So last week Thursday my dermatologist stated that I had Alopecia Areata for sure but wanted to perform a biopsy just incase. So a week later, which is today, they removed 2 stitches that I received from last week. She came back with my results and I actually have Androgentic Alopecia and Demodex Folliculitis. Which in other terms I had human mites eating at my hair follicules which in turn was making me lose my hair. They issued me a prescription for Metrogel and would like to see the…

Hello out there!

My name is Violet, I'm 21 years old and was recently diagnosed with alopecia areata. I've noticed very little hair loss in 8th grade but thought nothing of it since I seen my little sister and brother had the same little situation on their head. Once I had my daughter in January of 2010 I immediately got the Mirena IUD and noticed a significant amount of hair loss on both sides of my head by my parietal bone. I thought their was no hope so I decided to do nothing about…