Balding Area

The back right side of my hair is thining a lot and starting to look like a bald spot. Could this be Alopecia Areata, or could it just be because I always had less hair in that area. I always had less hair on the right than left because of my part. I really hope my TE isn't becoming Alopecia Areata!

 

Help!

 

Is it a smooth bald spot? Is it just shedding in that isolated area?

 

Mostly shedding, but it's starting to look like a spot

 

Is it itchy or more irritated than any other area of your scalp?

 

It is pretty itchy, but my whole scalp is itchy. It is for sure itchier than the rest though. I have like massive dandruff, and I'm almost scared to scrub it off, so I never get it all off when I wash my hair.

 

Have you checked into the possibility of psoriasis? Itchiness, flakiness, bald patches, all symptoms

 

It's already growing back pretty quickly. And the skin there is just normal coloured, not irritated.

 

it doesn't sound like Alopecia Areata to me.

as i'm sure most people with Alopecia Areata can attest, it's literally an instant bald spot. you go to bed, full head of hair, wake up, bald spot.

it's not gradual (the process of developing new bald spots can be a bit gradual, but the spots themselves, ALMOST instantaneous)

 

Oh, this one only showed up like 4 months into my hair loss. And it's gone now.

 

Wow, I just washed my hair and that thinning area is nearly gone. I don't understand how it grew in so fast.

 

i dont get this at all

 

She means that alopecia areata makes bald spots appear VERY quickly. Instead of an area thinning gradually over a week or more, it would shed to a bald spot within the longest, a few days, some people even over night.

 

oh yes i had blackout on the Alopecia Areata part

 

That's alright