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Is it OK not to fully accept having alopecia?

I have had alopecia for a while as many of you know lol, but I still cant bring myself to say ' this is how i am now' I mean i see a lot of ppl fulling embracing their baldness, and loving it and all that sort of thing , but I cant help but feel like I'm missing something, and to be honest its quite annoying when ppl are all like ' this is me, now i love being bald because i can switch up my hair wig( but i do acknowledge that everyone is free… Continue

Added by Alexis on April 27, 2011 at 3:30pm — 10 Comments

Bald women rock! Please VOTE in online poll!

In addition to vocalists Dee Dee Bridgewater, Shelby Johnson, and our own Alopecia World member, Lili (aka Eulalia), on the new TV show "The Voice", Christina Aguilera has TWO women on her team who have smoothly shaved heads.



Here are links showing photos of two of the first three singers chosen by Aguilera on last night's premiere:



http://www.nbc.com/the-voice/artists/frenchie-davis/…



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Added by Mary on April 27, 2011 at 11:30am — 32 Comments

The Voice

Watching tonight the new singing show The Voice. A beautiful bald woman walks out on to the stage and rocks a song. The woman Frenchie Davis. Dont know if she has alopecia or just loves the look, but does it really matter???? Hell NO!! Bald and Fabulous rocking it out on tv !!!!!
Oh and the basis of this show as oppose to American Idol, they do blind auditions. Meaning the judges are not allowed to see the contestants until they decide they love their voices.

Added by Bald and Fabulous AKA Terri on April 26, 2011 at 10:02pm — 3 Comments

Realistic wigs?

Hello:)

I was wondering if anyone has found an extremely realistic wig. I would really like to be able to pull my (wig) hair behind my ears and not have to worry about it looking unnatural. I play a lot of sports and need to be able to pull my hair back. Cost isn't an issue. I currently have a locks of love piece, but i have had it for a few years now and it is starting to fall apart. The only problem with the locks of love wig is that the hairline didn't look very convincing, and i always… Continue

Added by SutraHuh on April 26, 2011 at 10:00pm — 9 Comments

The heat, and my eyebrows are fading

When I lost most of my hair it was March 2011 and I took the necessary precautions wearing scarves, hats, buffs, etc. I noticed I felt the cold a lot faster than when I had some hair on my head.



I'm finding that now that it is getting hotter outside, my head sweats! Man! And the sweat goes right to my ears. never realized hair kept that from happening.



On another note, I'm losing my eyebrows. I have pretty much very thick Groucho-Marx-like eyebrows. I notice that I don't… Continue

Added by Lili Añel (aka Eulalia) on April 26, 2011 at 10:00pm — 4 Comments

Challenges

Life is full of challenges, but these challeges are only give to you, because God knows your faith is strong enough to get through tem!!
Yry to remember that when you feel down.

I hope everyone is having a happy ,hopeful dy today
God Bless!

Added by Lisa-Lynn Marini on April 26, 2011 at 10:47am — 6 Comments

Anyone experiencing more allergies?

Hi...i've had AA, AT and AU for most of my life and have also always had many allergies, mainly to perfumes or fragrances in products. I've never really put the two together but as I got older and my Alopecia changed from stage to stage, my perfume sensitiviy also got stronger. I was just wondering if anyone else had experienced the same thing or if its just simply that I have an allergy to perfume.

Added by Trish on April 25, 2011 at 10:20am — 30 Comments

My day out

I had a wonderful day out yesterday, my sister finally got me to go for a drive with her and her husband, we drove through the country side, it was beautiful i can't remember the last time I ever let my house like that and it felt really good to get out.

I cane home I made us all dinner and we had a chat, my brother in law said to me, plz Lisa don;t feel you need to cover your head with anything just because I am here and my sister said the same thing, It was as if my heart pounded of joy… Continue

Added by Lisa-Lynn Marini on April 24, 2011 at 3:00pm — 5 Comments

easter

Have a wonderful easter to evertone, love ya xox'
GOD BLESS

Added by Lisa-Lynn Marini on April 24, 2011 at 9:36am — No Comments

Head designs for a bald guy

I was reading the Jewish Chronicle the other day and there was an article about a man named: Philip Levine. Since going bald he decided to use his head as a canvas for art. I really like this idea! He has a couple of websites, so check them out:

http://www.headism.co.uk/
http://www.philsays.com/

Added by Vicsta on April 23, 2011 at 7:33am — 18 Comments

Cool story of a famous bald guy logo ;-)

Valve bald guy logo Recently, a Redditor wrote Valve Software Company to inquire about the bald guy in the Valve logo pictured here. The Redditor got this really cool response from Ray Ueno:

I worked with Gabe and team to develop the "guy in the logo" back when we first named the company, Valve (circa 1995/6), and…
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Added by rj, Co-founder on April 23, 2011 at 3:00am — 7 Comments

many good friends

please feel free to add me on facebook at lisa lynn marin ilongbottom would love to see some of you there no need to post bld picttures but it;s nice to add some good friends

Added by Lisa-Lynn Marini on April 22, 2011 at 11:08pm — No Comments

Please read!

I just wanted to thank-all of you for all your support wether sad, wether happy, I am so happy to be apart of AW, i've many of you wo have the same problem as myself,Some painful stories and some stories of hope and have at times given me the courage to go on and deal with my allopecia.
I just wanted to wish each and everyone of you a very wonderfyl Easter!!
I love yo all
<3 Lisa

Added by Lisa-Lynn Marini on April 22, 2011 at 9:07am — 1 Comment

And I wonder why my hair keeps falling out

So the last time I blogged I was 3 months pregnant and my hair had started to fall out again. Well it decided to do that wonderful thing that alopecia areata does and grow back and give me hope. At one point it actually started to get really full and thick and i had no spots. Then my little pumpkin was born (Hailey Darlene Burley-Heslop Oct 31st, 2010 thats why we call her our pumpkin 8lbs 13oz she was a big pumpkin lol) and then i noticed the back of my hair line started to creep up and up and… Continue

Added by Danielle on April 21, 2011 at 11:00pm — 9 Comments

My Alopecia Story

Last year I was diagnosed with a mixed Scarring Alopecia. Alopecia is just a fancy word for hair loss. This is an extremely rare condition. There are many different types of Alopecia (including male pattern baldness) and they are further categorized into scarring and non-scarring.



Without medication my symptoms are a bright red inflamed scalp, dry flaky lesions, prickly pear itching,, patchy areas of pustules that burst and drain. and areas of tenderness all over my scalp. It is… Continue

Added by Jana Hartley on April 21, 2011 at 11:17am — 5 Comments

If Alopecia World is important to you, then here's what we need from you

Dear Member,

Alopecia World has become an invaluable resource to the alopecia community because of the contributions of each and every one of its members.

It is you who provide the kind of information, inspiration and interaction that draw alopecians from around the world to our beloved community and keeps them coming back for more.

Therefore, Cheryl and I are grateful beyond words for your positive presence on AlopeciaWorld.com and hope that you will increase your…

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Added by Alopecia World on April 20, 2011 at 9:30pm — 9 Comments

a pleasant day today !

So I went to my usually psychiatrist today, he put me on better meds to help me cope with my depression over hairloss. I told gim how insecure I am answering the door in my turban or for everytime someone sees me I have a total different wig on you know what he said to me," WHO CARES it's none of their business why you do those things, you are who you are and you neeed to be happy about that.

As we said goodbye he gave me a hug which normally never happens, but he did and told me "hang in… Continue

Added by Lisa-Lynn Marini on April 20, 2011 at 6:42pm — 9 Comments

Need some advice please

On my profile I've added some wig photos of myself and could really use some opinions as to which one looks better, I will not take offense to any comment but it does help to know . Thank-you all for taking this time to helo me out
Lisa
have a great day:)

Added by Lisa-Lynn Marini on April 20, 2011 at 10:00am — 15 Comments

Loving every minute of it!

Yep, I'm a bald and I love it! I don't feel like I'm hiding some secret any longer. Well...with hairloss I wasn't really hiding anything, I was ignoring a problem that was right in front of my face in hopes that nobody would notice. Anyway, I digress. I am bald, I am happy about it. I still wear a wig to work and church. I am afraid that it would be career suicide at work, I work in management so I think I'll keep on wearing the wig there. At home I am a free bald bird. I haven't been "out" as… Continue

Added by Aunt Janet on April 20, 2011 at 2:30am — 11 Comments

Posted bald pic on Facebook

Well I just changed my profile pic on facebook. Bald, for all to see. Why? I was sitting here after a challenging phone call by my daughter thinking of the trauma she has lived through and is still going through and by association my hb and I as well when suddenly my hairloss didn't seem important anymore. Why am I hiding this? A lot of people I know know I'm bald. I gave a whole speech on it for god's sake to a crowd of people, some I associate with regularly. I outed myself publicly. So...… Continue

Added by Pat on April 20, 2011 at 2:26am — 14 Comments

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