Shared my story on Squidoo

In addition to this blog, I shared my alopecia story on squidoo. Here is the link to check out the condensed version of my story. http://www.squidoo.com/alopeciastory

Indentations

I noticed that there are indentations in my head where the cortizone was injected. Not only that, but the area that is indented isn't growing hair. I have circles of regrowth outside the injection sites. What is bothersome is that these shots were give a couple months ago. I would have expected the steroids to run their course and the indentations to be lessened by now. I did brush more hair out this morning. I found some new growth, so it is just a matter of time before all of it completely falls out and regrows. The aloe vera capsules make my skin feel a lot smoother. I no longer have dry skin. My nails seem to be improving as well. It used to be that I was using hardener on all of them to prevent them from splitting. Now, I just use it on the thumb of my right hand and I have even noticed that it isn't breaking despite the hardener as was once the case. Overall, that is improvement.

Brushed a lot out and found more regrowth

So, I can feel the new hairs, but I'm still losing hair. I finger over the regrowth at night. It is turning the normal color. I just wish that it was all over my head and thick and growing quickly. I also wish I knew if it would have happened anyway or if this is from one of the products that I tried. I think it is the Chinese herbs and aloe vera because I didn't use the Thymuskin consistently and when I was on the prednisone my hair kept falling out. The cortizone shots did work, so perhaps the prednisone stopped some inflammation, but didn't prevent the hair fallout. My sister wants to go with me to the alopecia conference next month.

Found more regrowth, BUT

Tons of hair was brushed out and washed out this morning. I was grateful to see some new regrowth and the regrowth that I mentioned yesterday is turning thick and brown! Yipee! I'll still wear a wig for a long time, but it is nice to know that there is regrowth.

The new hairs

This morning I awoke and brushed my finger over the new growth. It isn't over the entire scalp. More hair fell out this morning, but it seemed like less. However, there is much less to fall out now, so it makes sense that less would fall out. I have a dilemma. I don't know if the regrowth is due to the vitamins and herbs I'm taking or the prednisone I took a week ago. It does take some time for hair to grow, so I wouldn't have seen regrowth immediately. It is nice that it is growing back. I'm hoping that my head will have regrowth at the front by January so I can start teaching swimming again. That is when the next session starts. I would still need to wear the volumizer or a wig to look normal. But, time will tell. Who knows if this new growth will stay.

New growth! More falls out.

I found new growth in an area that was not an injection site! When I purchased the Hairvive Chinese herbs, it said that six bottles were enough to start regrowth. I was down to the last couple pills in the sixth bottle this morning when I noticed some vellus hairs on the top of my head. I'm not going to attribute that to Calosol, which I have only taken for three days. I'll continue to use the Calosol to encourage more growth, but I think it was the Chinese herbs and aloe vera capsules that caused the regrowth. I expect all my hair to fall out, but I fully expect it to regrow.

Lost a lot of hair this morning

It seemed like I brushed out a ton in the morning. Really disappointed about that. Oh well. I wore my cute wig and felt pretty today. I applied the Calosol. It smells like it has essential oils in it. I read on some website that they are effective in 44% of the people they tested them on. Might as well try them for awhile. I read on that particular website that onion juice was effective in 73% of the cases. So maybe I'll try onion juice again in the near future. I think it will be easier to try after my head is bare. I'm moving quickly to that point.