Comment by JeffreySF on January 12, 2009 at 3:01pm

Hi Christie,

If it's just one spot right now I wouldn't shave my head just yet.
Did you get any steroid injections at the site?
Maybe as a cover up this product would work for you. It's called Xfusion check it out.
www.xfusionhair.info

Jeff

Comment by Christie on January 12, 2009 at 3:08pm

Hi Jeffrey,
Thanks for the response. I have not had the injections yet..Only the steriod cream. If after 2 months this doesn't work - then I'll be given the shots.
Thank you for the website link...I've been using eye shadow right now. It seems to work - but the patch is moving very very close to my forehead...Thus being the reason I was thinking of shaving it...
ttyl

Comment by JeffreySF on January 12, 2009 at 3:17pm

Best of luck

Comment by Holly Hlavacek on January 12, 2009 at 4:07pm

I have had steriod cream and injections. As the injections are quite uncomfortable I preferred one in the arm, although I do not suggest it as it only helped my eczema. The steriod creams seemed to work better for me but now I am trying to see what happens when I go natural after some treatments. Good Luck

Comment by Nants the Rebellion Dog on January 12, 2009 at 8:15pm

I am right where you are...but I have decided I don't want to be shot with steroids. I had one spot that started in June and now I have 4 or 5. I just bought a wig...see picture. I love it. I can still go out covering my spots but as you say I hate obsessing. I have regrowth in my spots, but this conditon is so capricious I want to control what things I can and then let it go. I think I'm going to like being a redhead!

Comment by Lee on January 13, 2009 at 12:52am

I def would not shave your head. If this is the first time you have gotten AA, there is a good chance that the steroids will work, just give it some time ; )

Comment by Cathy on January 13, 2009 at 1:22pm

My daughter has been battling AA fro a little over a year now. She started getting patches last January (she was almost 13). I immediatley brought her in for injections, way painful and stops working once you stop injecting. Her hair started growing back in the summer and we were quite excited, but fallout happened again this fall. Of all the blogs etc. I hear this is common. Vitamin D from the sun is really important, missing in the fall & winter months so she takes 3000 U of D3 per day. We also have used topical steroid as she lost some eyebrow in the beggining, We have something new and I cant recall the spelling and don't have it with me that seems to work OK for the scalp, although it is very irrritating. She is really creative in covering of the spots, we use Topik and other cover up creams available on their website. Most important of all she tries to come to terms with it. She realizes that she may be AU some day, she is learning who her real friends are and tries not to get too bummed over it. NAAF has been a real good avenue for us as well. Good Luck.

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