At the age of 23 I already of a great life,I'm bald and beautiful to my handsome fiancé Jacob,we have a beautiful son Mason,we're still working our way up financially but our bills are paid and we always have some extra cash for something extra.I get to be a stay at home mom which is the best job ever,I get to see my son grow up.My fiancé is supportive and tells me I'm beautiful all of the time,I really feel I have a charmed life.I still have other hopes and dreams but right now I am just…
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Added by Sarah McIntosh on March 23, 2008 at 8:30pm —
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My hands are shaking as I try to type this blog post. Not because I'm upset or scared about anything, but because I'm elated. I've just finished an impromptu dance party with my girls, and I'm exhausted. I was surfing this site, and decided to let my playlist run through all 16 songs. The three of us turned it up loud, crammed into the tiny computer room, and danced ourselves silly. I'm so glad that we had time to be crazy together! I'm so glad that
I took the time to be crazy with…
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Added by Janna on March 23, 2008 at 12:13am —
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Added by rj, Co-founder on March 22, 2008 at 4:30am —
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My first encounter with Alopecia was back in 1993 when I was dying my hair and perming my hair like crazy. And I got a brillant idea to try this crap I saw on a late night info-mercial about a hair care product call “Rio Hair”, it was suppose to be an all natural product to relax curly hair. Yeah well, silly me bought into that “infomercial” and purchased a kit. I put this “all natural stuff from Brazil” in my hair and guess what happened...
The spots started a few days later and I…
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Added by Yvonne~Yhoney on March 22, 2008 at 3:00am —
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Yahoo Group-alopeciaareatasupportgroup
MSN group- AlopeciaAreataSupportCommunity
Myspace Group- http://groups.myspace.com/alopecia
http://www.alopeciaworld.net/
I wish these groups had been around when I was first diagnosed in
1990.
The support I have found here as well as the information you all
add- All I can say is that ALL of…
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Added by Billie on March 21, 2008 at 1:00pm —
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So,
I'm currently sitting at work - on what should be a wonderfully long easter weekend - however - I am instead spending my time in an un-airconditioned office, waiting for some people to complete their work so I can do mine. Yay.
Lol - enough of the complaining - it has however given me the time to make my first blog post ever.
I heard of this site from my friend (and leader of the Queensland Alopecia Areata Support Associate) Angela, and thought - wow - I must…
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Added by Dominique on March 21, 2008 at 2:37am —
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I am so excited!!! I am going to New York this Monday March 24,2008 to get my eyebrows and lashline tattooed on!! I have been living with Alopecia Universalis for 3 years and I am tired of penciling on my eyebrows and lashline every morning. This is going to be such a huge lifestyle change for me!! I plan on taking a ton of pictures so that I will be able to show you all exactley what the process is like for me! The man who I am going to have do the tattoos is a professional make up artist…
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Added by Nicole on March 20, 2008 at 11:00am —
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Not to long ago I went with my fiance to get his hair cut,the hairdresser making polite conversation noticed that I was sitting near where the had place Jacob(my fiance) sitting.Being nice she including me in her conversation she was making with Jacob when she looks at me and says, it's so nice to finally see a woman in a salon who knows how to take proper care of her hair.Looking at her a little stumped for words I just smiled and said thank you and tried to move the conversation along.A few…
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Added by Sarah McIntosh on March 20, 2008 at 12:30am —
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I'm a very happy person right now!!! Why, do you ask?? Because today I conducted my first training class at work!!! I have always been an unofficial trainer of sorts on every job that I have had. I have mentored new employees and taught them the most detail-oriented, efficient way to do the job that I am in and I have always done an excellent job of it. However, today was the first day that the training department actually asked me to conduct a training class on an application that we use…
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Added by kastababy on March 19, 2008 at 9:32pm —
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Added by rj, Co-founder on March 19, 2008 at 1:00pm —
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My name is Nicole and I have been living with alopecia since 2005. It started falling out in the Spring of ‘05 and by December of ‘05 I was completely bald and all my eyelashes and eyebrows had fallen out. I was devastated. I had grown up as “the girl with a ton of hair” my mom had always joked I had enough hair for ten people. So when my hair started falling out I felt like I was losing a huge part of myself. I remember when I developed several bald spots and had lost about 70% of my hair…
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Added by Nicole on March 19, 2008 at 12:30pm —
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Hello My Shining Ones :-)
I also just posted a video that shares some of this same *long* story....if you'd rather watch than read :-)
In my first blog I said I would share "how/when" my Alopecia started as the story has unraveled itself to me slowly over the years! When I was 7 or 8 years old I realized I was somehow meant to "travel the world, meet my brothers and sisters and spread the message of love." Yes, perhaps an odd thought for a child, but it was something that…
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Added by Laura Duksta on March 18, 2008 at 8:14pm —
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So as I put in my about me I am 23 years old, I got or developed or whatever you want to call it , AU when I was 15.. within a few months it was all gone, thinning evenly all over my head and soon to follow my eyelashes, eybrows and everything quit growing. Anyway the day I was actually diagnosed with Alopecia I bawled, cried and cried forever, I loved my hair, I was a 15 year old girl so of course I did! Anyway after that first day I got better and better and accepted it more and more,…
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Added by Erin on March 16, 2008 at 2:30am —
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It's been three days and she isn't liking her wig much anymore. It is really bothering her that the hair is always in her face. She wants the hair but it's just too much for her. She can't get past that. I don't know what to do. I want to protect her, and I love her with out it, but she is uncomfortable in her own skin, and behind this mess of hair. She was crying to me today when she put it on after I washed it, again. She misses being able to put hair ties in her hair, and wearing a pony…
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Added by Miranda on March 16, 2008 at 12:00am —
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To my surprise she loves it, and I miss her. I was so used to seeing her face. I posted her new pictures. I think it is too thick. HAHA first I complain about her not having enough hair and now it's too much. I am a picky, picky person.
Added by Miranda on March 14, 2008 at 1:05pm —
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I had an interesting thing happen to me last night. I was out with my partner, Phil, and an old friend of mine, and we started talking about relationships. My partner and I started the conversation by talking about how we argue often and can both be difficult people at times - he has his reasons, I have mine. Then my friend joined in and started telling Phil that there's no way that I can be that difficult, because a) I come from a really supportive family, and b) I've never had to deal with…
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Added by Emily on March 14, 2008 at 11:30am —
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Ok, so I was in a car wreck last week and tore up the front end of my brand new PT Cruiser and I found out in the process when I got arrested that my drivers license was suspended (plus I was riding dirty with expired tags -- not my fault; the bank in Georgia wouldn't send me my title to TN so I could get my tags here.) Now I've been forced to take a day off to ride to Atlanta with my sister (who is a police officer, go figure :) ) to get my tags and get my license reinstated. She is only…
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Added by kastababy on March 14, 2008 at 9:28am —
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Hello new friends! This morning I woke up and felt very thankful for all the love and support I get from family and friends!!!
This site is so
positive and it really makes me feel like I'm part of a community that I can really identify with. :-D
I especially like the fact that we aren't shy about our hair loss and in many cases enriches our lives. I've only ever gone bald around my house and private backyard, and can't think if there's even one picture of my with…
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Added by Orbit on March 14, 2008 at 8:47am —
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ok well been an allright 3 days. fixing to move the rig tho and thats alot of work but i still have all my fingers and toes............if it takes me awhile to respond to comments its beacuse i cant get online much...love you guys
Added by brian kirchman on March 14, 2008 at 8:09am —
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I haven't so many beautiful bald people like this ever!!!! This is a big deal to me because people, especially in my own family would have me believe that I should be ashamed of what has happened to me, or my appearance for that matter. I would never forget when a relative said to me, "how can you be bald and be a stylist? I wouldn't let you touch my head!". but I didn't let that jerk the benefit of beliving anything he had to say and I'm glad I wasn't wrong! Just seeing you all makes me feel…
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Added by Porcia on March 12, 2008 at 8:27pm —
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