Alopecia
October 4, 2011 by hrform3
Filed under Baldness Hair Loss
Alopecia affects hair growth and can lead to permanent hair loss. A dermatologist explains the causes, progression and treatment options
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@ShirleyLedlie I’m very sorry to hear your situation. The main reason a chemo drug can cause permanent hair loss is that it has killed all the fast-growing cells in the area, the sort that form hair folicles. (This is why you lost hair to begin with, in order to kill the fast growing cancer it has the shotgun effect of targeting everything that grows fast.) Usually this is temporary and ceases to be an issue after the treatments are finished, but as you know sometimes it can be permanent.
Sorry but dermatologists are a joke. I was kept on medication for years for my acne by a dermatologist who told me my diet had nothing to do with it so I should eat what I wanted. I was drinking soda, eating pizza, dairy, fried foods, candy, etc. I got so fed up that my dermatologist could not get rid of my acne that I changed my diet drastically to see what would happen. In 30 days I was cured of my acne and never had it again. I stopped all medication and never went back to the quack!
im 15 and have had alopecia my whole life and its that experience as a child that helps u cope with it and makes u stronger
yours sincerely
some guy with alopecia
@sandeAKA1 Its alot harder than I would have ever imagined.
I was just diagnosed. Alopecia Aereta, Is anyone a member of Alopecia World? My name is David AG Graff…feel free to request me
I am 13 and I have had this since birth and never had hair and they say I will be like this for the rest of my life
i was diagnosed two days ago i have two spots that are joined 3 by 6 and I’m fearful that i will have the second stage (complete baldness) but i love the fact that i might have a chance to go fully bald by shaving. Ive always felt women that had to do that or needed to always glow a beautiful glow….i hope to be as beautiful one day too…keep your heads up..its gonna be hard.
When I was 13 I lost every single strand of hair on my body and it took a full year before I was told why it was happening. Everyone at school thought I had aids or something and wouldn’t come near me. It was pretty rough.
It got better though. You have to be able to make fun of it, laugh at yourself. And let your close friends know that they’re allowed to poke fun at you as well, within reason. The more comfortable you are with the situation, the less people actually notice.
I don’t know if this will help or hurt, but my had alopecia and she lost all the hair on her head for many years, i dont know the exact number but i think it was close to 20, then one day it came back and now she has a full head of hair. Also technology is getting so much better and we live in an exponential age of development particularly here in America, so it seems pretty likely that some sort of comprehensive treatment will be created within the next 10 years, im not basing that off anythin
I know how you feel, i also have this. I found out when i was 20 or 21. It was so difficult at first, you tried to hide it and envy people who has nice hair. I had a very low self-esteem then. I still have some patches though but for this condition you just have to accept it and just feel good about yourself no matter what.
we are perfectly okay. 
I have it and i cover it up all the time, im ashamed…:( is ugly..
Your right my mom has it and she is beautiful with or with out it. Its like shaving your head you dont need hair to be who you are..Dont let hair slow you down from living your life
I’m 14 and i have Alopecia, it sucks…
But atleast I’m not bald from cancer or anything bad..
Plus i thought i used to look bad with hair, so i guess it’s ok.
And for the girls with Alopecia…I just wanna say, you look beautiful no matter what, so don’t wear wigs, they’re ugly.
I have it and im 14 i pretty much lost all my hair but my eye lashes and it really sucks and i agree most people don’t know how hair is really important. All my friends say its not that hard but it really is. Really sucks but i guess what you live threw makes you stronger.
im 16 and ive had this for 5 years. its hard on me a lot of the time, but i realize it makes me a stronger person and for that im thankful.
im still praying it’ll grow back, but when it does it does…
You’re the same as I. Even if I got my eyebrows and eyelashes back I’d be happy.
I’m a male, and it’s really hard for me too.
People do not realise how important your hair is till its gone. Its so distressing.
I had the chemo drug Taxotere, i was told it would grow back because the drugs company sanofi Aventis hush -up this side effect .
I have been told its permanent, i would have chosen another chemo had i known.
This is now happening to many women.
So, what how does a chemo drug prevent hair growing back?
Whats being done to help people with Alopecia? Its a terrible, terrible thing to live with.
when im 40 im gonna go bald smoke cigarettes and put on some cologne
My daughter is 12yr old and has alopecia.
2 years ago 2 small patches appeared then joined to make 1 larger one (about 5cms by 2cms) she also has another patch about the size of a 1p piece.. she’s been on scalp treatment for about 5 months and now the large patch has downie hair growing. thankfully as she has such long thick hair the patches can be hidden
Wow. This is so sad
My heart goes out to anyone with this.
Me too, I haven’t a hair on my body at all, I don’t mind too much, I just wish I had my eyebrows and eyelashes back!
i have it it sucks
…i have it on my head and on my eyelashes
My dad and his brother had this many many years ago. Total hair loss as far as I know. Their hair grew back eventually but they did have baldness, but nothing that looked unnatural or asymmetric.