It's been almost a year since I've been on here. There wasn't much to report. My hair was growing in and no spots of hair loss. I even wondered if I really had alopecia areata, maybe the doctor was wrong?!? Well, now the itchiness and the painful areas on my scalp have started again. I have some thin areas--the beginnings of spots, I think. Trying not to stress about this, but that is easier said than done.

A few weeks ago, I commented that my hair was probably thicker than it had been in a year. Well, it's falling out all over the place--again! New spots, more spots. I have a steroid foam I could use on the spots, but I'm not sure if I'll use it. I don't really care...okay that's not entirely true. Not sure if I'm starting to accept it (AA), or if I just have a bit of an attitude today! :)

My areas of regrowth are growing in CURLY! The rest of my hair is mostly straight, but the regrowth is quite curly. My dermatologist said that she has no medical explanation for this, but she has seen this before--sometimes regrowth is curly and sometimes stick straight. Anyone else have this?

I'm so glad that I found this website! It's so nice to know that there are others that understand what I'm going through. Alopecia areata is pretty new to me--I've had it for a year or so. I used to have thick hair, really thick hair....so to have such rapidly thinning hair and numerous bald spots is surprising or maybe ironic is a better word. And since it started out thick, I've been able to hide that I have AA. My family knows and a close friend (who is also my beautician). But, I've told… Continue