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Spotlight: My Favorite Gentle Haircare Products for Alopecia.
Extremely itchy scalp, serious dandruff, continuous hair loss, painful hair follicles and feeling like your scalp is on fire are just some of the symptoms of alopecia areata. It is truly devastating to see large portions of hair strands fall from your hair during a shower but it is equally as torturing to feel like you want to itch your scalp off. I’ve been there folks. Through trial and error, I’ve found certain gentle haircare products for alopecia that really combat some of the symptoms we all experience. The Best Haircare Products for Alopecia Continuous hair loss from alopecia areata really makes you spring into action and adjust your hair…
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The Alopecia Journey: The Thoughts and Emotions that Come With it.
This is an awareness post for the thoughts, fears, and emotions that people have at some point on their alopecia journey. Out of all the auto-immune dis-eases, alongside Psoriasis, it is one of the most visible because of its very clear physical symptoms. For people who are currently in a stage of new hair loss, noticing a patch, seeing new hair growth, or deciding whether to shave their entire head, there are a lot of feelings that are revealed and concealed when the hair starts to fall. This post is for you. The Beginning of Your Alopecia Journey; When You Realize You Have it: I won’t look good bald. This…
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The Top 8 Homeopathic Remedies For Alopecia Areata
I've used Homeopathy as a natural healing modality for EVERYTHING, with Alopecia Areata as no exception. It is a gentle energetic healing method that works WITH your system rather than against, which in these times of immune system defecting are preferred. There are a number of homeopathic remedies for alopecia areata that will help activate your immune system healing.
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Part 3- The Effect of the Auto-immune Diet for Alopecia Areata and How I Grew My Hair Back.
What really happened on the autoimmune inflammation diet with my alopecia areata? Month 1 and 2– I didn’t see much hair growth but I felt GREAT. I wasn’t tired, sluggish and any sort of mind fuzz was gone. I had incredible energy and my body snapped into some muscular super hero shape. Mind you I was riding horses three times a week and doing heavy manual labor (I was a tour manager) but the diet change really turned me into a health mutant. I am already in shape but I had to make sure I was eating A LOT to keep me at a healthy weight and not waste away. I…
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Part 2-The Autoimmune Inflammation Diet and Alopecia Areata.
You will be eating all the time so check your bank account because you will be buying the highest quality foods and ingredients you can get your hands on. You will learn to enjoy food in its most natural state without tons of seasonings and condiments. You will not be eating nightshades, dairy, sugar, gluten, tons of caffeine, or legumes. Deal? You are Now On the Autoimmune Diet for Inflammation and Alopecia Areata. This diet is also called the AIP diet aka Autoimmune Protocol, Autoimmune Paleo, and a million other variations. Before it was the AIP diet I knew it through my Mom as the Edgar Cayce Diet which consists of eating 80% alkaline foods and 20% acidic,…
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Your Alopecia Areata Hair Regrowth Plan Part 1.
I’m not a Doctor and actually when this started happening to me I didn’t go to one. I knew it was caused by my own stress and my own induction. Even saying alopecia areata sounds unfair because giving it a name feels like it is taking away my own responsibility for its manifestation. Will one day I loose hair again, maybe… but I doubt it. Am I delusional? “I don’t think so” said the delusional woman. I am Healing My Alopecia Areata, Hair Growth and All. If you are here you’ve probably already read all about that time I induced my own alopecia areata and my hair started falling out. I’ve really come…
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That Time I Induced My Own Alopecia Areata and My Hair Started Falling Out.
Hello. My name is Angie and induced my own alopecia areata. Feelings alert: This will probably be my most serious post but hopefully my humor will still shine through as I take you through the beginning of my hair loss to the regrowth of it to now. Alopecia Areata is No Fun. This is my own story with my self-induced alopecia areata and how I allowed myself to let stress and anger take over my wellbeing so much that I put my own immune system into shock. This is may not be the case with everyone who is facing hair loss whether a bald patch here or there or those with total…