Kristin

Female

Catoosa, OK

United States

Profile Information:

Relationship Status:
Single
About Me:
21 Female Oklahoma .. I am single with no kids, I work at a hospital. Everyone who meets me says that I have a very bubbly personality and I giggle a lot! I even have the nickname at work "Giggles". I love going out with my friends and going on dates! Love music, Concerts, Clubs/Bars, Movies, going to the lake and going to the park (just not on windy days)!! =P I try to make the best of my life, living with alopecia. Although, I have a very hard time talking about it with anyone other than close family.

I've had Alopecia for about 15 years! I got my first bald spot when I was 6 years old. My mom took me to the Dr. and he sent me to a Specialist. I was diagnosed with Alopecia Areota. He did a couple injections and my hair came back! I noticed small bald spots on the back of my head off and on throughout my childhood. Nothing I couldn't hide tho. When I was 14 years old I started to notice more and more bald spots and my beautiful hair was going... I went back to the specialist and he started doing the cortizone injections again. I did the injections for about a year and most of my hair came back in! It was DARK brunette and CURLY! ( I had always been a light brunette / Straight haired girl. I was 17 years old when ALL of my hair fell back out, very quickly! I was devastated.. I decided not to do the injections again. It was too painful and I felt as though it gave me a false hope. My parents found a place for me to go and look for a real hair wig and I did. I have been wearing that same wig since I was 18 years old and I am in the process of buying my 2nd wig. My eyebrows and eyelashes were the last to fall out. But they recently started growing back in!! I am so excited!!

Feel free to message me! I would love to hear your story!! :)
Do you have alopecia?
Alopecia totalis
Are you age 18 or older?
Yes

Comment Wall:

  • Mukti

    Welcome Kristin
  • rj, Co-founder

    Hi, Kristin. Welcome to Alopecia World! This is a great place for great people, so be sure to make your positive presence known. :-) - rj, Co-founder
  • LeslieAnn Butler

    Hi Kristin,
    I just wanted to say hello and welcome. How are you today?
    LeslieAnn
  • Zoey

    Hello Kristin :o)
  • Cherylnz

    Hi Kristin
    Welcome to Alopecia World
  • kristin

    hey thanks for the comment, it is good to hear what others have experienced as I begin my own journey through this process. So many decisions to make! I am so glad to hear that your eyelashes are coming back, that is wonderful. I hope that mine stay with me, I love wearing mascara! I am not using steroids myself. I have chosen to make very concious living and diet changes to help induce full body recovery, I am pretty confident that it will work. In the meantime it can get pretty tough. By the way your wig ( Iam asuming it is a wig) and eyerows look totally natural. well anyway have a great day!
    K
  • John Paul

    appreciate you sharing your story, Kristin. It's an interesting ride, eh? Make sure you fasten your seat-belt! Good luck with it all....
  • kristin

    thats cool. I tried to let a some people in at the last town that i lived, but a few bad eggs made it a pretty miserable experience for me. I have natural long curly red hair, so it was all anybody ever talked about anyway, so I guess when I lost it, it was truly the most entertaining thing that had happened since 1982 in that small town. If I were to give you advice, only tell your close family and people you trust, because they will always be on your side. And anything less than supportive is pretty useless. I originally didn't like this alopecia world thing but it is real nice to have some friends who understand I just wish we all lived a little closer!
  • Lauren

    Wow... I am experiencing the begining of AA... Hard to swallow but Im getting used to it.... :( I would love to hear from you!