Does it ever grow back?

[Meta]

I feel like I put my life on hold, waiting, waiting for the day all my hair is grown in. I don't want to do anything because I feel like I won't have a good time if I don't feel pretty. My friends think I'm nuts because I don't want to go out. My husband gets frustrated at me and tells me to"live my life". I don't want to I want to sit here and wait, wait until my hair grows in.

[Cassy]

Meta
Your comment caught my eye. When I was 35 I had put off having children for one reason or another. Then my hair started falling out and I didnt go any where for 2 years. All I did was record on my calendar how many hairs fell out that day. I couldnt even listen to music. I would walk out into the woods with my dogs and cry everyday. I had worked at times as a model and was use to being pretty. I was worried what people would say. I felt like I was mourning part of myself gone forever. Then a dear doctor said to me. "DO NOT PUT YOUR LIFE ON HOLD FOR YOUR HAIR." She personally made an appt. for me to talk with a Dr. about having a baby. That was 15 years ago. I am still mad as HELL about my hair and get depressed. But I am sure glad I took that Drs advice. You could get hit by a bus tomorrow (I know at this point you think that wouldnt be so bad! but it would!) so try to find a little joy each day, even if you have to force it. You sound like you have a great support system. We are here for you.

[shasha1]

It's so sad that we all feel this way. Just to answer your question in your subject line. I think hair is the only thing that if dealt with properly CAN grow back. Maybe some of it, maybe all of it. I felt exactly like you a few months back.. I was purely devestated. I had the lushest hair down to my back ..I was known for my hair and as Cassy mentioned above..sadly I did HAIR Modeling. I thought my life was over..I also thoguht the exact same way as Cassy. What's the point of going out when you feel like you look bald and ugly. Truth was..I never looked bald..and not very many people noticed my hairloss..unless I very bluntly pointed it out and tell them to touch my hair and scalp. I just got married and my HL started the month of my wedding... the first month I just thought it was the wedding stress..so luckily I was fine during my wedding..then right after it was over I focused, and focused and focused on it. Everyday all I wanted to do was read on the internet and figure out how to stop it. I went to TONS of doctors. Hair was my life. That was between June 2011-October 2011. I just became SO tired of being depressed...it was hurting my new marriage, my social life etc.. I deced to stop reading about HL, began dresing up the way I used to given my hair didn't look as fabulous...but I realized I got the same number of compliments as I got before.. I told myself until this problem is noticable I'll leave the feeling depressed for then. But during the time when physically I still look ok to others, I'll enjoy my life. When or if I do become bald..then I'll look into something else. I never ever even considered Hair would a problem I had to deal with it..It just sneaks up on you and you're like WTF!!! As Cassy said..we're all here for you. This forum helps a lot. But I know how it can be in the first few months and then it just becomes antoher thing to deal with..Is it fair ..no. But do all the research you can and get to the bottom of your problem so atleast you know you did everything you possibly can for it. But again..Hair can grow back. Unlike a finger, or a limb it does. It actually keeps growing for a few weeks even after you die...