itsallgone39
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I am a 39 year old married mother of 2 children, ages 14 and 12. In Nov. 2010 I noticed that I seemed to be losing alot of hair when showering. Not really thinking there was a concern I mentioned in passing to the girls I worked with. On Nov 20th (day 1) I got a hair cut and asked my hair dresser to see if she saw anything unusal, she did find a small bald spot on the back ... from there everything went down hill. After my hair cut by Monday morning (day 3) most of the top of my hair where it parted was gone, I called my doctor and he ran what seemed like hundreds of blood tests on Thursday (day 5) I went to visit my gynocologist and told her I would be bald by the end of the week, with not one ounce of compassion she told me that "sometimes that happens". The following Friday (day 13) it was off to the dermatologist. He was very compassionate but puzzled. We do not live in a big city and he said he had never seen any hair loss to that extent. He gave me a cortizone shot in hopes of stopping the hair loss. I think this may have helped some but not for long. There was not hiding what was happening to me. I had to endure family get togethers over Thanksgiving with people commenting on my hats I wore. (I never would have been caught in a hat before this happened, I took pride in my hair and went to my hair dress once every few months, tried new syles and colors and was always complimented on my hair) By day 19 there was nothing more that could be done to hid what was going on. My friend just happened to work at a wig store and told me to come in and she would take care of me, that she did, she shaved of what little stragglers of hair was remaining in the back she fitted me with a wig that most people don't know is a wig. This was alot to absorb in a matter of weeks. My friends and family were all alarmed and scared about what was happening. I was scared to try to explain to my 12 year old son what was going on. I didn't understand it myself and trying to explain to my children was the hardest part. My 14 year old daughter took it the hardest, I don't think it was the point of having a bald mother it was the scare factor. Was this going to happen to her, why did it happen to me. My husband wanted me to stop everyhing I was doing since people kept saying it was stress that caused this. From that point on I decided that I had to keep my head held high and not let this get me down, my first dermatologist commented that I was taking it well. I told him I had kicked and screamed and bawled and it hadn't done me any good I had a family that needed me and counted on me and I had to go on with my life. Since then I have lost all the other hair on my body, eyebrows gone, eyelashes gone, along with nose hair and any other places you have hair. I have now moved on to a bigger hosptial with docotrs who have seen this before, it has been 8 months of various treatments and I have seen very little regrowth, I will continue to try the treatments that are left for my family's sake, not mine. I have decided if I can't have the hair I had before I do not want thin patches of hair, I would rather have none at all. I wear my wig most of the time, sometimes I will got out with a hat or scarve. I didnt think I would ever be able to do this but I guess it all comes over time. I am not worried about what people think about me or my hair loss as long as my children and husband are comfortable with it that's all that matters to me. I am sorry this is so lengthy but if just one person reads this and can have a litte comfort from it that was my goal.