My first attempt at reclaiming my nearly-black 3B hair: Valentina by Outre. Extremely high density, despite how it might photograph. Has a different curl pattern in the underneath layer that is very thick and sort of boosts up the rest of it. Great looking but a little too Afro to pass off as my bio hair.

Second attempt: HH Brazilian Curl by It's a Wig. Very long, needs trimming, rough lace and lousy severe hairline right out of the box, but texture pretty soft for a synthetic…

Hi Friends and All,

It's official, Ten years and counting since I found that little patch on the left side of my head.

Whirlwind of activity since my discovery of Alopecia Aerata.... The online chat here on Alopecia World and attending the www.naaf.org Conferences every year!

I'm happy to say that i've made peace with my disease!

Best of luck to all!

Shout out if you want to!

I've got great ears!!!…

finally i've found a site where i can know people with my same problem,i'm so happy(sorry if i miss a few words^^;).

now i can tell my experience to someone who can undestand me.

i'm living with alopecia areata for about three years.

When my mother noticed the hair fall on a part of the head i didn't care much about it.I realized the problem when i had to cut off all the hair because the remaining ones were few and all tangled.

I've spend that summer with a foulard on…

Abandoned the bonding idea for now and am working on embracing more changeable and less costly options. Found a nice homey wig boutique in Richmond and purchased two brunette Raquel Welch's there. In front of people I see all the time but am not super close with (which is most people ;-)) I am still clinging for dear life to the self-made helper hair I've been using for four years... which is familiar but pretty crappy right now since I've got next to no hair, particularly at the front, to…

I haven't been on  here in quite awhile, maybe a year or so.

The huge patch of hair loss on top of my head has since grown in with the help of  the needles I was given at the dermatology clinic.  I was also put on  a strong drug that I no longer take, it was doing more harm to my body than good.

I do however have a new patch of hair loss on the side of my head, and I still get small ones here and there.  I have to have another referral to get into the dermatologist so I just…

I am 20 years old and i have alopecia totalis.6 months back i lost my hair on the scalp completely.Before that I have patches on my scalp.These patches were first found whrn i was 5 yrs old.Since then after every medication the patches will be covered and new patches in another site of scalp will be founded.I was vexed with all the treatments and don't have energy to take new medications.I don't like to be bald.I want my hair back.What should i do?

Hello friends!  I'm Lina and I've had alopecia universalis now for almost 7 years.  The first 3 years where a period of shock, suffering, depression with some hope that I'd have regrowth.  That didn't happen but  with some support, love, great wigs, nice skin, and some make-up, I look and feel normal.  It does not define who I am but it is a part of me now.  I've accepted it.  It took years to learn the magic of make-up but now most people are SHOCKED when I tell them I'm bald :D.  I get a…

Hi everyone, 

I found out three months ago that I have female pattern hair loss. My hair had been disintegrating for over a year but I didn't know what was causing it. I'm in my mid twenties and have a brother a year younger who's losing his hair too. I knew my dad went bald at a young age, but never in a million years would have guessed I could inherit the hair loss as a girl. 

My dermatologist has me taking 200mg spironolactone and using the 5% minoxidil foam. I'm still…

Hi everyone,

I've never written on a blog before so I am hoping the I can learn from reading about other peoples experiences but also get some thoughts regarding my own.

In the last 3 months my hair has gone from having one small 10 cent piece patch missing behind the right ear to multiple patches across my scalp and hair loss on my arms and legs (patchy).  By the time I saw a dermatologist on April 18th (with a complete battery of blood tests having just been…

Hey,

I'm new to this so it feels weird to be typing my first blog post as an unidentified person but here we go...

I'm a natural blonde which people have told me is the weakest and thinnest hair type, but back in school my hair was thick and healthy like both my parents. It was only until around age 24 that I noticed how light weight my hair had become and before I knew it, my hair had definitely thinned to half of what it was. My part is much thinner now and my…

hi everyone 

Iam new here :) ,, I feel really very comfortable here.

I have alopecia near universalis ,, married & we love each other som much . Recently we discovered that my husband has Ulcerative Colitis which is an autoimmune disease affecting colon causing bleeding per rectum & diarrhea but his case is not that severe .

now we R consenrned about having kids. we R affraid that our kids would inheret one or both of these autoimmune diseases . I dont want to…

Hi everyone! I'm new to the group here. After years of fighting with thinning hair and hair loss I finally gave in and bought a wig this week.  My mother has Alopecia and I knew at a young age there was a good chance it would happen to me but never expected it this quickly.  My youngest daughter died 13 years ago and that's when I noticed it getting worse. My Dr. confirmed it was Alopecia and that the stress I was under triggered it. I was amazed at how emotional I felt over losing my hair.…

Hello everyone,

I wated to ask if anyone had an experience with their child loosing eyebrow hair too in alopecia?my son has had it since more than a year, will his hair come back,Anybody knows anything that works?