Hi. I'm Shelly. I am 45 years old and live in the middle of the United States. I love to travel. I like to make stuff. My favorite thing is to sit outside and read in the sun.

I started losing my hair in my early 30s when my daughter was young. I started thinking the hair around my temples was getting really thin. Then I found a blad spot. After a while there were more bald spots than hair and I couldn't really pretend it was normal anymore. I kind of felt like I had the…