I just wanted to share my recent appearance on the news on KMIR6 in Palm Springs. I hope my LOVE U formula is helpful! It definitely helped me and my coaching clients.

After going from having small bald patches that would grow back over a few months, to losing 98% of my hair and half an eyebrow—the journey has been far from easy. I look back now, and cringe over how I would stress out when I discovered tiny little patches that were covered by the thick head of hair I once had.

How I would whinge because my hair was too thick, boring and normal when I was younger, along with other image issues.

How I would kid with my best friend whether he'd…

In the past few weeks, I've really changed. Changed in the sense that I'm not allowing myself to hide that I have alopecia anymore. I'm no longer considering it a 'secret'. I shouldn't be ashamed of it, because alopecia is apart of me, and I will not be ashamed of myself. It was difficult to talk about it before to my family, and even worse when I talked about it to my best friend. I would always end up crying. But recently, I told more of my friends, without a single tear, and they…

It sickens me how so many people assume that if you are bald, you automatically have cancer or you are going through chemotherapy.. I'm sure many more people have this same problem like I do. "don't judge a book by it's cover."

I have AU and think I'd be happier/ more comfortable bald during the labor/ delivery. But I don't want all my pictures with me bald... I was thinking some type of head covering- but something not too obviously (bald underneath) for the posterity of my photos! Any suggestions? I think I will bring my wig to wear home from the hospital. But I do want to get some pics shortly after the birth and want to look ok.

Thanks,
Lisa

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Reading the struggles and the number of years you have dealt with it was inspiring n heart felt in each case. After, watching the news last night of the Oklahoma tornado and 2 schools including an entire city gone, made me see life is sooooo much more than hair!! How dare i think this could be the worse of all things especially wen i have my baby at my side n her health~I guess its because i was afraid of the unknown. Society has us believing one thing in the fashion world and is it really?…

my daughter is noticing that she has no hair and her sisters do, she spent a good 2-3 min. petting her older sisters hair and telling her she liked her hair, and mommies and her oldest sisters hair. She even asked where hers was, she calls her headbands and pretty much anything she puts on her head for the 5 min. she does her hair, she is so dang cute I tell her all the time that she is and that she is beautiful and I love her. She is breaking my heart with this newer behaviour but I know as…

I don't know if anyone has started a blog about this, but since I just registered to attend my first NAAF conference in St. Louis June 27-30, I'm curious which of my AW friends are attending.

Who's going?

I am almost finished with sixth grade I only have five more days. The thing is I am contemplating whether or not to shave my had now or wait until August I was wondering what you guys think. I was thinking wait so I don't get a sunburn on my head but also if I waited I could get teased and made fun of behind my back, but that would be okay with me as long as they didn't do it to my face. On the other hand though, I could shave it now and risk getting it sunburnt and have hair when school…

I was diagnosed with alopecia areata a few weeks ago. I noticed a bald patch on my crown when getting ready for prom, which was a huge shock. I went to the dermatologist the next week, and he found 3 other patches. I got the steroid injections, and hair is starting to slowly come back in. Unfortunately, more hair is falling out near the patches, in the places that I did not receive injections (they only did about 15). The patch on my crown is growing to the size of a large palm, and I can no…

Hi everyone. I have AU, which developed after I left the working world due to a disability. I am considering trying to go back to work, but realized when it came time to thinking about interviews, that I am going to have to explain my disease in order for the interviewer to not think I am sick with cancer. I know that it may not sound like a big deal, but I am really not happy that I don't have much of a choice if I want to continue to live free from binding, headache producing wigs! I feel…

I haven't been on here in so long, but since I have, I've come a long way with the acceptance of my alopecia. I'm in a much better place, even though it still sucks at times...

I got married last September :) and had a beautiful custom made wig for my wedding. I loved it! I wanted long hair and the guy I go to charged me approx $1250! I know , that's alot of money :( but it was a full cap (and I don't have to wear any tape, which I love, because I HATE using the tape!) I previously…

Hello everyone,does anyone have any ideas to promote fashion with alopecia? Just because we lost our hair don't mean we have to look a hot mess.your suggestions are needed.

Hello everyone, my seven year old daughter was diagnosed with AA on both sides of her temple and nape she is balding. She has long hair so we can cover it with her hair and head bands for now.because Alopecia is unpredictable i do not know if all her hair will eventually come out. But I don't want her to feel like she has to cover her balding spots or her bald head for that matter. She also lost most of her eyebrows and eyelashes.i dont want her to have a low self esteem because of her…

it started off when my sis saw a bald spot in my hair when i was 13 and we were going to swim at the hotel pool.

i was surprised and didnt know what to make of it.. it started getting worse as time went on and no one really did anything about it.. now I'm 19, its so bad that i had to get a wig.. alot of peopledont really know about it but some saw it and some i told about it. my ex best friend calls me patches and tries to make my life hell, and this one girl tried pulling off my…

I have diffuse hair loss and logitudinal ridges in my nails (along with other symptoms of anemia) due to low ferritin levels... I tried Rogaine and it didn't work for me. I can't go on Propecia because I'm a female. I've been losing my hair since I was 12 because my low ferritin, but I never did anything about it until this year at age 22. The reason I tried rogaine was because doctors told me it's genetic (even though everyone in my family has thick hair!) until one doctor did some blood…

It's been a while since I posted on here, and I felt its about time I do. Since September I have been in and out of hospitals, different specialist, and I think my PCP and I see each other more than I see my best friend. LLLOOONNNGGG story short, I have been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia (OUCH!), POTS, and a severe case of restless body syndrome. I am currently on Short Term Disability, have been since January, with currently no sign of me going back to work any time soon. Because of the POTS…