This place is such a trip for me! I had no idea that so many others deal with the same basic problems I do. My form of alopecia is different from what I've been reading from many of those who have it. While most (at least from what I've read) once had a full head of hair and then lost it, I was simply born with it. I was completely bald at birth and very, very, *very* slowly started accumulating a little bit of hair. My hair has never grown past where it is right now though - very sparse, very thin, and maybe a couple inches long.