Sunday, January 07, 2007

alopecia ariata


alopecia ariata
Originally uploaded by architect.
So what we thought was Ann's butchering of my haircut has now been diagnosed by Dr. Mah-Poy, among others, as alopecia ariata...some kind of auto-immune disfunction. Apparently, next time you see me I may have lost all my body hair. Dr. MP was kind enough to see me after returning from their holidays and poke my head 40 times with a needle all the while discussing raspberries coulis with Ann. My only contribution to the discussion was "ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch..." Hopefully if all goes well some hair will grow back although it may well be white.

2 comments:

Jay-too said...

You're the second person I know who's had this happen to them...and I thought it was bad when I lost my loonie sized patch strategically on the top of my head 2 years ago!

MiddleChild said...

It just dawned on me ... is the accompanying picture of wildlife who share the same ailment? Does the condition migrate?