it's been a while. kinda because i was lazy and kinda because losing 99.25% of your hair can be a little jarring. since i last posted, i lost all of my hair. all. of. it. eyebrows. eyelashes. nose hair. leg hair (yay!). arm hair... basically every hair except for the hair on one toe and one knuckle. no joke.
the timeline of my hair loss looked like this:
november: a few big bald spots
december: a lot more big bald spots
january: started wearing a wig
february: eyebrows started to go
march: eyelashes started to go
april: eyebrows gone
june: eyelashes gone
it was a solid year with absolutely no regrowth (other than the 8 week stint on an immunosuppressant - but that's another blog post). i've got some tiny patches coming back on my head, a bunch of eyebrow hairs and a few eyelashes. not enough to really toot my horn about, but enough to make me feel good that at least my body can still produce hair. baby steps, am i right?
what's changed? who heckin' knows. i might have slightly less stress. but i still eat my weight in sugar everyday (and love it). i exercise sometimes. no special vitamins or spiked hammers. just livin' my best life and trying to not sweat the bald stuff.
when i saw my doctor / dermatologist, they confirmed that because i'd lost all of my hair (lashes and all) i now have alopecia universalis (i used to have alopecia areata). my doctor also mentioned that going from one type of alopecia to another is basically unheard of.
so, here we are! still on this fun adventure of hair lost (and found). hopefully my menagerie of hair sprouts continue to grow and bring some friends with them!
