We already have a few like " I'm to sexy for my hair that's why there is isn't any there" (Summer Hopper) and "God is good, God is fair to some he gave brains the rest he gave hair" (Erik Kern)or a totally random one "If you don't know what Alopecia is then you need to go…

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Is there anyone in the Toronto area that Alopecia, the reason I'm asking is my little girl as alopecia and she does not know anyone that as alopecia, like her it would be nice for her to have a friend who is just like her, she is a good kid, she loves to dance,sing,etc Thank you.

Back in January I wrote about being diagnosed with shingles on my head. I had a burning red patch on my scalp. It began at night, on my way home from a gig. I didn't feel it at first, but my husband noticed it saying to me "Lili your head is bright red". It burned. That was a Saturday. I went to my primary care physician. He said I had shingles. Gave me an antibiotic and a cream. It did nothing to help. 3 weeks later I saw my dermatologist. Since the condition persisted he thought I had…

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