well i have been wishing that my hair loss would not be the only thing that i thought about and my wish came true and now i wish the only thing i had to worry about in my life is not having hair(seems stupid that i was so worried in the 1st place). i married rusty when i got pregnant with my son russell i was very young and after he was born 6 mo later i got pregnant with my daughter jordan. i divorced their dad when she was only 2 mo old. then i re-married a year later to a man named david.… Continue

well, i am a tattoo person as you can see from my pics and i would like to get a new tatt to mark this period in my life. if it was breast cancer i would have a really cool pink ribbon drawn and that would be that tatt, but is there anything like that for alopecia? is there any kind of symbol? if not, any ideas would be great.

well i went to see the doc this morning and i got more of the injections. i have some spots that are not even attempting to put out hair and then some other spots that are growing like crazy. i have to say that i am extremely emotional today and i have started losing hair in a very private spot. that has plunged me into an extreme crazy frezy. it makes me think that this is not going to get better even though the doc says that she is very optimistic about complete regrowth. i snapped at a lady… Continue

wow! that is all i can say to this site and everyone that has contacted me. i have been reading so many of your stories and i am truely inspired. i want to be like everyone of you and i am tired of hearing myself whine about this. i know that i will have good and bad days but i just want to get to the point that my hair is the least most important thing in my world. why do i constantly have to dwell on this and what does that say about me? there are so many things that i am interested in and so… Continue

ok, this is my first day on this site. for the last couple of months i have lost my hair and my entire identity. how can that be? i am a really strong and indenpendant person, so why do i feel like my identity is gone? now i feel really shallow. i have been reading the different groups and reading about my new friends struggles and everyone seems so put together and comfortable with what we are going through. i feel like i am in a dark hole and can't get out. the whole wig experience was a… Continue