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Hair regrowth update

its still growing but not filling in great... any suggestions on how to get the top going?


Added by Alison on January 16, 2011 at 1:51am — 13 Comments

Hair regrowth

so since having my baby eric who is now 3 months old! my hair has been growing really well. i shaved it a few times to get it to grow in more evenly. i probably should have just left it.



i am now taking silica and some vitamins that were on that show today tonight just to see if that makes it grow better or helps it to grow.



i'm wanting it to all come back or not at all. i find it easy to wear a wig. i have never had so much hope before though. it has never grown back even… Continue

Added by Alison on November 14, 2010 at 6:38am — 7 Comments

Saturday Night Live - funny or offensive?

did anyone see the alopecia skit on saturday night live.

Did you find it offensive?
i thought it was both funny and offensive.

Added by Alison on September 28, 2010 at 3:49am — 11 Comments

More hair everywhere!

so since being pregnant i have had massive regrowth.

my eyelashes are back and i'm going to buy mascara this week! the hair on my head is back and some even on the top! i keep shaving it so it will come back thicker and more even.



I'm now on more medication for my lupus and will be weaning off the steroids, i guess when i'm off them my hair might fall out again. or when my hormones go back to normal my hair could fall out. or it might not.



i don't want to hope to… Continue

Added by Alison on September 24, 2010 at 7:39pm — 4 Comments

The baby's here!

well i had baby Eric 12 days ago.

a lot didnt go to plan at the end of my pregnancy.

as you may have read in my previous blog i have alopecia and lupus. i had a lupus flare (the doctors think) at 35 weeks, went into hospital with contractions, they filled me with panadine forte (codine) and the contractions stopped, i got an impacted bowel (ouuuuuuchhhh) and they didnt know it was an impacted bowel so they almost took him out via C-section but a MRI saved that, thank goodness i just… Continue

Added by Alison on August 25, 2010 at 8:55am — 12 Comments

Pregnancy and me

so i'm 32 weeks pregnant with a big healthy boy we are calling Eric.

it has been a pretty good pregnancy, my lupus has not been a problem and i've had some hair growth.

my ANA (anti nuclear antibodies) is a lot lower than it has ever been since having alopecia.



so i've had hair growth under my armpits, i have eye lashes again but not enough to wear mascara, a few eyebrow hairs. i have patches of hair on my head that has been growing well but i have been shaving it when it… Continue

Added by Alison on July 9, 2010 at 10:33am — 3 Comments

Pregnancy and alopecia

so after trying for two years to get pregnant we stopped trying in november...

i found out i was pregnant in december... what they say is true! stop trying and it happens.

Well it came as a bit of a surprise because we were in the middle of selling our house and packing to move!



and i didnt realise morning sickness is so bad!



so many people have said to me that there is a chance my hair will grow with all the hormones and things happening to my body. so far i do… Continue

Added by Alison on January 31, 2010 at 5:10am — 6 Comments

Finally my tattoo

i finally got my tattoo
and ive had alopecia for 10 years! so i suppose this tattoo is a happy anniversary to my bald beautiful head, its not so white now.
and i plan on getting another one!

Added by Alison on September 27, 2009 at 6:37am — 16 Comments

A tattoo is coming

so next saturday im getting my tattoo... im nervous but excited. i am really looking forward to loving my head more and wanting to show ppl my tattoo on my head.

its a simple design, black and i cant wait to put up a photo.

its gonna hurt! wish me luck!

Added by Alison on September 19, 2009 at 9:34am — 3 Comments

stepping out of my comfort zone

so i joined a gym. i need to get healthy and fit as well as focus on myself more. so i thought i would join a gym, something i never ever thought i would do. in fact i use to fear it.

i was scared when i joined. i looked at a womans only one first, it was beautiful!!!

but expensive and no one i knew goes their, nothing would push me to go.

so i joined the one all my friends goto, way cheaper and got 5 personal training sessions to help me on my way.

i went and got a cap, a… Continue

Added by Alison on August 8, 2009 at 3:27pm — 9 Comments

new wig

carol from celebrity wigs... love it

Added by Alison on June 3, 2009 at 6:54am — 2 Comments

i am really frustrated

i am having a hard day. not because of alopecia, couldnt care less right now. its cos i keep thinking i am pregnant. i feel fat, bloated like my period is coming, it doesnt, my boobs start to hurt ALOT and then i take a test cos i think maybe just maybe i might be then no i am not.

and i am not again. i'm going to the doctor on friday, but i just need to get it out. i am sooooo sad at looking at the lil stick and nothing happening. and crying.. and that just makes me think really? and… Continue

Added by Alison on April 21, 2009 at 8:43am — 2 Comments

calm waters

i'm in this spot where i think i'm not worried about alopecia and lupus or even getting pregnant, i have work which is going well, our finances are better, renovating a bit. its all happening.

a few niggling feelings like doctors appointments i have to make and things still to do.



yesterday i looked in the mirror and saw a spot on my face that looks like its lost pigmentation... i wonder if thats because of lupus. and i have to go see a fertility specialist. but the doctor… Continue

Added by Alison on April 5, 2009 at 7:36am — No Comments

wandering thoughts and a lil cry

every so often i have a cry

i just had a cry after thoughts of treatments came into my head

my last treatment was acupunture about 3 years ago. it didnt work

but i've had some body hair grow about 8 months ago. it hasnt fallen out, but it hasnt grown further.

i still consider myself to have AU

anywho

i was crying because i was reading the side effects of sulfasalazine which can be harsh.

i remember i've read articles about other even harsher drugs some take to… Continue

Added by Alison on March 7, 2009 at 8:22am — 3 Comments

break in

last night while asleep someone broke out back door and got my handbag and my hubbys wallet and phone

horrible dread is what i feel
all my ID, inc my birth cert
my business documents.
my mobile
my life in that stupid handbag in that stupid burglars hands!

the lack of control.. thats what bugs me
and my own stupidity. leaving my bag on the kitchen table, not backing up my flash drive

the what if's swirl around in my head... why me.

Added by Alison on February 21, 2009 at 9:20pm — 4 Comments

time to start saving

i've decided to start saving for a freedom wig, its gonna take a year, by then i'll have my health insurance coverage for wigs and that willhelp too.

can anyone tell me how much i'm looking at?

Added by Alison on February 19, 2009 at 6:13am — 3 Comments

and the tears fall

been a while since i cried bout alopecia actually.

i just watched gail porters doco. wow what a tear jerker.

brave i love and hate that word...

i cried when i saw that she was on the way to see her family

i cried when she saw her mum and her brother

i cried when she saw the other woman bald too, and in the dermatologists office.

the word disease, memories, tears flooded.



aww it is a test, when does it end no one knows. but i'm sure your gonna pass with… Continue

Added by Alison on February 17, 2009 at 5:48am — 2 Comments

wig to give away to a loving home

i'm giving away my second wig.

i've had it since i was 16 or 17..

its beautiful, it was to be longer but i got it cut and styled by a wig maker.

heres a pic of it today



it is synthetic, red/brown, i dont know the brand as back then i didnt ask i just wore haha



i am willing to send it anywhere in the world, just comment and tell me why you want it.



heres the colour close up… Continue

Added by Alison on January 13, 2009 at 6:29am — No Comments

wigs in australia

at the moment i buy my wigs online. my fave right now is victoria by amore.

colour dark rust. the site i use is wigs.com i've found them to be mostly reliable with only one mistake which they fixed pretty fast. i just feel a bit bad buying from directly outside of aus. but to tell u the truth wigs in aust are darn expensive. i went to sydney for our honeymoon and bought a wig and they wanted $500 for a wig that would have cost me $300 online. i fibbed and said i had flown all the way from… Continue

Added by Alison on January 10, 2009 at 6:55am — No Comments

and i breathe

i am relieved when ppl find out i have alopecia, its getting soooo much easier to tell ppl. i use to go bright red and stutter a bit, now i breathe and laugh and am confident.



today another person at work found out. this guy at work i told ages ago had said to this young girl at work who is very nieve about somethings, what colour would you call ali's hair? she said red? he said no, she said auburn? he said no... she is bald. she said to be quietly, your hair is red isnt it, i said… Continue

Added by Alison on December 23, 2008 at 7:43am — 2 Comments

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