Just read an interesting article on a possible new treatment for MS. In a nutshell, it re-establishes immune tolerance to whatever protein it is trying to attack.  In the case of MS - myelin.  The beauty of it is that it apparently does not effect any other immune function.  Additionally, the technique could potentially be used for other autoimmune diseases.  Has anybody heard of this?  Here's the link, …

I wanted to share my story with those struggling with their alopecia. I am currently a 16 year-old high school sophomore  and I want to tell you that there is in fact hope. In 6th grade and again in the beginning of this year, I had alopecia areata, which resulted in all of my hair being lost. I know the anguish, feelings of being ostracized, endless shame and lack of self-confidence. However, through the dermatology center at the University of California Irvine, I now have a full head of…

Just another bald woman. Well, I'm not entirely bald, but the few straggly remnants and the white mohawk weren't doing me any good. I got up the resolve to shave it off. The cleaned up look is definitely better, but my initial reaction was just sadness, as if I really had been kidding myself for the past months that my hair would grow back and be OK. Going from a little hair to no hair felt like a big step even if it didn't look like a big one on my scalp.

When I first envisioned…

Hello,   I am newly diagnosed with AA, it all started in Jan. 2014, I too have had long very thick and fast growing hair my whole life.  But in Jan. it started to fall out, I was not concerned because secretly I have had lots of challenges with the thick hair.  Feb., it still kept falling out, no bald patches just continuously falling out, lots and lots of hair in bathtub, on floor when styling. By March it was getting thin all over, hair changed its normal thick, somewhat coarse texture to…

I'm posting this for my daughters, myself and anyone with alopecia :)



The first chunk of hair came out in my brush

The tender age of 14, my heart was crushed

How would I live without any hair?

If it all falls out, I wont go anywhere

Month after month, needles in my head

Weighted on my chest, an anvil of lead

Year after year it continued to spread

The pop of the needle, blood trickling down my head

The treatments weren't working anymore…

Here’s how my rights work…

I have the right to my own body,

to the expressions I make,

to the decision to smile or not to smile,

to flatter you or not flatter you.

I have the right to have hair or not and still be beautiful,

I have the right to make myself into a canvas-

of emotions, of color, or…

Hello Friends,

I am new member on this site. I am suffering from Alopecia Universalis from last 7 years and have tried many treatments like steriods. Initially hair regrow but after reducing the medicine dose it starts falling again. Has anyone know about effective treatment for Alopecia Universalis especially available in india, then plz help me out !!

Hello everyone! I have au and I recently lost my eyebrows. I was using women rogaine but recently it stop working. Do any one knows how to draw eye brows that look semi natural? I'm not the most creative/arty person lol. Thanks!

For me, all of my flaire ups of alopeica have happened directly after large stressful events in my life... and while I know it may not be the case for everyone, for me I believe that stress has a direct correlation with my alopeica.

I was doing some research on autoimmune disease and stress and found a few articles that described the relationship. One site said "recent reviews discuss the possible role of psychological stress, and of the major stress-related hormones, in the…

Has anyone used the iGrow system? I'm going to a dermatologist Tuesday who advocates it. Looks interesting and I'm wondering if anyone has experience with it.

I have frontal fibrosing which has become very aggressive in the last 5 months. I am going to try these therapies. Does anyone have any experience with either therapy? I have to do something that has the best chance of working because it is going fast. Thank you for any help or information.

Hi! Call me Liz. I am 22 years old and I have been diagnosed with alopecia areata. It started it out with mild loss of hair on my left eyebrow years ago. I never suspected it to be alopecia because I never knew alopecia existed. Nonetheless a few months ago I noticed a tiny bald spot on my left top eyelashes. Later I lost my bottom right eye lashes. I also found a bald spot at the back of my head, but I ignored it because it wasn't serious. Long story short I now have huge bald-ing spots…

I'm 20 years old and I have Alopecia universalis. my main purpose for making this blog is to help people get comfortable with their and to help myself get more comfortable with my alopecia and able to talk about it. I have accepted but im not so comfortable with explaining or talking about it and i think the love from you guys will help. 

New: OMG, can I find a hairstyle that is in fashion to hide this? Will anyone notice? I HAVE to have a wig that is the same color, texture and style as my old hair and looks like it is growing out of my head. I can't let a boy find out or touch my head! Arrrrrrgh...what about eyebrows, intimacy, wedding, children, wind, convertibles, sports, hanging upside down from trees and monkey-bars, sleepovers, swimming, coworkers, gossips, mean girls, overprotective worried relatives, gawkers, rude…

Hi All,

I haven't posted anything other then responding to posts in a while.  A wonderful moment today has prompted this post.  A reminder...51 years developed Alopecia Universalis 3 years ago.  Last June I I went shopping for some make-up tips for my non-existant eye brows and eye lashes. I ended up at my local Shoppers Drug Mart (a chain here in Ontario).  3 cosmeticians spent several hours trying out different pencil/colours, etc.  The experience was nothing but positive.  I've…

Hi all..

Can anyone help me with the following. 

Got AA a couple of years back. 1 big egg sized (goose egg) on the back of my head and a tiny weeny patch on the top. All grew back with the help of a steroid and making my diet a lot better (cutting out sugar etc )

However at the same time I have developed eczema on the back of my neck and scalp, I have lost a lot of weight (which i quite like) and I am so tired all the time. Quite often feeling disorientated and anxious…

So I have finally started exercising regularly and am wondering how others handle it.  I hate how I feel sweating with a wig on.  I am trying to look around for other options for covering but what have found few options.  What are others doing?  Any thoughts will be appreciated.  Thanks!

I have been on this site for over a month yet I have not been on here that much  this is why. In may of 2014 my hair started falling out right after I saw my physician for fatigue and my metabolism being shot. On May1st of 2013 she gave me a low does of synthroid I took it for 3 days on the third day my hair started falling out and I tossed it in the trash. Since then the hair has kept falling out and now my hair is grossly thin receding back to my ears and a bald patch in the front of my…