Shorter hair falls out more easily

Well, now that my hair is chin length, I don't notice myself pulling the hairs out. They fall out easier because they don't get tangled amidst the other hair. It kind of minimizes the trauma of seeing all my hair in the drain. Because the hairs are smaller, they are kind of less noticable.
Everyone told me that my short hair looked nice yesterday. Unfortunately one woman that I confided in about wearing a wig asked in front of the class if it was a wig. Then she says, "oops." Yeah, thanks a lot. By chosing the same color and texture wig, I was able to hide the fact for awhile. But, the co-worker that overheard is African American and tons of African American people add extensions and don't think twice about it.
I see the dermatologist tomorrow. While the list of side effects for oral steroids is bad, I've seen double and had vertigo from seizure meds. I don't know if it can really get much worse. I think I'd be willing to take them for a little while anyway.

Washing my hair

I hate washing my hair and brushing my hair now. It is easy enough to forget that you are losing your hair when you put on a hairpiece that matches your natural color and texture so your appearance hasn't been altered too much. But when you wash your hair and clumps come out, there is the reminder.
My legs are nice and smooth now. I haven't shaved in over a week. A couple stray hairs growing long though. Not enough to notice. I'm going to keep them there to show the dermatologist on Wednesday to prove to her that it is universalis. She didn't even check five weeks ago when she gave me the injections.
While I thought I saw tiny hairs growing in the bald patch on my arm, it could have been that they just hadn't fallen out yet.
I read about how a sunburn will destroy some of the T cells and halt the progression of alopecia. Yesterday I decided that I would try to get some sun. Unfortunately, it was overcast. Any UV rays I received outside weren't enough to give me a burn. Maybe I'll try again after work if there is sun.

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Haircut

After I woke up this morning, I decided enough with the long hair. The headband hair attachment is easier to put on. It matches my hair better. I took some scissors and did a rough cut to chin length. Now my hair fits easily under my headband hairpiece. If I still want to use the volumizer, I can just pull the shorter lengths of hair through. It will be a layered look. Maybe. Even if all my hair started growing in today, I would be wearing a hairpiece for awhile because of the bald spot on the top. The patches around the base of my neck are easy enough to hide, but not the growing bald spot on the top.

Amazing!

I just noticed that this blog has had 101 impressions. I don't know why people are interested in hair falling out or the emotional impact that it has on someone.
I taught swimming today in my volumizer. It looks absolutely awful with a loose ponytail. But, the good thing is that everyone's hair looks awful when they are in the water and no one has commented on it.
I don't demonstrate as much as I should partly because of the wig. I usually have a student who is doing the skill correctly demonstrate and I tell the other kids why it is right. This is actually a safer way to teach because I can visually see what the students are doing all the time. If I demonstrate, then they could be dunking each other or horsing around.
The aloe vera isn't working for me, but I'm going to continue taking it just in case it helps my immune system in other ways or it takes awhile to help your boday. After all, it is a natural therapy. I'm going to the dermatologist on Wednesday.

More fell out

A lot of hair is falling out. I can't stop it. The aloe vera might be repairing my immune system. The person I read about had her hair fall out for three months before it stopped and grew all back in. Does that mean it was the aloe vera? Hmm...it might not have been.
I got a new hairpiece. It is a short bob with a headband. Not a full wig, just an attachment. But you see less of my natural hair. It looks better than my natural hair though. I just can't see myself wearing a headband everyday.

Not so bad

The EEG wasn't so bad. I didn't pull my own hair through the volumizer, so it bunched and got into a big tangle and when I took the wig off the technician complained that I didn't brush my hair. She had to tug at the knot, which I'm sure made more hair fall out, but it I was not too self conscious. I told her what alopecia was and that I was being treated for it. I didn't tell her the treatment wasn't working or go into detail about the alternatives I was trying. She was nice about it. Luckily it was over in an hour. I put the wig back on and left.