Currently on oral Minox 1.0mg at night (started on .5) in Feb and went up to 1.0mg in May. I started on spiro .50mg about a week ago. Wondering if anyone might be able to tell if this looks more like breakage instead of growth
Hate that I see a little expansion too. I’m keeping up with my treatment topicals and my derm visits for injections and evaluations. :/ hope I get 100% soon
If you zoom in closely you might see a bald spot in the back of my head.. is this an alopecia?
I’m an EXTREMELY self conscious person especially about my hair. (32F) I have AGA and alopecia areata so I already had thinning hair, but with the AA, my confidence went down so bad. I noticed my first (so far only) AA spot in the very end of December (28th I believe) and since it grew about a lemon size, but hasn’t really gotten bigger since my steroid injections. It happened 5 months after a break up and the realization of cheating/overlapping our relationship so that messed me up badly emotionally and mentally— I started heavy drinking, smoking, staying up all night crying and crying, and on top dealing with my dads illness, so my body was just taking it left and right, and lucky me… AA said “heyyyy 😊”
Now I’m seeing someone, and it’s been since February and he doesn’t know about my AA. Idk what to do, or how to go about this. Since we’ve been going out he’s only seen my hair in the two hair styles I put up, or with a hat on since it’s sunny. And he’s known me since 2024 and I used to always wear my hair down. He hasn’t asked or seems suspicious, but for example I look visibly uncomfortable when he puts his arm around my shoulder cause if he touches my hair, I feel like the AA will peek out. And I quickly adjust myself or my hair to make sure no strands move. I hate when he has me walk in front of him too!! Like he always lets me or wants me to walk ahead of him and it’s annoying cause I’m like fuck.. idk why he can see or not see! I take constant bathroom breaks to get my phone and use the front camera and mirror on the back of my head just to check.
I can’t seem to relax and I feel like I’m not ready to talk about it, but he sees me as being very distant emotionally and physically. And I am, and now a lot of it has to do with my hair.
To anyone that has started dating/seeing someone shortly after discovering you had alopecia please let me know how you went about it? How the convo went?
This sounds so bad, but I have the urge some days to just ghost him because of it, but I know he cares about me a lot, but the AA has made me hate myself.
March/April I was having good middle of my spot growth, and now it’s gone and I’m feeling so discouraged. I’ve had this AA spot (first time ever) been here since end of December. 2 rounds of steroid shots, and it just seems so slow. I have two different topicals my derm is having me apply and I’ll admit I’m not good at the routine. I’m off and on with it, but idk if that has much to do with it.
I’ve been stressing a LOT lately with my job and personal relationships.. idk if that’s affecting me as well. Just feeling so sad lately. Like very very sad