Hi Everyone!



I haven't been on here in soooo long!! I have been really busy....



Updates:



Well, my hair (my 2 spots) have completely grown in, and I stopped using the lotions/creams months ago. I haven't seen the derm in a looong time, because I don't think I need to anymore. No more new spots have occured. I am tempted to get excited that my alopecia areata was a one-time stressed induced event, but I am not going that route yet. Every once in awhile I get… Continue

I haven't been back to the derm. I got 2 rounds of injections in my 2nd spot, which is on the back of my head, and was putting the cream on daily, but then I got sick of it.



Both times I went to the derm it's not covered with my insurance, so I had to pay $115 bucks each time. Then I ran out of the cream sample she gave me, and just never went to fill the script.



It's growing, which I suppose is good, but I feel like I gave it a good enough head start, and I'm sick of… Continue

Hello all, I have a question....

Last Friday, after 4 tests, I found out that I am preggo :-)

My question is this...for any of you who had/have a "mild" case of AA like mine, what happened when you got pregnant? More growth? Less growth? Nothing?

Please let me know. Thanks!!

Sooo,



Went to the derm today. The Lidex gel I was using was starting to give me some zits (3) in my spot..gross. She suggested I take it a step down and use something a little less strong. Gave me some samples, which was cool. Also got more shots...which, I would like to say, hurt like HELL. I remember the shots hurting from the 1st spot, but these really really hurt...we had to take a break!



Anyway, the good news is that the whole spot is covered in hair! My husband told… Continue

My spot in the back has a whole bunch of white fuzz...finally. I know this is the beginning of growth, because this is what my 1st spot did before it started sprouting some hair :-) I can't see it, and I just started working the 3pm-3am shift at work so my husband hasn't had a chance to tell me what's goin on back there, but I can feel it. Feels fluffy, and it itches like HELL. So this is good. Bad news for my body...I am winning the war against myself...haha.



No new spots. 1st spot… Continue

Well. The shots I got last week left red marks on my scalp for a week! She must have given me super steroids! She also gave me A LOT more shots than I used to, with the other spot. She said she is treating this "aggressively". Scary.



I also have a new gel that I put on my little no-hair part of my head...it's called Lidex. It burned and itched like hell the first time I put it on...then my husband said (the next day) that it looked like it took a layer of skin off...jeez. Anyway, I… Continue

I went yesterday to a new derm due to ins changes. I like her, and she said this: my 2nd spot will probably respond well to treatment since the other one is almost completely grown back (it's about 4 inches long). She said she is giving me a new cream/gel which is a Category 2 on the strong scale, my other cream she said was like a 6 (1 being the best). She also said that due to my age of onset and the circumstances surrounding the hair loss, it is highly unlikely I will lose all of my hair. So… Continue