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Hello! I'm Amy and I'm new here...well its all new to me!! I started losing my hair aroung March of 2010. My daughter and I went to go get our hair done and about a month maybe less i found a bald spot by my right temple at 1st i dnt know what the heck then i week later i found another then another. I started looking up reasons for bald spots and came across Alopecia Areata the monent I saw it i knew! The stress really got to me then i got depensed then i went to the walk in clinic they took blood work and i was perfectly heathy and they refered me to someone else she didnt know alot about Alopecis either so she put me on anxiety pills and vitamins and anti-depressants. I got worse both hair and mentally I quit my job suddenly with no warning and sat in this house for almost 2 months!!! Finally my husband said i need to try to go to work again and try to stay positive...but how I ask how??!! I called my boss and told him what was going on and apoligized for leaving and he hired me back no questions asked really I was shocked...still am shocked!!! I also got a wig which is nice dont get me wrong but it hurts my head and i never had thick hair and this thing is THICK!! lol It gives me massive headaches today was the worst of all, but Im not ready to be bald yet :( and i dont look good i dont feel good i dont know man really I dont! Like I said the is all recent for me I'm learning how to deal slowly but I'm working on it!! I'm also went to a "hair specialist" for a free consultation and she looked at my scalp with a microscope and u could see the hairs coming out og the scalp but as soon as the were out they would just break off and one spot a big spot the foilics are DEAD which means NEVER going to grow back!! Will all my hair never grow back will it I mean???
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Comment by Susan P aka DGADBS on July 21, 2010 at 9:39am
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Hi Amy,
Alopecia is so unpredictable, it can grow back in one spot and fall out in another. I have a number of people who have had this happen to them at some point in time of their life (usually stressful) and they say it all grew back. I feel for you as I remember those early days and how upset I was, day by day, hour by hour, you'll get through this and be stronger for it! Take care.
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Comment by Sofia on July 22, 2010 at 9:26pm
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How old are you? I was 17 when I first started losing hair. I found a dermatologist who saw me through a corticosteroid foam treatment. It worked for me. According to my doctor (disclaimer: I am NOT a doctor) the further along in age you are when you get your first case of alopecia, the less likely you are to lose hair again. It will grow back. My hair is all back, and it's unlikely I will ever lose hair the way I did again. Trust me Amy.. It's a long and hard course, but things will get better. I almost quit my job. They didn't allow big hair accessories at my workplace, and I saw so many people everyday at work. I broke down on various occasions. I talked to my manager to request special permission to wear a black bandanna. He made an exception for me. Though I at least got to hide it, being the only person at work with 100+ employees with a head wrap piece, clearly violating uniform code... Everyone noticed. The hair loss got so bad that the piece wouldn't cover spots of loss anymore. I got a wig and claimed I got extensions. I bet few people believed me, but they at least went along with it. Sorry for the tangent, anyway, point is, if you're beyond teenage years, and this is your first time dealing with alopecia, survive this, and it's unlikely to ever happen again. Have faith, I'll be praying for you.
Psalm 139, but the piece that got me through:
"For You formed my inward parts;
You wove me in my mother's womb.
I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
WONDERFUL ARE YOUR WORKS
And my soul knows it very well...."
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Comment by amy on July 25, 2010 at 10:02am
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im 33 yrs old and just got this in feb. i found a white hair in one spot is that good????
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