The Women’s Hair Loss Project16 Jan 2023

Life Update & A New Hair Loss - Diffuse Alopecia Areata (Incognita)

This episode focuses on recapping the last year of my life. This is my life and hair loss update, they tie together. I now have a new type of hair loss in addition to the one I’ve had 24 years - female pattern baldness. The events of last year triggered this new hair loss, and so, here we are. I share about discovering I now also have diffuse alopecia areata (Incognita).

I feel like this update is messy and all over the place, but my life is messy and all over the place, so it works perfectly.

I had no idea it was possible to get more than one type of hair loss, but it is.

I vacillated over the last month on how I would treat it, if I would treat it. After a lot of reflection, I have made the decision I can live with, and I’m declining the use oral minoxidil, (and Dupixent, and Olumiant for that matter). I had previously refused oral minoxidil for my androgenetic alopecia, and I stopped systemically treating my female pattern baldness in 2013. I have only utilized PRP hair loss treatments since 2009 (done every 4-5 months).

This is new, and it is different, but the reasons I’m choosing to not treat it with medication are the very same as I made for my androgenetic alopecia, I am however trying a round of steroid injections, and I’ve already done those two times.

This podcast is a lengthy deep dive into how this came to be, and my thought process behind all of it. This is my life and hair loss update. Reference links to the things discussed in this podcast can be found at the bottom of this post:

https://www.womenshairlossproject.com/alopecia-areata/life-update-and-a-new-hair-loss-diffuse-alopecia-areata-incognita/

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