Journal

Ok so this journal is going to be about an auto immune disease called alopecia, I didn't know what this was until about two months ago when im little 9 year old sister was diagnosed with it. First off this is very very rare for a kid so young to have. Alopecia areata is a type of hair loss that occurs when your immune system mistakenly attacks hair follicles , which is where hair growth begins. The damage to the follicle is usually not permanent. Experts do not know why the immune system attacks the follicles. Alopecia areata is most common in people younger than 20, but children and adults of any age may be affected. Women and men are affected equally. My little sister passion is dance so when she heard this news it upset her so much, she didn't take this news well because her hair is a huge part of her and dance. The amount of stress that she has had because of this is making it worse. So as a family we have tried to be better and do more family things for her. As for treatment there are none that have succesfully worked so my sister goes down to a specialst to get four shots in her skull to stimulate hair growth, also changing to a gluten free diet said it might help her to but its guaranteed that she will lose all of her hair which also makes her upset, shes only 9 so i imangine it must be hard for her it makes me sad to talk to her about it I hope when she gets a little older she might be a little more understanding. Also a huge thing was bullying in school about it, she told some of her friends and one of them bullied her really bad which belittled her self worth I hope people are understanding about this next school year for her.