Does anyone have any first or second hand experience with using laser hair removal to remove all hair in a person with alopecia areata? The idea is to shave my head but do it in a way to eliminate the other effects of alopecia (red/pink spots, itchiness) so I can "simply" be comfortably bald...
I am ready to "throw in the towel" after 4 or 5 periodic (every 18-24 mos) bouts of increasingly more severe hair loss over the last decade. But if/when I shave my head I am concerned that the alopecia flare ups will still "surface" as pink or red spots on my scalp and still come with the itchy uncomfortable feeling associated with the hair loss.
When I pushed my dermatologist towards giving up on the various treatments (primarily topical steroids + minoxidil) and instead shaving my head, he raised those concerns and suggested that laser hair removal *might* change the architecture of the hair follicles under attack and shut down alopecia process. But it was a educated guess without evidence that it will work.
In short, I'm all good with getting rid of what is normally a full head of hair to close the books on this condition for good....but I want to be comfortably and cleanly bald.....
Any input?
Thank you.
I am ready to "throw in the towel" after 4 or 5 periodic (every 18-24 mos) bouts of increasingly more severe hair loss over the last decade. But if/when I shave my head I am concerned that the alopecia flare ups will still "surface" as pink or red spots on my scalp and still come with the itchy uncomfortable feeling associated with the hair loss.
When I pushed my dermatologist towards giving up on the various treatments (primarily topical steroids + minoxidil) and instead shaving my head, he raised those concerns and suggested that laser hair removal *might* change the architecture of the hair follicles under attack and shut down alopecia process. But it was a educated guess without evidence that it will work.
In short, I'm all good with getting rid of what is normally a full head of hair to close the books on this condition for good....but I want to be comfortably and cleanly bald.....
Any input?
Thank you.
