Thankful for hair restoration

A year and a half ago our 12 year old son began losing his hair. First as small bald patches, but before long the baldness had spread to most of the sides and back of his head. As you can imagine, he was devastated and very self-conscious and we were concerned that he would lose all his hair completely. Dr. Joyce Imahiyerobo-Ip, diagnosed him with Alopecia areata and reassured him that she had successfully treated other patients with his condition. She spoke to him at his level carefully explaining the condition in a way that he could understand. She treated him using a combination of internal oral medications and externally with shots to his scalp. She also prescribed a topical treatment she referred to euphemistically as “the Florida cream” due to its unique compounding done at a Florida based pharmacy. Then the Covid pandemic happened and we were unable to see her in person. But throughout the lockdown, she was still able to meet us over Zoom to provide consultation and continue to monitor his progress. After several agonizing months, we noticed that his hair was coming back. At first the little black hair follicles began to dot his scalp, and then the patches got smaller and smaller. Finally to our collective relief, his hair grew back completely. Even his barber was amazed an unable to tell where the patches had been. We are so thankful to have the one of the leading specialists, Dr. Imahiyerobo-Ip as our dermatologist!