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hmmmm
so im kinda new at this...
i was just disgnosed with alopecia arreta(sp?) last month. i'm about to be twenty on the 3rd.
haha, one day (about a month or so ago)i woke up and noticed a big chunk of my hair missing on the right side of my head..
"hmmm, what the hell?" i thought.
i didn't really care much. i mean yeah it was kinda big but nothing a sweet hair-part couldn't handle, you know?
so whatever... the only thing that REALLY bugged me was what caused it.
kind of weird.
one thing that i think might've contributed was this crazy hair dye i used a few weeks before i noticed the patch.. i used sheer & sheen ( i think ). well, i guess it's for colored people's hair... and my hair was really static-y for a few weeks... but i dunno. the color was awesome.
i started doing mad research and came down to the conclusion that it was alopecia. nobody in my family had it.. but hey! maybe i dove deep in the gene pool. so i was reading about auto immune defficiencies and started getting a bit scared. i hadn't had a physical in five years.
i scheduled an appointment with a new doctor; i preferred an indian, haha.
she told me it was alopecia blah blah.. told me everything i already knew.
gave me a dermatologists number but told me not to call...
i asked for blood tests.
this is a few weeks later... my hair is still kinda falling out.. not a lot. but around the edges..
i call the dermatologist.. get an appointment.
they give me steroid shots and all that jazz. send me home with fluocinide(sp?)..
still falling out a little ..
i called the derm. and asked for natural remedies. ..im real big on natural healing, herbs, and aromathereapy.
i researched stuff myself and asked them about it. they told me no no no, dont do that ... blah blah. sometimes it has to get worse before it can get better.
i can totally understand that.
but do any of you use nat. remedies? do they work?
i think it'll be alright... it's kind of growing back. it's all white and fine. any of you have a story similar? what ended up happening? what should i expect?
... and yeah i know everyone's different. but i wanna hear other people's journeys & stories.
for reassurance, i guess.
mucho love, respect & thankyou
i was just disgnosed with alopecia arreta(sp?) last month. i'm about to be twenty on the 3rd.
haha, one day (about a month or so ago)i woke up and noticed a big chunk of my hair missing on the right side of my head..
"hmmm, what the hell?" i thought.
i didn't really care much. i mean yeah it was kinda big but nothing a sweet hair-part couldn't handle, you know?
so whatever... the only thing that REALLY bugged me was what caused it.
kind of weird.
one thing that i think might've contributed was this crazy hair dye i used a few weeks before i noticed the patch.. i used sheer & sheen ( i think ). well, i guess it's for colored people's hair... and my hair was really static-y for a few weeks... but i dunno. the color was awesome.
i started doing mad research and came down to the conclusion that it was alopecia. nobody in my family had it.. but hey! maybe i dove deep in the gene pool. so i was reading about auto immune defficiencies and started getting a bit scared. i hadn't had a physical in five years.
i scheduled an appointment with a new doctor; i preferred an indian, haha.
she told me it was alopecia blah blah.. told me everything i already knew.
gave me a dermatologists number but told me not to call...
i asked for blood tests.
this is a few weeks later... my hair is still kinda falling out.. not a lot. but around the edges..
i call the dermatologist.. get an appointment.
they give me steroid shots and all that jazz. send me home with fluocinide(sp?)..
still falling out a little ..
i called the derm. and asked for natural remedies. ..im real big on natural healing, herbs, and aromathereapy.
i researched stuff myself and asked them about it. they told me no no no, dont do that ... blah blah. sometimes it has to get worse before it can get better.
i can totally understand that.
but do any of you use nat. remedies? do they work?
i think it'll be alright... it's kind of growing back. it's all white and fine. any of you have a story similar? what ended up happening? what should i expect?
... and yeah i know everyone's different. but i wanna hear other people's journeys & stories.
for reassurance, i guess.
mucho love, respect & thankyou
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Comment by Kimberly on January 22, 2009 at 8:49am
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Hi Tat. I was just skimming and something about your blog caught my eye. Although, I signed up under AA for my 4 yr old daughter. I have undiagnosed AA. Mine started @ your age...20 yrs old & a college student, working full time and under enormous stress. I had really long, course hair and was always shedding, but I found a couple of bald spots on my head one day. I made a visit to my Primary doctor & she said I was stressing myself out & some people's hair follices are affected by stress. She told me to take care of myself, eat right, exercise & take vitamins. I did all of that and my hair came back on its own. That was the end of it, so I thought. Flash forward 7 yrs & on my honeymoon, I took my hair out of the towel & my husband gasped that I had a quarter size bald spot and was holding a wad of hair in my towel. Again, stress was my factor. I didn't go to the dr...already knew what it was. Went back to doing the same things the dr. told me to do before & again, it came back in due time. Long story short, it's happened again after each childbirth (2) & each major move, with my latest being about a yr ago. My spot is about a couple of inches long now with normal growth & sticks out if I don't weigh it down w/ gel, etc... I never heard of AA until my daughter's major loss of hair occurred in Oct. Started researching like mad & realized, this is what I have. I'm sure my primary dr., in college, didn't call it AA b/c it was the early 90's & AA wasn't receiving the recognition it deserved in the medical field. I never allowed mine to affect me...sure I was a little self conscious about it and recall asking my husband to let me know if it's showing and didn't cover it well. I went through a period of wearing my hair in the same style w/ a barrett until growth started. But, other than that, I didn't change my life or allow it to affect all the things I loved. In a sense, I am glad I was never officially diagnosed w/ AA. With it being presented in the way it was from my dr., it made it more of a nonissue and I wasn't fixated on it like I've been w/ my daughter. Note, my daughter's if far more severe than mine ever was & is a whole different story. Don't want to give false hope, but thought it was important you hear a positve AA story. Keep your chin high, don't allow your hair to overcome you in this superficial world we all live in. I have learned, if you don't make it a big deal, others won't either. More than anything, I've found people are curious about the condition & that may come across the wrong way at times. Take life in stride & you have a lifetime ahead of you....don't let your lenses to become fogged to a wonderful life! :) Take care & best of luck!
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Comment by tat on January 22, 2009 at 12:12pm
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that story was extremely reassuring. thanks so much for reading my blog ang giving me some words of wisdom deary :)
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Comment by Nants the Rebellion Dog on January 22, 2009 at 3:58pm
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This is my first bout with AA and I'm an old fart...55. I did have a friend who had it when she was about your age...we were at UC Berkeley together. She lost it all..eyebrows, lashes, etc. It grew back. I lost touch with her about 10 years after graduation, but she had all her hair then... Whatever happens, keep your spirit beautiful and the hair will take care of itself.
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thankyou :)
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Comment by Amy on February 7, 2009 at 10:47pm
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Tat,
Read my profile ... what's happening to me is very similar to your story :-)
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wow, it really is. thankyou dear! keep me posted & ill do the same :]
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Comment by Gena King on February 24, 2009 at 10:52pm
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keep in mind hair has a mind of its own promise....
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