I am 25 and have suffered from alopecia areata since I was 17, when it first began I had a lovely supportive boyfriend and as it progressed and I began wearing a wig he was great about things. We separated after 7 years together and I am dating again now, which is terrifying enough without worrying about my hair! I've met somebody really great and it's very early days but I'm just so worried about telling him that I wear a wig. I feel like I want to tell him as I'm so worried he will notice anyway and freak out, I feel like it would be a great worry off my mind to just come clean and stop fretting about it. Every time we spend time together it's playing on my mind.

I choose to shave my remaining hair off as I find the patches much harder to look at than my lovely smooth bald head but I've never shown this to anyone other than my parents/brother/ex. I'm just lost as to how to deal with this as it's not something I've ever had to deal with before, any tips/ideas on how or when to bring this up would be great as this has really been bothering me. I've always been so determined to not let my foolish follicles spoil anything for me but I feel like this is completely spoiling what I hope could be a great new relationship and its really getting me down.

Thanks :)