100% hairloss

kevin i lost my hair when i was 5 years old and i am 21now kevin please help me elizabeth

and i have alopecia it has made me lose 100% of my head hair

I assume this is alopecia areata. I can only suggest you consider a contact sensitizing treatment. The clinic where I work treats peole from all over Germany who may have had AA for many many years but the response rate is still pretty good. The longer AA goes on the less likely it is to respond to treatment but if there is a response the chances of good hair growth are equal to those who have only recently developed AA.

The main problem is that contact sensitizing treatments are not widely available and although some derms are willing to have a go, there is something of an art to finding the right dose and treatment frequency and prior experience helps improve the success rate. In this clinic the treatment protocol is tailored to each individual - there is no standard dose or application frequency. We adjust the treatment as required for each person.

In terms of new treatments - well some derms are trying out Aldara cream, but I have doubts about how effective it is myself. We are working with a small company here in Germany on a new treatment approach but it's early days and we don't know if it will be any better than what is already available.

For the most part our lab has gone back to basics and we are looking at genetics and trying to work out the mechansims involved in AA. This will yield results but not in the near future.
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Kevin do you have any hope? I am in my 50's and lost all my hair at age 10. Do you think that I have any chance of ever regrowing anything anywhere? thanks ,Tony

Tony, I think where there is life, there is hope. God Bless.

With AA there is always the chance of hair regrowth. But AA is so unpredictable that the future course of the condition in any one person is not possible to determine. Statistically, 70% of those who get AA recover fully. But that leaves 30% who have persistent AA or go through repeated cycles of growth and relapse.

Having AA for 40 years does not mean there will never be full regrowth, but with time it does mean there is less chance of response to treatment. However, I have seen people in our clinic with AU for 40 years who have responded to DCP/SADBE treatment (although success rate is ony around 25% for these patients), and there are those who have have spontaneous regrowth after 20-30-40-50 years.
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What is the difference between AA And Alopecia Totalis, thank you

Has anyone out there had to deal with a lifetime of Marie Unna hypotrichosis. Virtual baldness has dominated the course of my life but i still refuse to cover up with a wig just to conform. I feel very disappointed that there is not enough help in my area of grimsby lincs for my condition. Anyone out there with any advice? At 39 I'm open to all offers!!

AA means alopecia areata which is the general term for this non-scarring autoimmune form of hair loss. AT means alopecia totalis which specifically refers to a presentation where there is 100% scalp hair loss but no hair loss elsewhere. It is the same condition as alopecia areata (you can call it AA), but the label just indicates the presentation of the hair loss.
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If anyone knows an answer I would be greatful. Two weeks ago my twin brother and I both had full goatees. Now both of us have a smooth bald sport shaped like a bean in the exact same spot on our chins. We only see each other once a month at best, but this was noticed by our mother who saw us at separate times, and brought us together to examine them. Is this Alopecia Areata or something else?