hi all.
I have had alopechia for 2 years now and still can not come to terms with. I have been hiding inside my house,trying to hide from everybody.Does anybody here had eyebrowtattoo's put on as I am seriously considering getting them done,and also scalp tattoo's seen some places in USA that do it and looks really good,
Thanks

Several years ago I was diagnosed with Alopecia Areata.After that I lost all self-esteem that I had at the time. Throughout the past couple of years, I have begun to receive some of my self-esteem back. Other days being better than others. Around six years ago I picked up playing volleyball and fell in love. I have continued to play ever since. In my most recent season, a couple months ago, I decided I was fed up with hiding my alopecia from my team mates that I adored so much. I prayed and…

I am a freshman at a New Jersey State College. I enrolled in an acting course and I was given an assignment that really helped me open up about my condition. We were each given a poem and we had to write an essay about why we would have written that poem today. What would have inspired me to write this? The poem is called Phenomenal Women and after reading it a few times, I knew that writing about alopecia would be my best option. Here is the link:…

Hi, my name is Jerrod I am 28 and have been dealing with alopecia areata for about 1 1/2 years. It started with just a small patch of thinning hair that was not noticeable to anyone but me. A few months after I noticed that small spot I was getting my haircut and my barber noticed the patch, which was larger by then and totally bald, he told me about alopecia.

Since then I have been doing my best to hide the bald spot in hopes of spontaneous regrowth. However, the affected area has…

Today I signed up for a gym membership and the only reason Im saying anything about it is because something funny happened. I was changing directions of the machine to do the other side of my body and this guy comes running over to help me. I had it under control and he said to me "How long have you been fighting the good fight." It took me a couple of seconds to figure out he thought I had Cancer. I responded but saying I don't have Cancer it's Alopecia and it fell out about a year and a…

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Mine: ...the reverse of parasitic mistletoe clumps that attack bare winter trees.

Hi Alopecia Friends:

For a long time, I have been searching for exercise hats to wear to cardio karate and yoga classes. Yesterday, I tested the CoolMax exercise hat and the Madison exercise hat. Both stayed on during my classes, including jumping jacks, bending down to touch my toes, and the downward dog yoga pose. I am not sure how well the hats will stay on when I do martial arts falls yet.

Basically, there are two kinds of exercise hats: beanies/turbans and bandana wraps.…

I have tried oral steriods, steroid injections, and topical foams since being diagnosed with Alopecia Totalis about 2 1/2 yrs ago. I had about 95% regrowth on my scalp after the combination of olux and rogaine, but no success with the first two items. But, within the year, all the growth fell out. I often wonder whether my hair would have grown without the aid of medication. Who knows. I am now Alopecia Universalis.

I have come to accept that this disease is highly unpredictable. Yet, I…

I wrote in my prvious blog about what has and is happening to me. I received a few comments, but I have not heard back from anyone since which has saddened me very much.

These last days for me have been the worse of nightmares. My family has now abandoned/turned their back on me during my time of great need. I am all alone facing this now, my job is on the line. I do not know where to turn, or what to do. I have no one to talk to. I cannot stand to look at myself in the mirror. I am…

I am so sick of my mom treating me like I am sick. I moved back in with my parents for a bit after college and now I'm ready to leave, but she constantly shoots me down whenever I mention. When I ask her why, she tells me it is because I am "sick." I cannot figure out how to explain to her that no I am not "sick." I have an autoimmune condition and that if this is making me "sick" then I'll be sick for the rest of my life?

It's irritating. No matter how hard I try to explain to her…

Now that my eyelashes, eyebrows, and body hair is all falling out, I have been experiencing severe itching, watery eyes, redness, burning skin and body pain. Has anyone out there experienced this? And if so, what has alleviated your symptoms? Has anyone seen any kind of specialist if they have had or have these symptoms. I am so miserable right now. Allergy pills do not help, I feel like I'm overdosing on benadryl. It's hard.

I've been to my primary physician, I'm a Medical Assistant at…

Alopecia is a bit of a bitch :) I'm not so bothered about having no hair on my head any more, or my eye brows, and TOTALLY cool with no leg hair (I really should wear skirts more often)

BUT why does the hair have to grow in stupid places where I don't want it. I actually feel a bit manky today and it is due to unwanted hair I will have to sort out ASAP. It comes everywhere I don't want it, toes, arm pits, bikini line/area, even my chin has the odd one here and there at times, lady…

My life changed about 3 weeks ago when I came down with some sort of contact dermatitis throughout my neck and scalp. The dermatologist put me on prednisone for 7 days. Then I was diagnosed with AA about 2 weeks ago when a large amount of hair came out from one spot at the back of my scalp on the left side. I felt it all pull away in the shower and it was a very weird feeling. I got cortisone injections in that spot and my dermatologist also prescribed a topical solution called Clobetasol to…

Well last year I was gifted another autoimmune disease called Rheumatoid Arthritis. I spent all year wracked in pain and downing all kinds of medication given to me by prescription. I was sick of feeling sorry for myself so I decided to do some deep research on nutrition. For a whole year because I knew this was not what I wanted for my life. I researched cancer cures, and other diseased body cures and all of them came down to better eating. Not JUST better eating but eating real whole RAW…

Hello,

Today I went to the docter and she told me that in my case my hair probably will never grow back.

But to give me the feeling that i tried everything she gave me hormonal cream.

Im just gonna try it and I really hope it will work for me.

Question for today is:

Has anybody had a good experience with hormonal cream?

I just wanted to say to everybody on this site, Youre beatiful,I like people who stand out from the crowd, people that are…