About 9 years ago, about 1 year after moving to Atlanta, I started noticing patches of facial hair that stopped growing. I had always grown a winter beard when I lived in New England, but that was going to be a thing of the past. No problem, I thought. I can live without facial hair. Several years went by and I started noticing dime to quarter size bald spots showing up on my head. They'd show up and go away. No big deal. Now in my late 30's, I had alway had very, very thick and full head of…