Talk:Alopecia areata

Addition to External Links

Here's a great blog that's becoming a sounding board for many individuals who suffer from all kinds of hair loss. What he did and his documentation to help educate others.

Battle Against Bald Follow the results of Seth Garon’s hair surgery.

Jurap267 20:25, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

What about National Alopecia Areata Foundation??? --98.199.66.118 (talk) 23:57, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

I'd like to add a link to Alopecia World, a social networking site for people living with hair loss, their loved ones and friends. Please check out the website to make sure whether this complies with Wikipedia's guidelines. WSchmied (talk) 12:11, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Nonprofit Bald Girls Do LunchBecause women in particular have much shame and embarrassment about the condition, meeting others with it is a vital tool for coping and sharing strategies for living well. BGDL is the only nonprofit bringing women with alopecia areata together in their regions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.132.126.15 (talk) 00:56, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Charlie Villanueva link

I found this REAL video download on Raptors.com on Charlie Villanueva, an alopecia areata sufferer who inspired other sufferers of this disease. I posted this on the external links section of his article page. I think it could be applicable to the external links section here. Thoughts?

• Charlie Inspires

Amchow78 20:41, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Could alopecia areata be the result of Chlamydia Pneumoniae infection?

I have been following a rather difficult antibiotic treatment for Chlamydia Pneumoniae but have noticed that my Alopecia is improving. I am a woman in my 60's and have had alopecia since I was 30. It comes and goes as the name suggests, but in the past 10 years the hair has been mostly gone and now its coming back. Any comments? Michele

Gustavo Chacin

Would Gustavo Chacin be a person known enough to be placed on the "Notable People with Condition" list? --Smoothtofu 23:18, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

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Found an interesting new site that describes Alopecia and shows some great images - VisualDxHealth

Found an interesting new site that describes Alopecia Areata and shows some great images - thought it might be useful for folks looking to learn more about the condition.

Might add it to the external links

http://www.visualdxhealth.com/adult/alopeciaAreata.htm

Comment on above

I just came to this page with the same comment. I think the visualdxhealth.com images would be a great addition. I can't tell when the above comment was added, but I'm adding my comment on 29 Nov 07. It appears nobody else has commented yea or nay on the suggestion above, so I will monitor this talk page for a few days, and then add the suggested link if nobody poses an objection.

I hope this is correct wikipedia practice. I did look at the talk page guidelines, and link addition guidelines, and while I'm not clear on exactly how to encourage more dialog on this question, this seems like a legitimate way to get community feedback. I welcome any feedback on what might be a more "standard" wikipedia process.

Greyhound4334 (talk) 06:48, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Sometimes stress-related

Some alopecia is stress related/ psychosomatic, I think this is what Gail Porter attributes hers to. The article could mention stress as occassionally being a cause or exacerbating symptoms. (i deleted a spam link from here too)Merkinsmum 23:07, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

• My alopecia was definately stress related. Loss of job, divorce, and leaky roof in my new apartment. Now that it is growing back, it is coming back pure white (but just in the alopecia area). Is this typical for regrowth?Happytome (talk) 06:18, 24 July 2009 (UTC)happytome

• • Alopecia weakens the air follicles so, yes, that would be somewhat typical. You are lucky that yours did not die out entirely, like in my case - Skysmith (talk) 09:11, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

• • • The reaction of most people who have alopecia areata is comparable to the grief and the stages of loss (as defined by Kubler-Ross). I'm in regular contact with alopecians all over the world, and the feeling akin to a terminal disease is not reported. What alopecians commonly report is going through the stages of loss and grief experienced after the death of someone or something close to us; not whatwe would feel if we ourselves had a terminal illness. Stress: alopecia areata cannot be caused by stress alone and is not psychosomatic. Major life stressors can be the trigger that activates a person's immune system, but the person would already have to be genetically predisposed. In alopecia areata, the follicles are intact and remain intact so there is always the potential for regrowth.

Notable People

Where did this section come from? I've never heard of 90% of these people having been afflicted with this disease. It seems like someone just wrote up a list of bald pepole and said they had Alopecia Areata. I think these should be removed until they can be properly sourced. User:Unk 2:10, 11 July 2007 (UTC

I tagged it only a week or so ago. Maybe two weeks. I'm not sure if we should leave it and wait or not. I'm inclined to remove it, since it has been tagged as unsourced for a long time and does not seem to be correct. --Cheeser1 22:19, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

I agree, and I'll do the honours. I am of two minds, though (see a similar discussion on talk:Toupee, as to whether it's only unencyclopedic due to its unsourced state (for the most part - I saw at least one entry with a link), or if it's just plain unencyclopedic. I do think however that the standard for inclusion in such a list should be very high - impeccable references. Anchoress 01:03, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

female to male ratio

I've been reading up on this, and it appears that it's only with a certain autoimmune condition where the females vastly outnumber the males. Typically, with this condition, they say it's about equal. I would recommend finding some sources and altering the article. —24.2.73.157 (talk) 10:34, 9 July 2009 (UTC)