Thanks to everyone who has sent me a message of welcome to Alopecia World. I know I'm going to feel 'at home' here.



Now all I have to do is find a way to support my sons who seem to have been affected by my alopecia more than I have! My oldest is worried that I might become ill again as Lupus is ever present. He was quite young when my illness was at its worst and it was a traumatic experience for all of us.



My youngest (who wasn't even a twinkle in my husband's eye during… Continue

I've had Lupus (SLE) for about 20 years now and I've had hair loss before. I've never worried about it because I've always thought that my hair would grow back and it did. For my 40th year (8 years ago) I wanted to do something that would mark the beginning of my 40s so I started growing locks. It has been a long journey and just as my hair was starting to look as I would like it, in comes Alopecia Areata!



No problem, I thought. My hair will grow back it always does but this isn't… Continue