Pictures Update

These are my new pictures. One side is a little bit better. I cannot say that I have no anxiety at all. Untill I don't have any, I dont expect big improvements. But it is pretty much job related... I am sure I can still make it :). I think it is important to be focusses on curing not the AA but the reason why we have it. So, for example, when we have stress at the office, and then we get some patches, we should first treat the stress, because if we don't solve that problem we will still suffer from AA. I continue with my B12 vitamins, and my minoxidil (once a day). I quit on the Cortisone almost a year ago, cause I really cannot make any difference, at least not in the beard and it is not so good to use it.

Alopecia Areata in Women

I always think that for us, as men, Alopecia is really hard to accept, but in the worse case we can just shave our scalp. There are many bold men who don't even have alopecia areata,just alopecia, and shave their scalps daily. I even read once about a Spanish man that asked for a laser removal of his scalp, because he was shaving it since he was 16 and didn't want to do it anymore. But for women, it must be extremely hard. This video shows us a Swedish girl telling us her story through a video made of pictures. As I read in her profile, she has some mental disorders, like ansiety, which of course is always very much related to Alopecia. She is very pretty without hair anyway and has a very beautiful eyes.

Christopher Reeve

Actor Christopher Reeve suffered also from AA. He had steroid injections every three months while playing the part of Superman. He also wrote a book called Nothing is impossible, where he said that at age sixteen he developed aa, but he was able to comb over the spots. You can read the first chapter from this link.

Link between tooth infection and hair loss

Intersting article .This article in English from the University of Granada says that there is a sometimes a relation between infection on teeth and alopecia areata . When I saw my first patch I was told to visit the dentist , although I already thought that it was stress related. It is always a good thing to check . Professors José Antonio Gil and Antonio Cutando also advise going to the dentist when you notice localized hair loss, so you can get an examination of your oral health.

Cinder from the St. Louis Zoo.

Cinder is a hairless chimpanzee from the St Louis zoo. When she was born, she had hair, but she began to loose it after some months. During the first months Cinder was treated but nothing helped. She was diagnosed with alopecia areata.
Cinder is 13 now and after all this years, the lack of hair hasn't been a problem in her social relations with other chimpanzees . She has never been treated differently!

Charlie Villanueva Alopecia Story

Nice video from Charlie Villanueva both for Spanish and English ! Charlie is quite involved with Naaf and always helping. He said to the girl: Raise your face, look at me , you are like me, don't be shy!

Pictures Update

More pictures...few improvements...but not worse...I don't know if I should be happy. I have just started to have b12 vitamins and Zinc following just my own criteria. I will not eat more than of course the adviced dosis, and only for a couple of months...just to see if they help. I have read many times about Zinc and B12 beeing important in AA. Well, I dont think having the vitamins for a short period will do any harm.