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How has alopecia changed your life?
I started losing my hair around late 2013,but it started to grow back,and so I decided on my birthday last July to shave my head. I'm bald by alopecia and by choice. I chose not to be a slave to my hair. I chose to be free and natural. Alopecia has shown me that I do not need hair to be beautiful or justify my femininity. I feel happier and so much more confident.
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Permalink Reply by cricket67 on
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I lost my hair when I was 12, and am now 16. I haven't been brave enough to go bald yet, and have tons of fun with wigs. Alopecia has turned out to be a blessing in disguise. It's given me an understanding and acceptance for differences and helped me to eacape being superficial, which I'm thankful for. It's made me truly count my blessing, after all, some people lose their hair to cancer, and battle losing their lives. I lost my hair to a rebellious immune system and that sucks, but I can wake up and not think about the fact that I could be dead in 6 moths to a year. That's awesome! I've realized who my truest friends are. alopecia has helped me weed out the boys who want to get into my pants from the ones who want to get into my heart. Alopecia has helped me bond with my parents on a level thst most teens don't. I still hate it and miss my hair every day. Every year it's gone makes it harder to believe that it will ever come back, which really frigging sucks. But I really have decided to not let it define who I'm going to be any more.
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Permalink Reply by Shaina on
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I know I'm late but here are my thoughts.
Getting Alopecia at age 9 made middle school rough but-when it grew back in high school-I dated sweet guys my friends wouldn't look at twice.
When it came back in my early twenties losing my eyebrows and lashes seemed like the end of the world but it got me into makeup. Honestly, it opened the door to all these cool products I'd never bothered with before and gave me the confidence to go without anything (wigs, makeup, even a bra on occasion, ha!).
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Permalink Reply by Cocoa on
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When I decided to cut my locks & shave my head, it was the fact that I knew my hair was just hair. It did not define me at all. It was more devastating to my daughter. She did not look at me or spoke a full sentence to me in a week. That was my devastation.i has to explained to her about being superficial and when she noticed how random people would compliment me on my bold baldness and that I looked gorgeous/beautiful/breath taking...and more she came around. I love it! You are beautiful!
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Permalink Reply by Tom on
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I've had AU for 40 years. I'm much stronger because of it. I've learned to be less judgmental of wpeople who are different than I am. I've learned to stand up for myself and my rights and be much more confident. If they came out with a cure tomorrow I wouldn't take it. This is part of who I am and I'm not a bit ashamed of it.
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