http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/ Alopecia Areata Support Group - Support Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:32:36 GMT corinne13106 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/message/21399 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/message/21399 Hi I am reasearching wig companies and styles (vacuum ect.) and was wondering what your experiences are with wigs, what you like and don't like, and what you Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:02:02 GMT s sacks http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/message/21398 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/message/21398 I have universalis as well ,officially it has not been diagnosed but its  happening They call in non cicatricial non inflammatory Alopecia. I have been Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:59:53 GMT Jessica Alvarez http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/message/21397 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/message/21397 I was reading through the welcome packet that I just got through my new insurance and it says I can get up to $400 dollars a year with a physician's Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:33:31 GMT corinne13106 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/message/21396 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/message/21396 Thanks for your response Carrie. I also have alopecia universalis but have only been dealing with it for a few months. Started seeing signs in Feb. but didn't Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:34:48 GMT Carrie Christian http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/message/21395 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/message/21395 I've researched them and they are kind of expensive. You should try to get them to make a claim for you and see if you can have insurance cover it. I went Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:26:05 GMT corinne13106 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/message/21394 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/message/21394 Jessica, I'd never heard of the Peggy Knight Brand of wigs but looked them up when I ready your reply. Have you researched them enough to find out about what Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:50:24 GMT Jessica Alvarez http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/message/21393 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/message/21393 Me too. I've always had thicker hair than my sis, but with the hair loss, her hair is thicker than mine. when I was little and the alopecia wasn't as bad I Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:16:45 GMT Carm http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/message/21392 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/message/21392 Jessica, that's funny, because that is exactly what my mother did to my sister back in Italy when she was born. They thought shaving it would make it thicker. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:36:42 GMT Jessica Alvarez http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/message/21391 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/message/21391 My sister had thinning hair when she was a baby... not alopecia. My parents just left it alone because babies sometimes had that. While my grandma was Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:28:33 GMT s sacks http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/message/21390 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/message/21390 Carm -   Even with biopsies there is some guess work. Another doctor analyzes the biopsy and many times its not black/white. I had six of them until the derm Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:28:15 GMT Carm http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/message/21389 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/message/21389 Oh, did they not take a skin biopsy? He took a piece of my scalp and then stitched it up. They did say to me that I might have typical androgenic female hair Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:24:33 GMT Carm http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/message/21388 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/message/21388 Thanks again. Mine is regrowing within months. I do remember your thoughts about gluten, and I do feel like their is some weird connection to immune Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:51:08 GMT s sacks http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/message/21387 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/message/21387 hi Carm -   I think that there is guess work involved with much of this within the medical community. Much they don't know. Yes this is a tough one. MPB is Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:24:29 GMT dgny_hk http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/message/21386 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/message/21386 Hey Carm. The spots were probably about 3 years, but always progressive with no re-growth. I think I stopped having to shave entirely (anywhere!) in 3 1/2 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:00:20 GMT Carm http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/message/21385 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alopeciaareatasupportgroup/message/21385 Interesting. What does MPB stand for? Mine showed just telogen effluvium, but I think he took them from bad spots. He should have taken them from the top of my