July 2013 Blog Posts (42)

Celebrating the bald

This site is both empowering and triggering for me - while it's great to find my bald tribe, the amount of trauma/shame/worry people have about their alopecia is difficult to witness. I've been totally hair-free for the past 11 years, and it has been one of the BEST teachers of my life. I'd really love to find others who have made peace with, and even celebrate, their baldness (while always remember that looking different is hard, but not necessarily bad).

Added by Brenna on July 4, 2013 at 6:00pm — 3 Comments

Answers regarding recent scalp issues

I have posted recently about my scalp issues, with my scalp swelling in random patterns, looking like a sunburn and feeling like my head was on fire.

I saw a new dermatologist and he sent me for a RAST test. This is a blood test that determines food allergies. It turns out I am allergic to wheat. Funny, when my doctor gave me the result he said the test determined I was "slightly allergic to wheat". My response was "how does one determine slightly"? Sort of like being a little bit…

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Added by Lili Añel (aka Eulalia) on July 3, 2013 at 12:00pm — No Comments

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