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I finally did it...I shaved my head..

I finally cut my hair off and I feel great!! I still wear my lace wigs but I was just holding on to my hair when there was really no need to. PLease excuse the adhesive I was just about to apply my wig before taking the 1st photo!



Added by Royalty on April 12, 2009 at 5:00pm — 3 Comments

lace wigs?

hi~

does anyone have any advice on full lace wigs and lace front wigs. i've been researching online forever and get so many mixed reviews. i really want to buy one asap but i want a nice one without too much cost. i don't want to pay over 200. this is the first wig purchase i'll have ever made. please give me some advice based on your experiences:)

Added by elle on April 11, 2009 at 1:34pm — 2 Comments

BACK WITH ANOTHER NIGHTMARE DATE WITH THE TAMWORTH MAN.

WELL I WAS IN CHICAGO ROCKS IN TAMWORTH TWO WEEKS AGO WITH MY MATE MARTIN AND WE STARTED TALKING TO TWO COUSINS CALLED RACHEL AND DARREN.



I WAS CHATTING FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS TO DARREN WHILST MARTIN WAS GETTING TO KNOW RACHEL, DARREN WAS A GREAT LOOKING BLOKE LOOKED LIKED GARY BARLOW FROM TAKE THAT.



ANYWAY AFTER 2 HOURS OF TALKING RACHEL BECAME ILL AND HAD A MASSIVE NOSE BLEED AND I HELPED HER SORT HERSELF OUT IN THE LOOS, SHE DISCLOSED TO ME SHES HAVING REALLY BAD HEADACHES… Continue

Added by claire on April 10, 2009 at 2:00pm — 4 Comments

Here we are a year later and just plain fed up

Well here I am a year later after I discovered the very first bald spot......I still have hair but holy cow not that much..... I have to say this is the most frustrating thing I have ever been through in my life.



I went into wigs in January because the delightful bald spots were becoming too big... I have I am not sure of the correct term but the Ophiasis pattern? The hairloss is all the bottom of my head and the side kind of like a turban effect. Well at least that is how it started… Continue

Added by Lori M on April 10, 2009 at 10:08am — 8 Comments

Minoxidil

Ok so I'm looking for a treatment for my daughter and i've been reading so many different types of treatments and am very confussed! Has anyone had any luck with topical Minoxidil?

Added by Camille Paddock on April 10, 2009 at 9:50am — 3 Comments

Acceptance :)

I love how everyone is so accepting here, :)!

Added by Ashleigh on April 8, 2009 at 9:55pm — 1 Comment

In desperate need of help and advice

Hello everyone.I'm 35 years old and since last summer have noticed that my hair is thinning on my right side.It started in the corner of my forehead and has got thinner down the side near my ear.I have no bald patches as such it is just noticably thinner than the other side.My doctor won't help me and says it's nothing.The hair that is growing on the thin side is coming through white and thinner.Can anybody tell me what this is?I'm worried sick.My doctor says it's not alopecia but i think it… Continue

Added by nina on April 8, 2009 at 9:32pm — 3 Comments

Finally...time to face the music.

My name is Jennifer and I've been dealing with AA on my own for about 7 years now. Not because I've had to be on my own but because I've chosen to. I am surrounded by family and friends that love me dearly but as much as they sympathize they can never understand. All my life I had gorgeous, thick, long hair and suddenly after tremendous heartbreak it started falling out (or jumping off)! On December 22, 2001 I found out my dad had cancer and sadly on December 24, 2001 he was gone. A week later… Continue

Added by Jennifer Wooldridge on April 7, 2009 at 10:35pm — 3 Comments

Has anyone had any luck with Calosol?

My daughter who is 10 with alopecia has been using Calosol for about 4 weeks now. She has two spots on her head and lost most of her one eyebrow and losing hair on her other one. I see little white hairs on her eyebrow but i'm not sure if it is hair growth or not. Anyone else use it; please let me know what your results were!!

thank you,
melissa and camille

Added by Camille Paddock on April 7, 2009 at 5:07pm — 4 Comments

Today was a VERY bad day

As i explained in my other blog I have been dealing with this for 4 years and just recently came clean to my mom about my true feelings about my alopecia. When we had discussed it further she asked if I would talk to someone about this. Today I went and saw my doctor about talking to someone about my feelings and that was really hard for me. My mom went with me and afterwards i felt really crumby. I feel like I have given up that i am too weak to deal with it on my own and that everyone i have… Continue

Added by Danielle on April 7, 2009 at 4:12pm — 7 Comments

My Alopecia Life

My hair first started falling out at age 4. My parents brought me to several doctors for a few years until we found a doctor in New York City that started injecting my scalp with steroids. This went on from age 6 til about age 12. My hair had grown, although it was thin in ceratin spots, I had a full head of hair and as I got older into high school and began cutting it more often it would grow in stronger. I was very popular in high school, excelled at sports, had a girlfriend, was very well… Continue

Added by Just Ask on April 7, 2009 at 2:11pm — 1 Comment

Sulfasalazine works! My daughter received the "cured" stamp! Please read this!

My daughter was diagnosed with AA when she was three and progressed to totalis about a year and a half ago. After many treatments that didn't work--everything from natural to rogaine to creams, DPCP, (the only thing we did not do was steroids or shots, she was too young) we found out about the drug sulfasalazine and it's positive effects on alopecia patients. We started her on this treatment a year ago and she now has a full head of hair! She also has all of her eyelashes and almost all of her… Continue

Added by Katie Beth on April 7, 2009 at 9:03am — 8 Comments

so i had another dermatologist appt today

well this one was a little different, he gave me a shot in the hip on the left side, my next shot is on the 14th on the right side of my hip, which is pretty odd...otherwise it went ok and it was it quick.



Paul

Added by Paul on April 7, 2009 at 1:00am — 2 Comments

HELP.. Wig advice, synthetic that is going REALLY frizzy.

I knew when I bought this wig that it was a cheap synthetic wig, that being said, I still thought that it would last more than a week. I have only been wearing it for a week, maybe two and only on the days that I have gone out to do things in the afternoon/evening with friends, maybe 5-6 times. The back part now feels stringy and looks like half of the hair is broken and really frizzy. Walking up to me you would not really notice it but it feels horrible and gets knotted really easily and I end… Continue

Added by Tenille Gee on April 6, 2009 at 11:31pm — 5 Comments

My son kyler, who just turned 2 in december was diagnose with alopecia about a month and a half ago. I was giving him a haircut and I notice 2 very small spots. My doctor told me what it was and that…

My son kyler, who just turned 2 in december was diagnose with alopecia about a month and a half ago. I was giving him a haircut and I notice 2 very small spots. My doctor told me what it was and that's it! no other info.I felt helpless.Very soon and very fast he got more spots and quite large. Today he is about 1/2 hair missing. I have been looking more into this disease and looking to talk to other parents with small children going through the same as I. So feel free to tell me your… Continue

Added by Christine Messner on April 6, 2009 at 2:25pm — 9 Comments

Please keep me and my family in your prayers UPDATE 4/06/09

I may be offline for a few weeks -- my mother had a stroke yesterday and is critically ill but improving. Because she has to learn how to walk again she will be in the hospital for the next several weeks. Please keep me in mind in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.



Nothing like a little reality to shake me out of alopecian self-pity!



3/30/09 -- UPDATE ---- My mother was moved to a private room out of Neuro ICU earlier today, and will be on the neurology… Continue

Added by kastababy on April 6, 2009 at 7:15am — 13 Comments

Happy Sunday All!

Ok, so we all know it's April, so what's with All of the stupid snow!?!?! We got like 3 inches or something like that, It's just dumb! I can't wait for spring to finally start acting like spring! But the snow feels pretty cool as it sprinkles on my head! Can't help it, I'm freaky that way! LOL!!

Added by Valerie on April 5, 2009 at 3:02pm — No Comments

Thanks for the Big Welcome

Thanks to everyone who has sent me a message of welcome to Alopecia World. I know I'm going to feel 'at home' here.



Now all I have to do is find a way to support my sons who seem to have been affected by my alopecia more than I have! My oldest is worried that I might become ill again as Lupus is ever present. He was quite young when my illness was at its worst and it was a traumatic experience for all of us.



My youngest (who wasn't even a twinkle in my husband's eye during… Continue

Added by Julie on April 5, 2009 at 11:50am — 2 Comments

Got wiggy with it...at least I tried some on.

So I went wig shopping (hear the "psycho movie" song in background). What an odd experience. I dealt with someone who wasn't doing this very long and went to a store that had very little in terms of selection, but it was okay. Here were the overall feelings.



1) I didn't bawl like I thought I was going to...instead, I just opened my mind to the idea and tried on different cuts, colours etc.



2) I laughed (never expected that!!)...the lady put an "old lady" wig on me since it… Continue

Added by Jennifer Krahn on April 5, 2009 at 10:19am — 5 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

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