So I have had this page for some time now and Ive just been reading other people's blog's, to see if I am doing something wrong. I've been researching this condition just recently. I've actually had Alopecia all my life but nobody ever told me thayt it would progress. All my life I've seen doctors and they say you have Alopecia never the type or that it would be a chance I would lose all my hair since I was born with it. I had beautiful hair and long I would always get a few patches here and… Continue

Hello,

I have a wig boutique in Toronto and a I am often asked this question: Is there any financial help for alopecian teenagers still in school?

If anyone can help please contact me.

I would love to help and advise these teenagers.

Best
Gabi

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My name is Islem, i'm from TUNISIA, i'm 26 years old, i would like to share my story for a long time ago but i didn't have the courage to publish it. Actually I leaved alopecia world for a while and now I’m back. So here we go..

2000 : I was diagnosed by Thyroid problems, it’s okay I take my medication and everything going well.

June 2001 : I had alopecia since i was 14, i admit that at that age i didn't really know what's going on with my hair I thought it was just a…

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Every now and again, I'll feel like purging. I find some curious soul and satisfy their curiosity by divulging my deepest alopecia secret. Been completely bald for 3 quarters of my life. Lost all my hair smack dead at the start of puberty, in that same rude and dusruptive way that alopecia tends to do. They stare into my eyes in awe waiting for my tear glands to fill up - but I'll never give them the satisfaction. Next they may say something completely thoughtless and unfeeling like "you're… Continue

I found out the coolest thing today!!! My Utah Studies teacher Mrs. Winn used to have a form of Alopecia. She asked me about my hair today so we had a little conversation about my Alopecia and how she used to have it. I brought up Alec my Alopecia Buddy because he is in her first period class with my friend Emily (I have it eighth period) so yeah I just thought it would be fun and cool to tell you guys!!!

Dear all,

I have suffered from AA for around 3 years, developing into a mixture of AA and AU over time. At some point, I mostly had no hair on my head, and several patches all around.

In June I started treatment with SADBE and I have to say that my hair has gone back in full (no eyelashes though, as the medicine that I take is not good for the eyes). I am not sure how long the effects will last, but I can guarantee that I look now exactly the same as before suffering from…

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Hi,

I was just wondering....how do you know when it is the right
time to tell a person you are interested in dating about
your "oddity" I met this guy..and I've seen him a few times but he hasn't a clue I'm completely bald.. I have AT (so far)...I feel like I'm being a fraud and dishonest:/ It's very emotionally draining..
TY...
Ellen:)

about five years ago i was diagnosed with alopecia areata and had about 3 bald spots that were completely hidable. I was going through a really stressful time in life and i completely associated my bald spots to that. it went away and the spots grew back completely(i also was a lot less stressed out) got back to my breezy self. it came back about two years after that a little bit worse(also at a time of stress, when i had just gotten pregnant) but that too grew back completely. now, after i…

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I've not had to shave my legs in years, even when my alopecia started to get 'worse' the hair was that sparse I simply plucked them.. But for a number of years now I have not even really had to do anything with them as no hairs came. This is one advantage of alopecia.

But this morning I happened to notice this one long hair on my lower leg (got long as I never need to look) so I quickly plucked. Looking closely I saw a few more, and I can't help but wonder, would I love to have hair to… Continue

I turned 31 this past summer and it seems like just yesterday I was in 5th grade. 20 years ago was the year that changed my life and set me on a collision course with God!

I was sitting in Mrs. Thorburn’s class in Brookings School. Mrs. Thorburn was an incredible teacher who didn’t put up with nonsense and we got along great because I loved to be the class clown! She was my favorite teacher in 5th grade and that year turned out to be a year I would never forget.

I had semi-long…

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Hi everyone,

I've just joined and really want to share the things I've found most effective for treating alopecia areata.

1) Go straight to a proper Trichologist. Don't bother with dermatologists as, like G.P's, they tend to just prescribe topical steroids, (which I was uncomfortable using and found to be rubbish)

2) Get your iron level checked. The optimum ferritin level is between 70 and 100, and levels lower than that are associated with fatigue, breathlessness and…

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Hi! I am about to turn 35 years old and after doing some math, realized I have been dealing with AA for 15 years now. It started my freshman year of college - one morning I woke up and most of both my eyebrows had fallen out. I actually didn't really worry too much about it. As time went on, though, the hair on the right side of my head started to recede all along the hairline, along with the right eyebrow. The left side of my head was perfect! This went on for years. I visited doctors and…

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Hi, everyone,

How do you deal with potential dates? I have tried wearing a wig and hated it, so am now going to try wearing a bandana while trying treatment with Minoxidil.

I believe that one of my potential 'romantic' possibilities has been put off by my alopecia, and I really don't see any future 'possibilities' while my scalp is getting more bald. It annoys me on two counts - (1) - I obviously don't like losing my hair, but (2) on the other hand, I still have more hair than…

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