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About ten years ago or so I was caught up in the facial hair trend and had a goatee. Until one day someone asked me why I had a hole in it. I took a look, and they were right. I had what looked like a tiny pea shaped hole in my hair, that looked as smooth as a baby's bottom.
After a few days, the spot had grew to be the size of a nickel, and I had more popping up. It was wired. I shaved off my goat, and tried to just deal with it. The thign is that it was stressing me out. ALOT. Then... things got worse.
I was in the shower washing my hair and noticed hair in abundance. I quickly rushed out and went to the mirror, and guess what! Thats right... It was happening on my head. small spots at first, then large ones, randomly.
I went to the doctor to see what the freaking deal was. I was totally freaking out! The doctor told me that I had something called alopecia. Apparently it is a immune deficiency disease that affects something like 2% of the population. It's where the hair follicles won't grow as they should.
Yay me, right?
It's not like it was the end of the world, but after all I am human. I am vain, and didn't want to look like a freak. I was getting spots all over my head. I looked like a damn leopard.
I went to all kinds of lebgths in order to hide it. I shaved my head, but you could still see the spots. I let my hair grow out some and bleached it. That helped the spots less noticable, but then people just stared at me anyway. FREAK!! I wore hats, I did just about anything that you can think of.
All the while the doctor had me rubbing topical steroids on the spots. When that didn't do anything we tried shots. That's right, shots. IN MY HEAD! That helped. A little. The side affect was horrible head aches, and mood swings. I was not myself.
Thats when I finally said f*ck it. I decided that this was who I was and stopped stressing out about the whole thing.
Suddenly the strangest thing happened. It stopped. The spots went away, and my hair grew back and stayed. I was so happy. They said that it was affected by stress, and I guess they were right. As soon as I stopped stressing over it, it seemed to cure itself. Totally cool.
From time to time over the past 10 years I have has small spots show up on my face from time to time. No big deal as long as I made sure to shave often enough that made it less noticeable.
As some of you may know, I have had some life changes in the past couple of years that could cause stress and anxiety. It's been a bit rocky.
Well lately, I have noticed more and more the little spots show up. They seem to be multiplying. I'm trying hard not to let it get to me. I can just try to shave more often.
Don't stress. Relax. Right.
see spot
About ten years ago or so I was caught up in the facial hair trend and had a goatee. Until one day someone asked me why I had a hole in it. I took a look, and they were right. I had what looked like a tiny pea shaped hole in my hair, that looked as smooth as a baby's bottom.
After a few days, the spot had grew to be the size of a nickel, and I had more popping up. It was wired. I shaved off my goat, and tried to just deal with it. The thign is that it was stressing me out. ALOT. Then... things got worse.
I was in the shower washing my hair and noticed hair in abundance. I quickly rushed out and went to the mirror, and guess what! Thats right... It was happening on my head. small spots at first, then large ones, randomly.
I went to the doctor to see what the freaking deal was. I was totally freaking out! The doctor told me that I had something called alopecia. Apparently it is a immune deficiency disease that affects something like 2% of the population. It's where the hair follicles won't grow as they should.
Yay me, right?
It's not like it was the end of the world, but after all I am human. I am vain, and didn't want to look like a freak. I was getting spots all over my head. I looked like a damn leopard.
I went to all kinds of lebgths in order to hide it. I shaved my head, but you could still see the spots. I let my hair grow out some and bleached it. That helped the spots less noticable, but then people just stared at me anyway. FREAK!! I wore hats, I did just about anything that you can think of.
All the while the doctor had me rubbing topical steroids on the spots. When that didn't do anything we tried shots. That's right, shots. IN MY HEAD! That helped. A little. The side affect was horrible head aches, and mood swings. I was not myself.
Thats when I finally said f*ck it. I decided that this was who I was and stopped stressing out about the whole thing.
Suddenly the strangest thing happened. It stopped. The spots went away, and my hair grew back and stayed. I was so happy. They said that it was affected by stress, and I guess they were right. As soon as I stopped stressing over it, it seemed to cure itself. Totally cool.
From time to time over the past 10 years I have has small spots show up on my face from time to time. No big deal as long as I made sure to shave often enough that made it less noticeable.
As some of you may know, I have had some life changes in the past couple of years that could cause stress and anxiety. It's been a bit rocky.
Well lately, I have noticed more and more the little spots show up. They seem to be multiplying. I'm trying hard not to let it get to me. I can just try to shave more often.
Don't stress. Relax. Right.