My alopecia is regressing, and I’m so discouraged
I was diagnosed with Alopecia Areata back in November and began treatment for it. We did the minoxidil 5% and shots each month. When I saw her back in March, she said that there was a lot of improvement and that she saw little hairs growing, and that it was no longer smooth like it was when she first began seeing me. She put some shots in around the perimeter to help that move along in the progress. She told me that if I start to see it regressing again to call the office so I can see her and start shots again or discuss other options. I was really encouraged by all that. A couple days ago when I was getting ready to go to bed and I looked at my hair I saw a a lot of regression in that spot. It’s smooth again, and I’m freaking out. I’m at my hair appointment now, so ignore the gray hairs in the picture lol, but when she saw it, she said it looked so much better when I was here six weeks ago at my last appointment. She only sees a couple hairs in that spot now, and last time she saw me she saw several tiny ones. She also agreed that it was smooth to the touch. I was so happy at my last dermatologist appointment because everything was so encouraging, and now it’s not. And I know it could be worse, But still… I’m really discouraged and upset right now. The collage of pictures is from when I first got diagnosed and pictures of how it changed over the course of the treatment that I did up until March. The second and third pictures, with the gray hairs that are currently being covered up lol, are from about an hour ago.