Just diagnosed and worried

Hi everyone, i'm Catia, i'm 24 years old and i'm from Portugal... first of all it's really nice and confortable to realise that there are many people with this problem and it really help us to understand what we are felling about ourselfs... I'm still not completely acepting that i'm losing my hair and that i can be bald... 2 months ago i found one big spot without hair on my head, i was surprised but not very worried to be honest. I went to see my family doctor, she told me with was a fungus, not convinced i talk with some friends, i search a little bit but i did nothing! i was living my life when i start noticing hair loss... every time i shower, every time i touch my hair, every time, every time i saw it fall... and fall... I went to see the dermatologist last week ( 21 May) ALOPECIA AREATA, auto-imune disease... bla bla bla! i was shocked, i was perplex, i wanted to understand but it was realy weird, it was not happening to me! By being dietitian and working on the health area, after thinking a little bit, after remember some topics about imune system i finally understand and i rejected the treatment with corti. injections.
Now i'm having some problems in deal with this reality, in a week i lost half of my hair, i have more 3 or 4 patchs and today i start to wear a headscarf...
i also start today regular Reiki sessions and on tuesday i'll start a regular training wth meditation... i'm also a laughter yoga leader and i'll support my hope with terapies that can help me re balance my soul, my mind, my body...

Just a question for you my new friends ;) th dermatologist told me that it was very possible,in is opinion,the total loss of my hair, because it was falling a lot, quickly and from all of the head... In youropinion, because of your stories... how long until getting bald? that's what is stressing me more... see it falling and falling and falling.... i have short hair, for lucky, but if it continues this way i'm thinking shaving...

Sorry about my not perfect english! ;)

thank you very much!
Best regards!
Cátia

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Comment by HilEspi on May 28, 2013 at 12:58pm

Hi Catia!

I was diagnosed a year ago. My hair, just like yours started out with a startling patch and then from there just came out in clumps. About 3 days later as the hair fell out I could not handle it and had my friend shave my head. It took 5 months of nearly weekly shaving (it kept the growth even so my head didn't look as patchy) before I could just let my hair grow.

Sadly, about 2 months ago I lost patches on my temples. But the good news is that the hair loss was limited to those places. Currently I have a huge flop of hair on the top of my head with short sides.

Shaving my head was the best thing for me. I felt like I was not hiding and could walk around strong. Like you I am in my 20s, so I think that my new "alternative" look was a little easier for strangers to understand. I tried wigs, but they were not for me (itchy, hot and just not my style). Like you I also rejected the shots and focused on alternative ways to promote a healthy immune system.

Hang in there!

H

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Comment by Catia on May 28, 2013 at 5:45pm

Thanks for your comment Hil!!! It is really good to feel that we are not alone! i'll see another dermatologist on tuesday( i was diagnosed on last week) i don't know what i'm going to do there( listen the same think!) but my mom insists and maybe for me it will be good to accept this condition and maybe take the decision of shaving... today, with a headscarf on work i felt strange, unconfortable and with the sensation that everyone was ralking about me and my different look... i'm sad, but i know that this is just hair, just appearence it will take time but it will be ok!

thanks a lot!
regards!!!!!!

Comment by Paulo Rodrigues on May 29, 2013 at 7:27am

Olá Cátia,...desde já espero que te encontres da melhor forma possível,...eu no meu caso não foi em pouco tempo que fiquei totalmente careca,mas até poderá não ser um exemplo a ver,poderá haver situações que demorem menos tempo,...ou ainda mais,não sei. No meu caso posso dizer-te que comecei a encontrar peladas com 21 anos e fiquei totalmente careca,com cerca de 30 anos,...por aqui vês que no meu caso foi imenso tempo,também tive inúmeros tratamentos pelo meio,é certo,mas sem qualquer resultado até ao último,este sim tive resultados positivos,mas ao fim de uma semana sem as injecções,comprimidos e cremes,os cabelo tornou a cair,desde aí nunca mais tentei nada,...
...entretanto vamos falando,...cumprimentos e boa sorte!!

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