At what point

This is my second bout. The first time: 20 yrs. ago when in Nursing School, it all fell out in 4 weeks. Grew right back with no treatment. This time it took longer to come out and it has been 4 years. I have finally accepted it. I still have bad days but generally I have a great wig and realize...there is nothing I can do about it so I must accept it and hope for the best.

I always wear a wig. I work in a psychiatric hospital and my patients lately have been questioning me...the word is out. LOL. So I told the biggest mouth and I am sure they all know by now. My only concern is that when one of them gets angry, they may try to pull the wig off...LOL

I had my eyebrow tattooed which helped so I didn't look sick.

I think acceptance comes with time and working on the inside. Realizing that there will always be people who don't accept you for whatever reason and those with heart will be accepting. One of the positive things that came from this is that I have much more compassion for hurting people than I did before.

"All things work together for good to those who love God and are called according to His purpose." Romans 8:28

I tell my friends...if Aliens invade, we alopecians will be good spokespeople.

Blessings and Love to all.

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Permalink Reply by Pam D. on January 11, 2015 at 10:35am

I have never kept my alopecia a secret; all my friends know about it. Anyway, I choose to wear a hat most often, and a riding helmet when I ride, so it's kind of hard to keep my lack of hair a secret. My hair comes and goes (I am having my third bout in 3 years). I accept the condition, but I spend a lot of time worrying...when I have hair I worry about when it will fall out, when it starts to fall out, how much will I lose, when it is mostly gone, when will it, or will it, grow back...Sometimes I wish it would just fall out so I would be done with the worry, but then I know if it did I would be longing for the times when I had hair, if only for a short time.

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