11-03-2008, 04:00 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Vernon, BC
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Alopecia
Anyone here have it or had it? I got this little bald spot on the side of my head pointed out by my barber. I had it once before and it went away within a month. Just wondering if anyone else has ever experienced this.
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11-03-2008, 04:09 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: @robdashjamieson
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I know it doesn't help much, but it was going to come up sooner or later...
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11-03-2008, 04:14 PM
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Set up an appointment with a dermatologist, he can shoot your scalp up with cortisone, which should do the trick.
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11-03-2008, 04:52 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Calgary, AB
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I had it once when I was in elementary. The hair just grew back after a little while and haven't suffered from it since. I was the target of jokes for a while in the school yard due to it. Apparently it can be a chronic problem in some people, but luckily since it has been so many years without an occurrence for me, the chances of a recurrence are low for myself.
I didn't need the cortisone injections, but it might be something you want to consider. Talk to a dermatologist about it.
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11-03-2008, 06:19 PM
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We're good friends, me and alopecia.
I got it in my late 20s. A little hair on the pillow. A little bald spot on my head.
8 weeks later I had no hair.
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11-03-2008, 06:29 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Isn't that what Toronto Raptor Charlie Villanueva has. I think I heard that at at one point.
Last edited by Dion_Iggy_Kipper!!!; 11-03-2008 at 07:02 PM.
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11-03-2008, 06:54 PM
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First Line Centre
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Hmmm, relapsing-remitting hair loss such as your story is out of keeping with standard male pattern baldness. If you don't have a history of trauma, or corn rows (seriously), then you start to wonder about auto-immune processes. I'd go see your GP about it for further work up.
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11-03-2008, 06:55 PM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fotze
Alopecia isn't a black stripper?
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Oh she is. Thats why we're good freinds. Me and Hugh party like its 1999.
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11-03-2008, 06:59 PM
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fotze
That's doctor-speak for "You have Aids"?
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Interesting question, althouth I would think aids might actually stop the auto immune process! CURED!
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11-03-2008, 07:06 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Jose, CA
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I was JUST (like literally 15 seconds ago) looking up what this word meant because it's listed as a side effect for my dad's chemo medicine, and low and behold, there's a thread for it!
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11-03-2008, 07:11 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Delthefunky
Anyone here have it or had it? I got this little bald spot on the side of my head pointed out by my barber. I had it once before and it went away within a month. Just wondering if anyone else has ever experienced this.
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Are you sure he did not just slip with the clippers and blame it on Alopecia?
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11-03-2008, 07:16 PM
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by fotze
Oh I didn't know that was the same phenomena, I thought chemo was to kill the fastest growing cells, of which hair and hopefully cancer are some of them. N.Fart is probably horrified by my awesome medical knowledge.
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You do have a very un-orthodox approach to things, and yet you're not too far off the mark. But by us saying things with 5x the words, half of them made up as we go, makes us seem smarter. So there!
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11-04-2008, 08:00 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: beautiful calgary alberta
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my niece got it when she was 15 and went 70 percent bald, but it never came back..i dont know what kind of treatments are available today, but when i took my hairdressing course many moons ago there was no cure for it..go to a dermatologist immediately though..the quicker u deal with anything the better..the name for it is alopecia areata..some people get it over there entire bodies..i know a guy in red deer that doesnt have any body hair or head hair..but i just read that 50 percent of people do get hair growth back..so i wish u all the best!
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Last edited by BuzzardsWife; 11-04-2008 at 08:03 AM.
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11-04-2008, 08:34 AM
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: The 6
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I had it when I was like 12, supposedly it was stressed related. I was missing big blotches of hair but eventually it grew back and I haven't had any problems with it since.
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11-04-2008, 08:36 AM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fotze
Alopecia isn't a black stripper?
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Prince's girlfriend in Purple Rain.
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11-04-2008, 11:23 AM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BuzzardsWife
my niece got it when she was 15 and went 70 percent bald, but it never came back..i dont know what kind of treatments are available today, but when i took my hairdressing course many moons ago there was no cure for it..go to a dermatologist immediately though..the quicker u deal with anything the better..the name for it is alopecia areata..some people get it over there entire bodies..i know a guy in red deer that doesnt have any body hair or head hair..but i just read that 50 percent of people do get hair growth back..so i wish u all the best!
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Alopecia universalis is when you lose all your hair.
Cortizone injections are step 1. Prednesone was step 2 for me. I opted out. No big deal for a guy to be bald. Most people don't even clue in. They just ask how often I shave my head.
Would suck to be a bals chick though.
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