teporterfield
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Hi. I am a 31 year old female who just yesterday found bald patches on the back of my head. I went to an urgent care center last night and was told it is alopecia areata. They prescribed a cortisteroid cream, which I applied for the first time today. I have an appointment Friday with a regular Dr. for further testing. My mom had this happen to her around 30 years ago. Her patches grew in and never returned. She attributes mine to stress and thinks the same will happen to me. I was absolutely devastated to find these. One is just larger than a quarter, another is just larger than a nickel, and the third is on the top of my head but hidden by the way I part my hair. It appears to either have stubble growing back in or maybe they were broken off, I don't know. I am now nervous that the trauma of finding bald patches yesterday is going to cause more to occur, if they are in fact stress related. I feel lost and scared.