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Zoe Dusting left a comment for Sandi Walmsley Oct 8

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Sandi Walmsley replied to the discussion What do you do about losing eyebrows and eyelashes? Apr 15

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About Me:: Married, mother of 2. Have had all forms of alopecia from areata to universalis and I am now in "remission"? I have about 95% of my hair back.

At 4:44pm on October 8th, 2008, Zoe Dusting said…: Hey Sandi!
I live in Victoria too! Do you know Fay Melling? Do you ever go to support groups here? Looking forward to hearing from you!
-Zoe

At 7:54pm on May 26th, 2008, LeslieAnn Butler said…: Hi Sandi,
Are you still keeping your hair? How's it going?
LeslieAnn

At 11:35am on April 13th, 2008, Daria said…: Thanks....got it on cafepress.com. I got one for myself too..."everyone loves a bald girl!"

I think hormones DO play a huge factor in this...I know people who don't have alopecia who have hair gain/hair loss before and after pregnancy. I swear, the things we go through!!!!

At 3:03pm on April 2nd, 2008, Sandi Walmsley said…: Hi everyone, I had spotty patches for a while (starting in 1996), which turned in to a type the dr called "ophiasis" which was a 1-inch band missing all around the hairline (entire head). I had this for a while (maybe about a year), along with no eyelashes or eyebrows. Then a while later I gave birth to my 1st child (a daughter) and about 6-8 months after that tramatic experience is when I lost all of my body hair (100% loss). Then about a year later I got pregnant with my 2nd child (son) and it started to regrow when I was about 3-4 months pregnant. It started to re-grow on my head (only) in the nice form of a mohawk (no kidding)...the mohawk gradully grew downwards to cover my entire head. Luckily enough it grew into a hairstyle. Gradually over a period of about 3-4 years I regained about 80-90% of my hair (entire body) back. There are still some sections on my legs that I don't have back. Hormones? Not sure? I've never done any treatments in any form. I wore wigs, which I've since figured out were probably more for the benefit of others than myself. I found that people were uncomfortable if I wasn't wearing one...

At 2:18pm on April 2nd, 2008, Cindy and Samantha said…: Hi Sandi, Congrats on your remission...I too am curious if you did not anything to help it come back and how long have you been dealing with your Aleopica? I have a 6 year old with AA and at the moment she is now AT.6 months ago she still had hair and lashes and brows..AA is getting me down, but not HER....Cindy

At 12:05pm on April 2nd, 2008, Daria said…: Hi Sandi. First of all, welcome. Secondly, just out of curiosity...did you do anything in particular for the hair to come back, or did it just come back on it's own? I lost all mine 10 years ago and it came back with prednisone. I lost it all again last year but I'm no longer taking the meds and don't want to. I'm just curious if it might still come back although it's universalis right now....

At 9:51am on April 2nd, 2008, Cheryl Carvery said…: Hi Sandi, I wanted to welcome you to Alopecia World. I can honestly say that we are a great community here and I hope you enjoy the time you spend with us. Take the time to reach out to other and give your input on the forums. Take what you need from this site, you will find it will do you well.

Cheryl
co-founder

At 1:51am on April 2nd, 2008, iAMrj said…: Hi, Sandi. Welcome to Alopecia World! This is a great place for great people, so please be sure to make your positive presence known. ;-) - richard jones (iAMrj), Co-founder