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Comment by sadandunsure on October 16, 2015 at 1:08pm

It belongs to scarring (cicatricial) alopecia. The follicles have inflammation surrounding them underneath the skin, the hair falls out, and fibrosis (scarring) happens preventing hair from ever being able to grow back, unfortunately it is a permanent type of hair loss. You can google "frontal fibrosing alopecia" to learn more.

Comment by Maz on October 16, 2015 at 10:28am

Thanks sadandunsure.

It certainly frontal alopecia but I have no idea what other catagory it belongs in. There's never been any problem with my skin and I assume that the bald area is only white because it hasn't been exposed to the sun. And it won't be because I will bring my hair forward as long as I can then I will look into wigs, hairbands, whatever is necessary. I'm happy to have found this site. I'm sure it will be helpful on this particular journey.

Comment by sadandunsure on October 16, 2015 at 4:48am

Could be frontal fibrosing alopecia...there is a group for it on here

Comment by Maz on October 15, 2015 at 10:08pm

Thanks Mike,

I just had a quick peek at your page and decided I need to sit down later and study what you have found. I did manage to get a degree, majoring in Human Bioscience, in the 80's so I may be able to follow what you're telling us. Then again, I may be a bit rusty. I notice though that you're still bald. Really not a major thing for a man (from my point of view). So it would seem that understanding the why of it doesn't translate to a way of curing it. 

Comment by Mike Staffieri RHN on October 15, 2015 at 10:00am

"excessive proliferation and activation of mTOR in stem cells may increase their turnover, prematurely exhausting the ability of these stem cells to repopulate the hair follicle"

Comment by Mike Staffieri RHN on October 15, 2015 at 9:53am

check out my blog on MTOR inhibition and hair growth

Comment by Lexi on October 13, 2015 at 9:53pm

Maz, I cannot say about grey hairs, as I really don't have any.  How crazy, no grey hair, and not much of any hair to speak of anyway !! 

Comment by JeffreySF on October 10, 2015 at 1:48am

I always repeat myself here...The only thing about alopecia aerata is its unpredictability....

Comment by Maz on October 10, 2015 at 12:49am

Thanks Jeffrey and Lexi,

Seems I'm not alone (well, apart from my family where there are 5 of us with varying severity). There's one other thing that I find weird. Is there a link between going grey and losing hair? My eyebrows went grey then fell out. I started going grey at the temples then it seemed to go away (they fell out). My hair has thinned overall and I notice that if I accidentally pull out a grey hair it comes away easily while a brunette hair needs a firm tug. My hair is quite healthy, shiny and strong, but I wonder - does my scalp just give up nourishing the grey hairs? Has anyone else noticed a link between going grey and losing hair?

PS I do avoid pulling hair out now, whatever it's colour.

Comment by JeffreySF on October 8, 2015 at 10:51pm

Hi Lexi,

I immediately thought of you! I forwarded your AW group to Maz as well. 

The answer was clear to me. Happy to help!

Hugz Lexi!

Jeff

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