What a shock it was when my hairdresser told me I had bald spots on my head!     I didn't even know I had them, although I did seem to have an awful lot of hair clogging the drains everyday. So, as women often do at their hairdresser's, I got involved in a deep discussion with my stylist.  On this occasion the conversation was about alopecia.  At the time I didn't even know what alopecia was.

My hairdresser mentioned her sister developed alopecia as a result of a severe stressor in her life.  At the time I was going through my terrible PMS but who would think to link their PMS tor head? Certainly not me.  I was just beginning, however, to suspect my body was not in synch in a whole lot of ways.  Thinking back to how my hair suddenly seemed to fall out after my pregnancies, I began to wonder if it was all part of this hormonal craziness.  Sure enough, I soon found myself at the naturopath's office discussing androgenic alopecia.  Basically it's when your hormones are out of balance and it causes your hair to fall out!  Wow.