My level of acceptance toward the general ineptitude of my white blood cells is as inconsistent as my motivation to study.

More often than not, I could not give a fraction of a shit that my hair is basically absent. My reasoning there is mostly along the lines of "What would be different if I had it anyway?"

Looking pretty? Where does that get me? Friends? No. A job? No. A date? Maybe, but that's really not a priority at the moment due to my innate lack of skills in that…

This might be long but I am going to speak from my heart!

I was diagnosed two years ago (March 2014) after a bad breakup. I believe that stress is what triggered the disease to manifest. I went to my doctor and was completely unimpressed by her shoulder shrug response, "you just have one of those medical mysteries...I can give you steroid injections but it's no guarantee." I was already pretty health conscious at the time and said no thanks I will figure this out on my own. She gave…

I'm sort of lucky I feel. Firstly I was going to post how long it has been since I last posted.. but I realised I don't post as I don't often think about my Alopecia very much.

The only time I think about it is when it is time I look for a new wig... This one is a little past it's use by date and I'm generally bored of it. But the hardest thing is picking a new one... what style? What colour? How much will it cost etc.

This is a big decision and often feel I am wasting a lot of…

So I've recently started taking Prednisolone tablets again (the last time I took it was back in mid 2014) and was just wondering if anyone knew the time it took to take effect. The last time my AA was much worse (barely had any eyebrows and had quite a few noticeable patches) and by the end of the treatment I had full regrowth. 

This time around, my AA is in a much better place (but still not the greatest) and I'm starting to get worried as I'm two weeks into the treatment and only…

I hope this question isn't far fetched but I've started wearing toppers and it makes my scalp so sore. I feel it pulling at my hair all day and aside from how it looks, I'm thinking about the discomfort. My question is are they supposed to hurt and pull? Surely there is a less painful way to conceal diffuse hair loss. Any input would be great.

Hi. I have recently lost my hair over 4 months. Its not coming back. I am distraught. I am having a very rough time wearing wigs esp. synthetic. I purchased a human hair wig and its pouring rain today. I was afraid to wear it outdoors. I wore a bandana and I look awful. This is pushing me over the edge. How do you cope with this? It broke my heart to take off my hair last night and put on a stand. This is making me want to die. I cannot go bare as I have scarring and its not for me. On th?e…

Ive gotten alopecia for the past year and I went to a dermatologist 3 months ago, she prescribed some oral meds for 10 days and also shampoo and a spray, these here worked very little.  I have a follow up appt in 2 days and she is supposed to do steroid injections now, does anyone know if these here will work?  Ive never had this and a year ago it started with a small circle behind my head, now its two large ones and 4 small ones on my beard.  I don't want to waste my time and money on some…

My 7 year old daughter will be starting LDN this week.  This drug does wonders for autoimmune conditions by blocking endorphins through the night.  The body then releases an overabundance of endorphins the following day to compensate. The endorphins heal inflamation (of course anyone with alopecia is inflammed.  C Reactive protien blood test will confirm this) and balance the immune system, targeting the true problem, rather than a temporary toxic drug.  There are no side effects, not…

First I'd like to say Happy New Year ( I know I'm like a month late) I haven't added a blog post in a while and I thought I would go ahead and get it over with.

Everything has been great with me lately I'm doing amazing in school, I have started hanging out with better people and I like who I am and who I am growing up to be. I'm going to turn 18 soon and that’s such a big step and I cant wait. I have started taking biotin vitamins and in the last few weeks my nails have strengthened…

Hi everyone, if feels so weird typing right now but, I just wanted to vent about my condition. I have alopecia universalis and I HATE having this condition. I know that may be typical of everyone else that has this condition but, again, I'm venting. I've had alopecia since I was about 21/22. It has been a devastating journey. I've told myself a thousand times It doesn't matter if you have hair or not you are still beautiful and then other times I walk past myself in the mirror and I can't…

I have decide to take charge.

Although I have no control of what hair is going to fall out I do have control of what I can do about it.

I realize that no matter what I will be beautiful .

This Wednesday I am going to start taking control of my hair. I am not going to shave my head but I am going to cut my hair super short and change my style of hair all together. I feel like this is the next step and that this will make me feel better about the whole situation. I am not…

It has been a while since I have been on the site. The holidays and school took me away for a while but things have settled down again and I intend to do a lot more posts on Alopecia World in the coming months.

I have much news to share, where shall I start. . . .

It was a wonderful holiday season for me, one of the best in years. I had a house full of people for about two weeks straight and I loved every moment of it. Anyone that knows me knows that I love the holidays…