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Permalink Reply by PaulJ on July 5, 2011 at 4:02am

Can you guys help me please. If there was a symbol that would represent Alopecia in NZ what would you think it would be ? This is for a website, I need an image or symbol of some type. I thought about possibly a flower, or something positive like that as it denotes life and vibrance but I need some ideas as Im not that creative :)

Permalink Reply by Holly Dixon on July 28, 2011 at 3:43am

Hi Paul,

For me, the hardest thing about Alopecia was accepting the change and the unknown. While my hair was going through the initial stage of falling out, I had a tattoo done of a vibrant Monarch butterfly. It represents a couple of things for me personally, one of them being 'change is okay'. Although the monarch is a fragile being, it's gone through quite a tough process! Changing from a caterpillar, to a Chrysalis and then to a butterfly. Change can be create stunning beauty and strong spirit :)

Looking forward to reading about other people's ideas, thoughts and brainstorms!

Permalink Reply by PaulJ on July 28, 2011 at 5:48pm

Nice -

This is the draft site http://www.loadspeed.com/sites/jacko/.

I asked around on facebook and I then had a brainwave (Yes such a rare thing for me :) and I thought of the koru and its symbolizing of new life, growth, strength and peace. But I plan to have a kids page and I think the Monarch would be wonderful imagery for that - thanks Holly.

A lot of the information is cut\paste and need tidying up, some of the links havent been updated yet (Bottom links, info, about me, contacts etc) but I wanted to just get some raw info into the site first and see how it looked. There is also so much more info I can add to it and anything else people think should be there let me know as I im open to any criticism or comments. In the next few days well get it up on www.alopecianz.co.nz and it shouod be out there for everyone to see.


Cheers
paul

Permalink Reply by Holly Dixon on July 28, 2011 at 10:00pm

Hi Paul,

I had a squiz at the draft site -- bigs ups! You've done a great job :) I particulary like the section on Government Assistance. It's one of those 'if you don't ask, you don't get' sort of things a ... I would've been none the wiser if it wasn't for my wig-lady who explained it all for me.

Anyway, thanks heaps for getting the site underway. I'm sure it's going to be a huge help for Kiwis searching for details about Alopecia.

Cheers,

Holly

PS. I'm loving the koru, it looks great!

Permalink Reply by PaulJ on July 31, 2011 at 11:28pm

Cheers !

It surprising how much info you need to make a site. We did the initial draft and then when I rechecked I needed to add another 4 A4 pages of stuff.