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[quote=Anonymous]This happened to me in my early 20s, I'm 30 now. I also had a spot right at the front of my hairline (in addition to 2 less obvious spots). I did steroid shots twice but also had a steroid cream that I used daily -- can't remember the name but it helped a lot. The hair did grow back w/in 6 months but lost all pigmentation. It's now a solid white patch that I color regularly. I have a history of graves' disease but wasn't on medication at the time bc my thyroid levels were within normal. I was under a ton of stress when this happened and lost 3 patches over a year.. Although my levels were w/in normal, endo suspected my system was working extra hard to keep it that way (my anti-thyroid antibody levels were through the roof) so she prescribed synthroid. Haven't had a problem since and hope it's gone for good. I vividly remember how awful the wait was wondering if it would grow back and my pure elation when I saw fuzzy hair finally start to grow in. I didn't even care that it was white! I hope some of this info helps -- Good luck to you. [/quote]
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