Hi Folks,

Well...It's been 6 years today since I found that little bald patch on me...Picture it, July 5th 2007 I thought an ember of my independence had fallen upon me. But no it was Alopecia. i had never heard of it before.

It was pretty tough to lose all my hair within 3 months. I lost my identity and my self confidence.

I slowly started accepting what had happened after a year of turmoil.

How does a person deal with such a crises?

Luckily for me I found…

This site is both empowering and triggering for me - while it's great to find my bald tribe, the amount of trauma/shame/worry people have about their alopecia is difficult to witness. I've been totally hair-free for the past 11 years, and it has been one of the BEST teachers of my life. I'd really love to find others who have made peace with, and even celebrate, their baldness (while always remember that looking different is hard, but not necessarily bad).

I have posted recently about my scalp issues, with my scalp swelling in random patterns, looking like a sunburn and feeling like my head was on fire.

I saw a new dermatologist and he sent me for a RAST test. This is a blood test that determines food allergies. It turns out I am allergic to wheat. Funny, when my doctor gave me the result he said the test determined I was "slightly allergic to wheat". My response was "how does one determine slightly"? Sort of like being a little bit…

All Autoimmune disorders(Alopecia etc) have a dysfunctional cytokine reaction component to it

For the purposes of inhibiting ACE and reducing cytokines, the following foods and compounds seem to be the best choices:

• Green tea (ACE inhibitor, reduces cytokines)

• Black tea (ACE inhibitor, reduces cytokines)

• Quercetin (possible ACE inhibitor, reduces cytokines)

• Pomegranate juice (ACE inhibitor)

• Red wine (ACE inhibitor)

• Turmeric (reduces…

Hi everybody,
I live in Italy, but I will go to the USA in september to attend a conference (I am a PhD candidate in anthropology).
I have gone to many doctors here, but nothing worked except a corisonic treatment that intoxicated me, many years ago. Do you know if there is any GOOD doctor I could go to in the USA? An expert in Alopecia, obviously.
I will go to Dallas, Washington DC and NYC... Thank you
Cat

Hello Friends,

Another year has passed. We're on on are way to St Louis for NAAF 2013.
This is my 6th Conference since my diagnosis of alopecia in 2007. I am so grateful for all the support from all of you!!!

Hope to see and meet many of you in person!!!

Jeff

So, I'm tired putting myself out there when it comes to dating! Men in LA are so shallow, you know in life somebody should like me for who I am! it just makes me sick how this guy I met he asked me, and I told him on third date and showed him my head, and he ran but the funny thing he said it didn't matter, its what's in the inside. Sorry Jermey you are shallow and think you are perfect when all you are is fake!

Diagnosis

In 1998, when I was in 4th grade, my mom noticed a small patch of hair loss while she was brushing my hair one morning. She told my dad (a physician) about it, and he decided to take me to a dermatologist. The doctor told my parents that I had alopecia areata, gave me the steroid injections (every 8 year old's nightmare), told me to apply a cream (looking back, I believe it was an irritant) and come back every few weeks.

I don't remember my initial…

I was diagnosed with Alopecia Areata in September of 2012, 3 weeks after I transferred to a new college with a grueling schedule. I had only loosely heard the term "alopecia" but never paid attention to what it was. My hair was my favorite feature, and I have been happily dying it an array of colors for over 10 years. I had been behaving myself and had only highlighted the crown once in the year leading up to my hair loss. I don't heat style. I don't pull my hair out in my sleep or anything.…

I have had alopecia areata since this February and in this time I have lost all of the hair on my head. I remember at the beginning the smallest dime sized patched being the biggest deal and freaking out. Looking back I realize how lucky I was to have 95% of my hair at the time. I am 18 and this is my first wave of it. I have had an extremely stressful year and attest my initial hair loss to excessive stress. I now have over an inch of hair all over my head and have little to no shedding…

After about a year of having lost my hair (all of my head, my eyebrows, eyelashes, legs) I have lots of little hairs popping up. I am trying hard not to get too excited because I don't want to be disappointed. For anyone who has had regrowth, is there something I can do to encourage and hang onto the growth? Keeping my fingers crossed.....

I have honestly come to the conclusion that most dermatologists.... suck. No, seriously they are horrible and don't know what to prescribe they just give any type of drugs and hope it will work. Not cool! Today, I actually had to tell me new dermatologist that no, you cannot give me cortisone shampoo while on squaric acid because it defeats to whole purpose of the acid. So, I have come to the conclusion that in college I will study pharmaceutical science and either become a dermatologist…

Does anyone have hair from the Hair Club? i'm just curious if you ever use reg shampoo/ conditoner or only there stuff....

Had steroid jags for the first time in a long time yesterday. Don't know if it's because it's been so long since my patches were as bad or what but slept for almost 24 hours and today still feel woozy and sleepy and very emotional :-(