Alopecia Areata?

I went to the dermatologist to talk about my hairloss. Due to the how fast I lost my hair (almost 70% density in a year), the doctor did a hair biopsy and apparently the results show Alopecia Areata. I have been going back to the dermatologist once a month for the past 2 months for cortisone shots and have not seen any results. I am a bit skeptical about the Alopecia Areata diagnosis, mainly because their is typically a circular bald pattern associated with it and my hairloss isn’t like that.

The picture you show of the back of your scalp is typical of alopecia areata; however, the quality is poor and out of focus. With good photos, one should see on close examination Exclamation Mark hairs in and around the hair loss areas. This is sometimes a difficult problem to reverse.  Because the quality of the photos are so poor, Don’t hang your hat on the diagnosis I gave you above until you either send me better photos or see a dermatologist