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Permalink Reply by Ms. E on October 27, 2012 at 5:18pm

Tircks are for kids! :D
I'm just now seeing this. :)

Permalink Reply by Ms. E on November 10, 2012 at 10:48pm

:D !!!!!!!!!!!

Permalink Reply by Ms. E on October 27, 2012 at 5:20pm

Thanks for standing on the soapbox with me and helping me to rant Brenda! :D
That's my point exactly!!!
I don't mind ignorance but stupidity is a different story, and I don't even like the world. :)

Permalink Reply by PJ on October 29, 2012 at 11:40am

Yes, some don't know what to say. But know in your heart, what's for real.

Permalink Reply by Ms. E on November 10, 2012 at 10:49pm

I just re-read my last statement and it was SUPPOSE to say "and I don't even like the WORD" (referring to "stupid" ) (:

Permalink Reply by Themba Shenge on December 1, 2012 at 10:39am

Hey beautiful ladies. I don't know which is better, silly questions or stares:) . I've just done my first international trip after shaving my head. I've been in Malaysia for the past week. I love my bald and beautiful look, but it sure does require thick skin. I was getting stares every other turn, if they could kill, i would be a goner:). But I tried to keep my head and shoulders high and smiled - it was hard at times though.

Permalink Reply by MsDanaPatrice on January 17, 2013 at 10:11pm

I commend any woman who has the balls to go outdoors bald....I am new here, I've had Alopecia since I was 9 years old, my parents did not know how to cope with it, my school mates teased me, and I became very withdrawn and to my self.

Now as an older woman at the age of 28, I still have yet to reach a point where I feel comfortable enough to go outside without wearing a wig.

I'm not sure if this is a stupid question...but how did you get the courage to do so? I can remember once or twice in my life where I considered going outside bald...but my fear of ridicule ceased the thought.

Permalink Reply by Ms. E on February 28, 2013 at 9:50pm

Hi Ms.DanaPatrice,

I see you wrote this over a month ago and no one's replied.
I don't make it here often, otherwise I would have.

Basically for me it was a progression which came to a point where I just HAD to do it!
The trigger point for me was actually February of last year when I saw a young woman named Sonya Renee Taylor share her story on A PBS Black History Month Special.
I talk about it in my blog:
http://talktomse.wordpress.com/2012/09/27/baring-it-with-heart/

I also had the opportunity to interview Sonya Renee,the creator of this group and a couple of others during National Alopecia Month in September.
Here's the link if you'd like to listen to it. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/hearttalkwithmse/2012/09/29/alopecia-a...

Permalink Reply by Ms. E on February 28, 2013 at 9:54pm

I just glanced at a couple of your photos and you look absolutely ADORABLE! :D
It helps when you're able to see/know others who have been able to take that step.
It's an adjustment, and it is also sooo FREEING, I think most of us have probably thought if not said "what took me so long?"!