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.

Three bald mice

Three bald mice

From http://www.inthenews.co.uk I got this interesting new about researchers from Pennsylvania that have regenerated the hair follicles in mice. The important thing about it is that for many years scientists believed that it was not possible to redevelop hair follicles and that the loss was permanent.

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)