I haven't read the entire thread OP but just here to give you encouragement. My Mother had a bad case with several bald areas and had to wear a wig for a year. However, all her hair grew back and she never endured another bout with it.

I wish I could give you some advice but my Mo's case was more than 40 years ago; I think the condition is better understood now and so is prevention and treatment. And as others have noted - it's now understood to be an autoimmune disorder so start there.

Best to you

Anonymous wrote:there is some sort of hair connection to the thyroid. I know this because if you lose the hair on the outside of your eyebrows (toward the end), a doc will want to look at your thyroid levels.

There's also a connection between thyroid and prematurely gray hair (the conditions tend to run together in families; if you have a thyroid condition the doctor may ask you if you have relatives that went gray prematurely)

Both Hashimoto's (common cause of hypothyroidism) and alopecia are autoimmune disorders. Once you have one autoimmune disorder you're more likely to have others. I have Hashimoto's and have a small round bald spot at the back of my part. I never made a connection between my autoimmune disorder and the bald spot but now I am. I have lost a lot of my hair too, but luckily I have long curly hair and you can't tell as much. My hairdresser was the one who told me about the bald spot. I just started taking biotin so hopefully that will help, but what else should I do?

Me thyroid about 1/3 of my hair came out in clumps it was awful got thyroid sorted, take Biotin, yoga, it's come back (thank goodness as fine thin hair).

When I was 21 I noticed a small bald spot on the
Crown of my head. It grew to the size of my fist by the time I could have it injected with a cortico steroid. I had to have it injected every 4-6 weeks for 3 years before the hair grew back on the crown. During that time and for about 7 years after I would get other small round bald patches and have them treated as well. I am 32 now and haven’t had a small bald patch since I was approximately28. It was a truly horrific experience that robbed me of my confidence for the majority of my 20s. If you are experiencing symptoms like mine, keep hope that it is possible for it to stop eventually with treatment. Good luck and remember that you are beautiful and valuable with or without hair!

I've had hair loss since I was I my late teens. AA or not, not sure, it's very diffuse. But research by dr king at Yale suggested a JAK 3 inhibitor (xeljanz).

I've been taking it for a year and it's nearly all grown back - I'm in my 40s now and my hair is as good as it was in my 20s.

Friends did but took a good few years. She had a difficult time and as soon as the stress stopped, the hair grew back.

I am 14 I have went through intradermal injection when will it grow back after a week also my hair is just falling .I have alopecia for 3 months

Anonymous wrote:Just wanted to add that my sister lost a lot of her hair from alopecia areata and got it to grow back taking Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN). It's an off label use so you may have trouble finding a doc to prescribe it though (she is a doc herself so could get her own Rx). Good luck, It took several month but her hair looks awesome again now.

My sister also used LDN for her alopecia and her hair grew back. I have been using LDN for my autoimmune thyroid condition with great success too. Best way to find a doc is to call a compounding pharmacy and ask which doctors in the area are prescribing it.

Yes! Mine did I had 2 small bald spots on my head. Also my hair fell out after I gave birth but everything is growing back. When I was 1at diagnosed with A.A. I was given a topical clear ointment to put on my bald spots it looked like a big visine bottle I forgot the name of it also I took biotin too.

I've had it since I was 7 and I'm 18 now. What treatments should I ask the dermatologist?

there is some sort of hair connection to the thyroid. I know this because if you lose the hair on the outside of your eyebrows (toward the end), a doc will want to look at your thyroid levels.

There's also a connection between thyroid and prematurely gray hair (the conditions tend to run together in families; if you have a thyroid condition the doctor may ask you if you have relatives that went gray prematurely)

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Anonymous wrote:Sides. Is this happening to anyone else?

This is a relative. She lost her eyebrows and lost hair behind her ears. She's taken Synthroid her entire adult life. She had everything tested and learned she needed to reduce the amount of Synthroid.

Did reducing the synthroid work?

that's interesting my sister had this and she too took syntheroid no one ever mentioned a connection.

My older niece has alopecia. it's really sad. she's completely bald and it started around age 4. She's now a preteen. My other niece, her younger sister has had major hair loss but not complete loss and it's grown back twice but it's been an awful experience for her as well.

Anonymous wrote:I am very troubled by a small bald spot on my head. It's in a visible location (above my forehead); I can hide it somewhat by parting my hair a certain way, but a lot of scalp is still visible.

I went to a dermatologist for cortisone shots every 4-6 weeks for about a year, with no improvement. Additionally, the cortisone left a dent in my head at the site of injection, and I am not sure if/when that will go away.

If you've had alopecia areata, did it ever go away? I am sad because I feel like my hair is never going to grow back.

Thanks in advance.

I have the same problem I got a shot now I have a dent. Did your dent go away ? Please help thank u

Just wanted to add that my sister lost a lot of her hair from alopecia areata and got it to grow back taking Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN). It's an off label use so you may have trouble finding a doc to prescribe it though (she is a doc herself so could get her own Rx). Good luck, It took several month but her hair looks awesome again now.