According to an article on Essence.com, some believe that Gabby should be more concerned with more than just her Olympic dream.

"On Tuesday, 16-year-old Gabrielle 'Gabby' Douglas led our women’s gymnastics team to a gold medal, the USA’s first since 1996. The bouncing, bubbly…

What a year its been so far. Unbelievable and Im totally gobsmacked. Im grateful and humbled that all that has transpired in the last 7 months. Curious as to what the rest of the year will bring.

Lets start this with the article that was written about me and voyages to the gym, which was issued in my local newspaper in late April. This was after I approached the marketing director of the gym I go to, about the possibility of raising some awareness about alopecia. I had been approached…

I am celebrating 30 days of being"Bald and Proud".

I just wish I had done it sooner.

I think this poem convey how I feel.

Being a slave to society's whimsical tune about beauty

I conformed by buying hair that was not mine

Taken from the heads of people in foreign lands

Convinced their contribution will be paid back by GOD.

The long tresses I wore despite the guilt

Agonizing headaches from it being sewed in

I look in the mirror…

Hello everyone. I just found and joined this site last night. First, I wanted to say that I am grateful this site exists. I stumbled upon it when I was looking for information on how to exercise in a wig. It looks like an amazing community and I look forward to getting to know everyone.

Second, a little about me. I am in my mid-30s and was diagnosed last year with scarring alopecia. When that diagnosis came in April, it was like my whole life felt shattered. I had been worried about…

British cycling champion Joanna Rowsell has revealed how her hair-loss disorder, alopecia areata, spurred her on to be "even more focused" after becoming an overnight poster girl for all sufferers.

Joanna shared the following "It scares me to think I would not have found cycling. The alopecia made me very shy so I stayed in and intensely focused on my homework or that A* in an exam.

"Working hard was the only thing that stopped me from worrying about the future, about whether I…