Taking the plunge tonight

For those that don't know my story, I first began this journey with alopecia in February...lost about 50% of my hair by April and shaved it off. I have been wearing a wig to work and no one from work knows my secret. At home and out with friends I just wear hats or nothing at all. Over the past few weeks I have experienced almost 100% regrowth, but now spots are coming back again. :(
So anyway...on to my dilema...there is a local bazarr that my family and I will be going to tonight. I will most likely see a mixture of people from work and local friends. If I don't wear my wig, I am worried about running into people that I work with and my secret will be out. If I wear my wig, I will run into people/friends that have never seen me with it on but know about my condition. I feel like a double agent! I am tired of being afraid of work finding out, tired of hiding and tired of living a double life. I just want to be me and if the people from work don't accept me, then shame on them. It is time to face the music and step out in total public without my wig on.

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Permalink Reply by Jenna4 on August 10, 2010 at 6:37pm
Hi Tanya, I went to a dermotologist when I was first diagnosed and was put on Prednisone for a 3-week course. After the hair stopped falling out, it began growing back. At first, I thought it was falling out again, but now it appears that it is still growing strong. I am keeping my fingers crossed, but a t the same time know that it could all fall out again.

Good luck to you!
Permalink Reply by Mary on August 10, 2010 at 6:49pm
I had cortisone shots to the bald spots for 7 years, then it suddenly got worse and the bald areas got too big for shots. The dermatologist put me on Prednisone for 3 weeks, and the bald areas kept increasing. So, I stopped the Prednisone and just let it come out.

I had most of my eyebrows and upper lashes grow back last year after being totally hairless for one year. I hadn't done anything to get the growth. After about 9 months, they stopped growing and fell out.

Right now, I have hair in my nostrils, and peach fuzz hair on my lower face...I keep trying to convince it to move up to my eyebrows again!

Sorry if this is discouraging, but the bottom line is that AA does what it wants to. All we can do is try not to let it control our lives.
Permalink Reply by Jenna4 on August 10, 2010 at 6:56pm
Thank you, Mary..I know this that is why I am tring to not be too optimistic about my regrowth. It is what it is and I will try to gow with the flow and deal with it as it comes. I am so thankful for this site and all the support I have found here and the wonderful people like you to help me get through this.
Permalink Reply by Karen Smith on August 10, 2010 at 9:10am
I love the way Kayla, Miss Delaware, deals with it. She wears her wig but freely takes it off and shows her alopecia to anyone that is curious. That takes alot of courage but she gets by with it because she is so comfortable with it. I think it is a process and it takes time to become comfortable.
Permalink Reply by Mary on August 10, 2010 at 10:43am
You're absolutely right - it's a process and takes time. What I found personally is that once I "took it off", it just got easier. She seems to be at the same place - it's "normal" for her, so she's comfortable. I'm posting a few pics taken of me performing at an outdoor art plaza last Sunday....there were lots of spectators, and I didn't even think about being bald.
Permalink Reply by Gill on August 14, 2010 at 3:06am
I do not were a wig now. My attitude is I have come to accept my appearance, which is all that matters. If others cant then that's their problem and they need to deal with it. In many ways I felt that I was "hiding" behind my wig, now I feel as if I am being honest about my self.
I realise this is not for everybody, and I am not saying this way is right, just that it worked for me.
Good luck with your decision what ever it is. X

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