That's my story... A big hug from Italy

Hi! My name is Maria Laura and in few days I'll be 35 y.o.

I have androgenetic alopecia (female pattern) for about 8 years. In few months my wonderful long hairs were thinning all over the head with copious fall. There were days when I didn't washed my head or combed becuse it was a great shock to see the all these hairs down. I shaved for the 1st time only few years ago. My best friends: my baseball caps, sometimes the wig (but I hate it) and also a protesis, and now bandanas. Almost 2 years ago a small bald spot appeared on the right side on my head, where the androgenetic doesn't attack the hair follicles. This year the small spot has grown, now seems to be filling but, in the meantime, I have another great bald spot not so far and the 'healty' hairs not attacked by androgenetic alopecia are thinning and there are some small (almost) bald spots (not the tipical rounds) all around  my head. So now I have androgenetic alopecia + diffuse areata or incognita. I'm really lucky...

Of my own free will, I decide to refuse any treatment for both alopecias since I've had the chance to talk and read stories about other people with one of this alopecias and I know that for both there's no cure. Since I'll never have back my hairs lost with androgenetic (the follicles now are dead), I don't see any reason to try to 'cure' the incognita. To be honest, I hope to lose all my remaining hairs on my head because now I'm really tired to see this disaster.

Coping... I don't know if I'll accept this situation. Some days I'm sad and I feel like if I'm a woman no more, in others I don't give a damn and I appreciate my reflection. I believe the sad ones are the majority.

In the end, forgive me for all the mistakes in the message. I've had the chance to 'learn' English on my own.

p.s.: the attached picture it's been made the 22 April 2014, the right side of my head

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Permalink Reply by Diego Martínez on July 9, 2014 at 8:10pm

Hello Marialaura, how are you? I hope you are fine!! I read your post and it´s very good. I have seen your pictures too. I think you are a very beautiful women. You don´t need hair, and I think the same as you, Totally bald is better than a bit of hair. Do you shave your head?

Permalink Reply by MariaLauraItalia on July 10, 2014 at 10:29am

Thanks for your words. Yes, I shave my hairs. Done also yesterday (the 5th time since the mid-April). I try to avoid in the winter but sometimes I'm so disgusted that I shave also in January. In spring and in summer I'm almost forced to do it because I've always dermatitis.

Permalink Reply by Diego Martínez on July 11, 2014 at 2:28pm

I thinks this is your best decision. You should to shave your head all months. You´ll look like better. I´m thinking to shave my head too with soap and razor.

Permalink Reply by Stefy76 on November 5, 2014 at 4:40am

Ciao Maria Laura...

abbiamo circa la stessa età.Anch'io sono italiana e ho trovato questo sito per caso. Io non ho mai avuto una folta chioma,

ma anch'io adoravo i miei lunghi capelli.Non è stato facile accettare l'alopecia nemmeno per me. Ho visto diradarsi la

chioma nel tempo nonostante abbia consultato il top dei tricologi della mia zona.Due anni fa ho comprato una protesi come

mi aveva suggerito il tricologo.Avevo conservato i capelli naturali, quei pochi rimasti, tagliandoli corti...non ero pronta a dire

addio ai miei capelli.Poi casualmente ho trovato questo sito e ho visto che ci sono persone felici nonostante la malattia...e 

ho trovato bello potersi aiutare reciprocamente, condividere la propria esperienza. Così mi sono iscritta.Io penso che

l'accettazione della malattia sia molto condizionata dal fatto che viviamo in una società che mette al centro l'apparenza,

che non l'essenza.

Hello Maria Laura ...

I am 37 y.o.I'm Italian and I found this site by chance. I have never had a full head of hair,

but I loved my long hair.It was not easy to accept hair loss even for me. I saw the thin

hair over time despite having consulted the top of doctors where I live .Two years ago I bought a prothesis as

the doctor suggested me.I preserved natural hair, those few remaining, cutting short ... I was not ready to say

goodbye to my hair.Then I have  found this website and saw that there are happy people in spite of the disease and ...

I found it nice to be able to help each other, share their experience. I think that

acceptance of the disease is greatly influenced by the fact that we live in a society that focuses on the appearance,

which is not the essence.

 

 

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