First Regrowth Journey
I was recently asked about my alopecia journey and I ended up creating this to really put my whole regrowth journey into prospective. *I know everyones onset, severity, healing process is different and I am only sharing mine.* I was never officially diagnosed or prescribed medication.
After first discovering the patch I thought it was anything but alopecia as I've never seen it around me or never felt "bad" in anyway for it to happen. However, I did buy minoxidil and started the routine of giving it some attention and TLC.
Around 3 months in, an acupuncturist friend of mine was visiting and told me about these capsicum patches he uses on himself…for acupressure. He told me to use them on "ST36" to help with stress reduction and gut health. I got that exact brand off of Amazon, cut the patches into pieces small enough for that area and used these everyday on that pressure point on both legs. There is no way to tell if it did the trick but I did get results.
At that time I was also using minoxidil twice a day and really trying to reduce my stress by journaling and accepting that this was happening to warn me about bottling things up, so it could be any of those things or a combination of all or just how my alopecia decided to run its course.
I do experience flair ups around may, and stick to the minoxidil and they seem to go away by August/ September. I'ma middle school teacher so I thought it was literal end of the year stress bottling up.
Anyone have similar experiences or have used acupuncture/ pressure to help?