Hello and welcome, Irene!
How are you and your daughter today?
LeslieAnn

Hi Irene,
How are you and your daughter going? How old is your daughter? Has she had Alopecia for very long?
Hope you enjoy being a member of this site. I have found the other members very supportive.
Susan

Hi Irene
My son has had periods of coping well and periods of not coping at all. We have just had a bad period the last six months and he is starting to come out of it with a little bit of counselling and lots of love and support. He is starting a new school on Thursday. A very close friend of his goes to this school and it is a small Christian school. Jon says that he feels very comfortable there so here's praying that it all goes well.

We have tried to encourage Jon to get a wig but he is just not interested. It is good that Caitlin is getting one. I hope that wearing it will make her feel more confident in herself. I hear that they are a very good wig, very well made. The ones I have seen (in photos) look very natural too so that is a big positive.
Will be thinking of her. Let me know how things go with it and please post a photo of her in her new wig.
Regards
Susan

Irene
Caitlin is beautiful. She obviously takes after you too.
I am sure that she will meet these new challenges head on and move forward with her life. Especially seen as she has you to help her through it all.
Keep in touch
Susan

Hi Irene thanks for adding us to your friends list. Caitlin is georgous.......How long has she had Alopecia for.....Nicole developed it when she was 8.........now 13 ......gosh and what a journey it has been =).

We look forward to getting to know you both. Take care
Sharon

Hi Irene........thanks for your lovely comments........she is a georgous wee thing but I'm biased lol. As far as dying goes the hair dresser does it and I am pretty sure it is all ok.....infact the colour is a good conditioning treatment for the hair it always looks georgous after it's done:).
Take Care
Sharon

Thanks Irene,

Caitlin is a beautiful girl. I hope she is coping well. She looks very happy in her pics :) The wig I have is synthetic. I was thinking of getting a real hair wig but didn't see much difference between the two and the synthetic one matches my hair colour exactly, whereas I couldn't find a human hair wig that did. I have heard a lot about freedom wigs though. Where in the UK are they available and are they expensive? I am going for my second wig on Friday....apparently if you have alopecia you can get 2 a year free on the NHS. If I had waited I could have got the wig I'm wearing now for free and saved myself £500 lol but I needed one pretty quickly. I dont mind though because it def brings a lot of confidence and having afew different wigs will be great if I want a change :)

Take care
Sarah x

Wow that is expensive, but if it lasts for 5 years then it will def be worth it. I thought I could feel some regrowth but my doctor told me not to get my hopes up as they could just be exclamation mark hairs? I asked if he could refer me to a dermatologist and he said he doesn't think there is any point. I'm a bit annoyed at that because I haven't been officially told I have alopecia areata. The blood tests I had done 2 weeks ago came back normal so I'm thinking this is down to stress as my hair only started falling out in August. I am praying it will grow back soon though

x

Hiya Irene! Thanks for accepting me as your friend and thank you for the lovely compliment. I can honestly say that I think your daughter is stunning (must take after her mum) and must be very brave. I cannot imagine having to deal with alopecia at such a young age especially as at that age image and self confidence is very important and people can be cruel. Anyway, I'm here if you wanna talk. Take care! K x

no problem, yeah i read it was ur daughter who has alopecia, how old is ur daughter, it has been a hard year for me aswell and im sure ur daughter will know that feelin, i really hope she gets her wig very sn,
i suffered from depression wen i lost my last april as my hair fell out within 2wks so didnt have time to get a wig so quick, so had to wear headscarfs n bandana's which made me feel very down as people would stare all the time and i would rather they asked why than stare,
i got my wig 3mnths later long wait as the dermatologist was a nitemare, but eventually once i had it the diff in me was amazin, i felt more confident straight away, i dont go out the house now without it, only wear my head scarf in the house,
i am feelin better about it altho i still get very down and just wish my hai was bak, i do have regrowth happein but its still pure white and still short so hopin its gonna stay and not fall out, my eyelashes n eyebrows seem to be comin bak so here's hopin,
it must be hard for u aswell to see ur daughter feelin low, my mum was as upset as i was as there was nothin she could do, but its fab that ur daughter has great support from u family n friends thats wat gets u thro it,
oh and if i hadnt found this site i dont kow wat place id be in now, the support from here is amazin,
anyways hope ur both doin gd, speak again sn, thanks xx