i started noticing about 5 years ago that the hair at my temples started thinning out and breaking off. the pieces will grow to about 2" as of now. then, in july of this year, i started noticing the rapid thinning of the hair on the crown of my head. i went to the dermatologist hoping it would be stress related, but i had a gut feeling it would be genetic. ive always had higher levels of testosterone, so i kind of knew. the dermatologist said that it was, in fact, genetic. androgenic…

I'm new here , don't know what to expect but I thought I'd give it a try , "suffered" for 10 years , the eyebrows disappeared around 1995,and had patches from childhood. I am 50 and happily married with 2 kids, generally go through life not thinking about this , only time I'm aware when I return to my hometown in Scotland ( I live in England) as everyone remembers me with hair as I went to live in England with a full head of hair . I am totally "accepted" although I fell very self -concious…

I have had eczema for 10 years, but have really struggled with it for the past 6 years. I have used creams and lotions as prescribed by my dermatologist.

I got so fed up with it last year and saw an allergist. I didn't show as having any allergies. The allergist suggested I could see a dietian.

I saw a dietitian in May 2011, I started a 6 week elimination diet. Basically cutting out lots of foods and get foods out of my system. This continued for a while, because I kept eating…

Hi all,

Need some help and advice. I have alopecia totalis, i was diagnosed in june and now have no hair at all on the top of my head. I always said i would never shave it as iwanted to keep any hair that i had left...well it's now got too much and I thought, how about I do a sponsered shave? I want to shave my head and donate the money to some sort of alopecia charity but dont know how to go about it...any advice?

Thanks xxx

"You should just cut the rest of your long hair off. It'll be different, but you'll get used to it."

This is what my nine year old son told me this morning, and there is wisdom in his words. The remaining long strands serve little purpose (except to be pulled back to do the pony tail and ball cap thing on the weekends as a welcome break from Harriet the Wig), and now look just as ugly as my bald patches next to the regrowth that's anywhere between 1/4 - 3 inches in length. I am…

Hi I have alopecia areata universalis. I got it suddenly at the age of 28. I went from having a full head of thick long hair to nothing in about 3 weeks. I also lost my eyebrows, eyelashes etc over the next few months. I don't remember ever having any bald patches growing up, but I did have very thick hair. Finally to my question, this morning I was blow drying my 10 year old's hair (since she is 10, she does her hair most of the time) and I found a round bald spot on the back of her head…

I have not posted in awhile, which I think in some ways is a good things as it means I have not been troubled by anything alopeica related. Until now...

Now I don't know if anyone will see this but worth a try... but my issue is I have started to get a slight bit of regrowth on just one eyebrow in the corner nearest to my nose..

Now I am actually starting to get weary of this as currently I do not draw my eyebrows on or anything, no one ever says anything so I just get on with it.…

I have a much longer blog entry coming (been writing it in my head' for months), but I didn't feel right letting more time go by without writing a post and letting everyone on this site know how much I've appreciated their posts and discussions, and how some days just reading through all the different ones, recent or not, has been the only thing giving me strength to face the challenges of losing my hair/brows/lashes.

So, thank you, all of you, for putting yourself out there and…

What type of foods should we be eating? And what type of foods should we stay away from???

Why do we have to feel like the world is going to end when we tell our date's in the begining about our disease. We have to go in looking at weeding out the bads ones, What is your opinion?

I woke up this morning and the sun was shining, I have a day of and wanted to do the most of it.
I went shopping some things to the horses, then I started to clean the stable.
In the afternoon I took a ride with my pony. Its very nice to do all those things, and my loss of hair doesn't matter.Except that under the helmet I have to wear a cap.
My day was altogether really very nice.

Does anyone know of any wig consultants in NE Pennsylvania or surrounding areas?

I was pretty young when I found out I had AA. My mom noticed a small spot of hair missing on my head when I was 11 years old but didn't think too much of it. We started to notice that my hair continued to fall out and we went to see my doctor, who thought I was intentionally pulling out my hair. We went to numerous dermatologists who tried treatment after treatment for two years until I had decided I couldn't take it anymore. I was sick of spending two hours of my time every day having…

I have alopecia and I just recently accepted my situation.
I'm feeling beautiful without my hair, but it's cold in my country so I never go out without anything on my head.
In the beginning I was extremely tired and sad that I lost my hair, but during the summer it changed.
My family is very supportive and so is my work friends to.
I hope to continue to write on the blog here.
Love from Sweden

So an update of what's going on with me. My hair is still falling out, though I have hair growth growing in patches.

I got my first wig in July 12, only a few people know about my alopecia.

This week I have had some amazing comments.

I went back to the lady who I purchased my HH wig, she was happy to see that I have been taking care of the piece and that it suits me.

I wanted her to trim her a bit and take some of the heaviness out which she did.

Today I went…

So it's been a long time since I've been on here, at least been active on here. I was diagnosed with AAU last October. My hair was falling out so fast I didn't think I would have any hair by December.

Around Thanksgiving I went in for a "cute boy cut" (I was tired of my son pulling hair out of his mouth everyday) and the lady who cut my hair took a number 8 razor and shaved my head! I was so not ready for that but it was actually a blessing in disguise because it forced me to face the…

I started at Everest College yesterday. I had a blast yesterday and today :D haha I'm learning in a Massage Therapy Program. So far I'm enjoying it and can't wait to go back. haha My friends think it's weird that I'm enjoying school, but then again some are still in high school. I'm the youngest one in my class of 7 people for now, there's mostly older adults. I'm really liking it and hopefully I make some new friends through out the months.

Speaking of college does anyone know some…

I was going to post in a group this question but i don't know what group to post in!

But i want to donate my hair in Canada and I was wondering if there is any organization that i should be looking into? I got about 10-12 inches to spare... I would love to Help as i am a parent fo AN AU Child.

Since my hair is beginning to fall out even more now, I reluctantly went into my bathroom closet and pulled out one of my wigs that I had retired. As I fought with my inner self about wearing this wig, I just simply had no choice. No matter how much I try to fight AA, it always seems that AA gets the best of me. The day that I had to pull out my wig was also a day that I was going out with friends. I noticed that they kept staring and trying to figure out if it was my hair or not. The…