Alopecia Areata In Children

I was diagnosed with alopecia areata about a year and a half. It is essentially under control. I regrew all my hair after the first episode. I have not had another episode until a few months ago and it arrived after a very stressful event in my family. The hair is now pushing back. I only had two episodes. I have two children aged 12 and 7. I think having another child and I wonder if my Areata is worse, the same or not at all affected by the pregnancy?

I have had alopecia for 23 years (I am now 28 years old) in all its forms, but have stabilized in total alopecia for the last 15 years or so of it. (Just a loss of hair on the scalp)

While I was pregnant with my twins (who have no signs of alopecia), my status has not changed, but * after * I had with hormones and the body tries to adjust the level of 'before pregnancy, for the first time since I'm in 4th year, I lost my eyelashes and eyebrows. (I had forgotten how my face was different without them!)

I did not go to the doctor for my hair loss since I'm in gradeschool, but decided to go this time. He gave me prednisone (sp?) A type of steroid commonly used to treat alopecia and I hated it.

The eyelashes and eyebrows grew back in a few weeks. I think they would have done with or without sterioid.

So, to make a long story short hike ... there were short-term, but returned to normal (normal for me, anyway), after a few weeks. I think it just took a while for my body to adjust to not being pregnant more.

Everyone reacts differently to different things, and alopecia is an unpredictable disease. It can not change at all, or maybe even better. It was just my experience.