Are there any answers?

OK, so the doctors I have talked to are as mystified as I am. My hairline has receded and there is a band of hairless white skin from above my ears (no hair around my ears). ear to ear. I lost my eyebrows and body hair first, then my hairline thinned and receded. There has been no inflammation or scarring. Yes, I am postmenapausal and have been on HRT but I'm not alone in my family. My 91 year old aunt has the same pattern baldness. So, you would think it's just an age thing (I'm 66) but my 37 year old daughter has the exact same problem. I'm curious. Is this a genetic thing, coincidental auto-immune problem, age or hormonal. My daughter's doctor thinks it's an auto-immune problem. It may just be age with my aunt and maybe it's hormonal for me. I don't know but the pattern is the same for all of us. At the moment I can bring hair forward but if I recede much further that isn't going to work. 

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Comment by Lexi on October 8, 2015 at 9:45pm

The same pattern that I have, and yes, Jeffrey, of course, is correct!  Hi Jeff!  

Comment by Maz on October 8, 2015 at 10:38am

Thanks Jeffrey,

That gives me something to research. However, I haven't found anything yet that indicates that there is any reason to even get a diagnosis, since it won't make any difference anyway. So far, all I see leads to - learn to live with it.

Comment by JeffreySF on October 7, 2015 at 7:47pm

ophiasis

 [o-fi´ah-sis] 

a form of alopecia areata involving the temporal and occipital margins of the scalp in a continuous band.
Seems to be the obvious answer to me.

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