One day out of the blue I started to feel this irritating itching in my scalp and within a week I saw my hair has fallen out in a perfect round 1 inch in diameter bald spot on the top of my head. Following that, the same spot got wide and other hair loss in patches stated to show up. Now when this happened I had to wear my hair up all the time and it depressed me because I did not know what was happening to me.
I also noticed when I am studying my head starts to hurt and the affected areas starts to get really irritated. It affected my studies…from a grade A student I fell to a grade C student.
I visited approximately 5 doctors who gave me different diagnosis, and load of medication for things I was sure was not related. Then someone told me I should visit a dermatologist (which i did do).
Dermatologist diagnosed me with Alopecia Areata, and then she gave me Cortisone injections that had a side effect of weight gain (this adds to my depression). I have trouble losing the weight to this day and I also have a lot of stomach problems after the treatment.
Even thought some patches are slowly growing back, there is another problem… I have very straight hair and now the new growth is growing back really curly. I am really lost and depress about the whole situation. I even thought about shaving off all of my hair. But fat and bald don’t work for a woman.
People in society can be very mean; you have to suffer with the pain of the illness and the mocking of mean mindless people who just don’t understand.
Anyway, I just wanted to share this with people who have also been diagnosed with Alopecia Areata, to let them know what they have to face and that they are not alone.
Posted: 04/15/08 - 10:58 Post subject: Alopecia Areata
I was diagnosed in December 2007. My life is a constant struggle to feel good about myself. I have worn ugly wigs and even more unattractive hair extensions. I hope thing get better soon but until then I'm staying indoors.
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