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Am I perpetuating the fear of being discovered?

Have you ever walked down the road, sat in a restaurant, or been in Safeway and seen someone who's wearing a wig? Most of us are hard to spot because we have spent years trying to make ourselves look like everyone else... but much like LGBT (lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgendered) have "Gay-dar" I think those of us with Alopecia have "wig-dar". What I'm worried about is that I'm perpetuating the fear of being discovered.

I know for me personally I prefer to tell my story than be outed… Continue

Added by Kate anderson on August 5, 2011 at 9:00pm — 11 Comments

My 11 year old son was just diagnosed with alopecia. What to expect next?

At this point his Alopecia is limited to one eyebrow. Even with it being his eyebrow he is having a difficult time talking about it and does not like to hear me discuss it. Is this limited to just this area, will it continue to his other, his head.. What can be expected as anything I have read or seen it seems it does not just limit itself to an area for long. Am I wrong, am I missing something?



I would just like to chat with people whom can give real life experience answers for a… Continue

Added by Garfield on August 4, 2011 at 1:00pm — 6 Comments

Indiscreet best friends

So I just opened an account on facebook, which I'm starting to regret. On my profile picture I'm wearing my wig, and I love that picture so much because it was so hard to get a good picture with it. On my camera, my hair came out too shiny, and it look really fake. So I finally took one on my phone and loved it.



Before I got a wig, I asked my best friend to go with me to a wig shop because I didn't know what to look for. At the time, she was dating some guy and I guess mentioned that… Continue

Added by Trixie on August 3, 2011 at 3:00pm — 5 Comments

International Alopecia Day is Saturday, August 6, 2011!

For those of you who don't know about it, International Alopecia Day is an annual event that got started right here on Alopecia World a couple of years ago.



It's a day to celebrate who we are, be proud, raise awareness among non-Alopecians, and connect with other people with hair loss. Here's the Group page where you can join:…



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Added by Mary on August 1, 2011 at 7:00pm — 12 Comments

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