All my life I was known for my beautiful red curls. My hair was my most unique and prized physical feature. Three years ago when my hair suddenly fell out, I was totally shocked. It turns out that I have an autoimmune condition called Alopecia, where the immune system mistakenly attacks the hair and causes it to fall out. I was devastated. I had never even heard of Alopecia before. I was uncomfortable in my own skin and confused about who I was without my hair. I knew deep down that the loss…

My daughter is only 5 yrs old dealing with this and is in early stages of alopecia. I was secretly hoping it was areata however as of this week her eyebrows n lashes are falling off. I have done all home remedies that has so far allowed her to keep bout 30% of her hair. Still falling off but at a slower rate, i dont know if thats a good or bad thing. My mom had alopecia Universales since she was 15, bak in the 70s wen no one knew about it. She was tortured everyday to a point she moved out…

im 18 and just found a new patch on my crown size of two finger tips. I had alopecia from the age of 11-15 the size of my hand on the top of my head im terrified it will get that big again my scalp is tingling and itching is this A sign of more hair loss to come? please help :)

I haven't been on the site for a while, but its good to see so much happening as far as help, support and advice.

I first started losing my hair back in Oct 2011. I was 41 then. I had just been through a marriage break up and having never had hair loss before I have staunchly put it all down to stress. I started with just a small bald patch on my chin. I didn't worry and thought it must be "one of those things" A week or two later my daughter was giving my hair a trim and told me I had…

I must must must stop getting pleasure of out freaking ppl out, although my hair is now short I can still wear my long hair pieces, which I did to show a friend how natural they can look (ironically). Anyway a group of teenage girls, who had sow me the day before (with short hair) were asking if it was a wig/hair piece/extensions ect (genuinlely interested in extension), and a smart mouth teenage boy shouted 'What r u going bald or something??' I shouted back 'Yes, wanted to see' wiped off…

Hey, its me again!!! Okay so first of all I am going to be going into seventh grade in August. Second I am seeking help on ideas or cute sayings about alopecia to put on some T-shirts me and my mom are making for school. We already have a few like " I'm to sexy for my hair that's why there is isn't any there" (Summer Hopper) and "God is good, God is fair to some he gave brains the rest he gave hair" (Erik Kern)or a totally random one "If you don't know what Alopecia is then you need to go…

I have had allopecia for 40 years now and have worn just about every type of wig there is. For a long time, I wore human hair wigs that were made for me, but then we moved to Hong Kong for a while and they would not withstand the humidity there- and I couldn't learn to do them myself. So I changed to wigs with mono-caps, but synthetic hair. I liked them a lot better because I could maintain them. But a couple of years ago, I found a wig that really gave me a nice new look and I get…

Back in January I wrote about being diagnosed with shingles on my head. I had a burning red patch on my scalp. It began at night, on my way home from a gig. I didn't feel it at first, but my husband noticed it saying to me "Lili your head is bright red". It burned. That was a Saturday. I went to my primary care physician. He said I had shingles. Gave me an antibiotic and a cream. It did nothing to help. 3 weeks later I saw my dermatologist. Since the condition persisted he thought I had…

It's now... after another dermatologist opinion and tired of this stressing hair loss i decided... Tired of waking up everyday and saw them at my pillow, tired of being afraid of touching my hair, washing it and brushing it, tired of being sad about my bald spots i'll save it! In a few minutes i'll become bald! thanks everyone from all the support, best regards, Cátia

I'm feeling pretty frustrated right now, so sorry for ranting. I'm just really confused by all of the reactions to my hair loss. My mother is acting like it's the end of the world and keeps telling me how sorry she is, even my dad keeps muttering things like, "it's not fair," and then my friends (the few who know) are acting like I'm a huge, to quote them directly, "drama bomb." I excitedly told my friend that I got a hair piece, and she responded by saying, "Yeah, I know. What's the big…

So that's it: I'll be bald in the future.

I have androgenetic alopecia and after much searching, go to several doctors, do a lot of things to keep the hair on the head I realized that it is not worth having all this psychological (and financial!!) distress just to maintain aesthetics. It may work for others but not for me.

I'm 25, I've always had long hair, but after a time of confrontation with alopecia I decided that the best thing is to adapt to the inevitable! My alopecia is at…

Lately it seems the hardest part of the day is getting out of bed – not because I don’t want to get up, but because bed is safe. Getting out of bed means a couple of things – 1. It means that I will inevitably look at the pillow and space around my head to see if I have shed any hairs, and 2. It means I will need to get in the shower and go through the more-often-than-not painful process of seeing what falls out post-shower.



I used to be more concerned about the hairs in the bed…

Hello everyone I'm 19 and i got diagnosed with alopecia about 5 months ago. I've lost about 50% of my hair now.

As it was i was already uncomfortable around people with a full head of hair, i went to therapy for social anxiety about a year ago, the hair loss has not made that much easier.

But lately, I've decided i need to stop feeling sorry for myself. If tears could bring back my hair i would have had a full head of hair a long time ago and then enough to make a wig for everyone…

Hi everyone, i'm Catia, i'm 24 years old and i'm from Portugal... first of all it's really nice and confortable to realise that there are many people with this problem and it really help us to understand what we are felling about ourselfs... I'm still not completely acepting that i'm losing my hair and that i can be bald... 2 months ago i found one big spot without hair on my head, i was surprised but not very worried to be honest. I went to see my family doctor, she told me with was a…

I live in Arizona and pencil my eyebrows in. Has anyone found a product that actually lasts and does not melt off. I wear bangs so that I can hide my eyebrows as much as possible. I am noticing that it is making the front of my hair oily. Any suggestions on that also.