MY ALOPECIA AREATA- Starts the countdown!!

Hi all!

This is my first post regarding Alopecia Areata. I have created this blog in order to share my experiences with this illness which in my case is affecting my scalp and above all my beard for the last 5 years :(. I have planned to do this to show that it is possible for me to go over the alopecia areata and win this battle...(pysicological battle in some cases)

I am going to post my pictures from today. Today , I have only one little spot in my head and several all over my beard as you can see in the pictures. I will update these pictures every 1 month . I think I am more a alopecia areata barbae than a typical alopecia areata. Today, it is 20th of January, and I start my countdown till 17 November (my birthday) around 10 months to see if I am able to get my beard back... maybe not time enough...but let's see what I can do.I will think everyday that IT IS POSSIBLE.

I will be happy to read your words and your experience. Sorry about my english, please contact me for whatever you may like to share.

Past: I had the illnes , due in my opinion to stress/ansiety...so I think it is stress related in my case.This is a personal opinion. I got it just 6 months after I started working for the first time.
I had been fighting with it for last 5 years...and got several patches in my head and several that I stil keep in my beard. The ones in the head dissapeared but not the ones in my beard.The alopecia areata barbae has one good thing and one bad. The good one is that is more difficult to see, and the bad one is that is more resistant to treatment and harder to treat also. It is in the skin of your face, so you have to take care not to damage it. This is the second time I start the blog. Fist time I was just new in town , new in a job and I think I had to many new things in my life. I will really focus and do my best and show everyone that it is possible to win AA.

Current Treatment: 5% minoxidil twice a day (morning+night)