I have over 50% hair loss due to AA. There are large amounts of white hair beginning to grow in large amounts. What should I make of it? I also have nummular eczema that appeared a few months before the first hair patch fell out. My allergies got horrible, skin looked like ringworm and pale, and hair fell out in large amounts.

Well i have finally got a full head of hair now and its getting longer by the day,i still cant believe it and keep thinking about things im doing that could maybe cause hairloss and now trying to avoid, here's hoping and praying this is back for good. i will upload a photo so you can all see there is still hope for everyone. x im the one on the left …

I hate looking in a mirror sometimes, it’s like it’s a reminder of everything, but you know what gets me the most, its not the actual alopecia it’s the wig not looking right. It has just dawned on me all I am having is not a OMG I have alopecia moment, I am having a typical woman’s thought of man I am having a bad hair day and is actually totally normal woman’s issue of a bad hair day, sometimes it doesn’t do as its supposed too… but most woman say oh well put some product on and away they…

Any advice on losing nose hair?

I saw a newspaper article about this organization for cancer patients called Look Good...Feel Better. (I think that's a good motto for us, too!)

They have some very nice explanations about tying scarves on this page. Just click on the various "scarf" topics:

http://lookgoodfeelbetter.org/beauty-guide/new-hair-looks

So much pain
So much tears
even after 4 days
im still in shock.
Why him? Why now?
I remember his bright huge smile
Those big warm teddy hugs
That big old laugh.
I hope your looking over me
as I write this poem
As I type.
I hope your healthy now.
I hope your safe & warm now.
Wait for us , you hear?
I love you.
I love you uncle Terrall.
Rest In Peace.

hi hope everybody had a good Christmas.im posting this blog to see if anyone has any good ideas.i love tattoos and i was wanting to have another done but i like them to represent things in my life,i was trying to think of something to represent alopecia as it has been a struggle and had a big impact in my life...in a way iv learnt a lot about myself through losing my hair. any ideas anyone has would be greatly appreciated thanx x

I am asking any of you who have decided to give speeches to schools or classes...what questions usually come up? What information do you include in your presentations? I am thinking of doing this, as an alopecian since 1963 and as a teacher now...I think I can help.

I was in town today, hitting the post-chrissie sales with my dad. I wore one of my pretty triangle scarves. We stopped for coffee and sat outside. Amoung the many people walking past was a family with a little girl in a pink dress who kept staring at me. Little Girl said the best thing ever. "Is that a pirate?".
Then she walked into a post. Which was only funny because she wasn't hurt.

But I love that, the kid logic. Scarf = Pirate. Completely awesome.

As of now I know that I have spots of hair loss, around my ear, and on my side burns and have medication for it, but unsure of what else could happen and why this happened to me. Ive had this for 2 months now. I don't go out anymore, I find it extremely hard to keep this off my mind and very insecure about myself. I only wish I knew how i got this and how I can resolve this.

I discovered a new word today: Calvous — lacking all or most of the hair on the head; bald!

A small moan: Anyone who read/reads my last blog post would see I dyed my wig a much darker colour then it was previously.

Out of everyone in work, only one person has noticed and commented on it, and she only works in the canteen, not really I spend a lot of time with.

I don’t know if they all know it’s a wig and don’t know what to say, or if they just do not take half as much notice to hair as I thought they might.

It’s in some ways upsetting, making me more…

When I first was diagnosed with Alopecia 6 years ago besides crying every time i looked at myself in the mirror, I shut everyone out of my life. I stopped going out because i was self conscious and stopped talking to my friends and family because I felt they wouldn't understand. When I was diagnosed there weren't really any support groups that I was aware of so I felt like I had to go through it alone. I didn't even tell my family until much later.

Having a conversation with one of my…

So....my 11 year old daughter lost ALL of her hair in the last month and a half or so. We only have a half wig now (a flash) b/c everything else takes so long to order. She has been wearing that to school since after Thanksgiving and hasn't had any major issues. When she originally got it, she had hair on the back of her head to blend w/the hair on the flash piece. Now, she doesn't. So if the hair moves at all you can see the bald spots on her scalp. So....today at school a kid asked if they…

On the NAAF feed on Facebook this morning there is a fantastic picture of the Disney princesses sans hair. It made me smile and got me thinking...

I was watching Shrek the other night with my kids. It was the movie with the princesses (Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Cinderella...Shrek II perhaps?) The main villainess turns out to be Rapunzel coupled with that Nasty Prince Charming. As Shrek and Fiona conquer all things evil including the dubious Rapunzel and Charming, what should happen…

My 16 month old has been diagnosed with Alopecia, so I am talking to everyone who knows anything about this problem. Someone mentioned if this could be related to Radon Gas, and If I ever have tested my house for Radon. So I went first thing today morning and got a Radon Test Kit which takes about 2 weeks to get results, and I am growing impatient to figure out if it could be related. Has anyone who suffering from Alopecia looked into Radon gas in their house or work place?

Well I decided I wanted to dye my ‘human hair’ wig yesterday, for a Christmas boost. I had done it before and it has become a bit of an addiction, why buy a new colour when I can boost this one just a little more… I always worry though. Just before I start thinking, what if all the hair falls off, and then what? But I do it anyhow.

Now I have read a number of times, always go for a shade lighter then you want, and never leave it in for the full time.

The first time I dyed my hair…

Does anyone know if Rogaine works for Alopecia?

I thought i was coping with this ok... i thought i was accepting it... but today was bad, we are going out to the bar tomorrow, and its the first time since i shaved my head. i barely wear my wig now because i hate the feeling of it so much, so i figured i could find something to wear to make it look amazing without hair.. but everything looks ten times better when i put my wig on... i picked out a dress, and then put the wig on and my friends said, and i also agreed, that it looks way…

Still searching for a group close enough to get together with or at least a friend for Kira. She is up to 80% Hair loss and considering shaving her head. She is alternating between feeling special, and heart breaking sobs because she is different. I wish I could fix it all for her... Friday is her 12th birthday, would that I could make it all better for her as the ultimate gift...