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This is wearing me down

Hi, I have had AT since the summer before my senior year of high school. Great timing! I was so embarrassed, and wore a wig to school and never told anyone. I made my mother tell the moms of a couple of my close friends and thats it. I always felt that people were staring at me. I went off to college and dealt with it, but only told my roommates and then it was never spoken of. It has been 20 years and I am just so tired of "dealing with it". I thought I accepted it but don't know if deep down… Continue

Added by Leslee on June 5, 2010 at 6:30am — 15 Comments

Dotty's Inspirational/Motivational Reflection

You Better Slow Down

By: David L. Weatherford



Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round,

or listened to rain slapping the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight,

or gazed at the sun fading into the night?



You better slow down, don't dance so fast,

time is short, the music won't last.



Do you run through each day on the fly,

When you ask "How are you?", do you hear the reply?

When the day is done, do you… Continue

Added by Dotty on June 5, 2010 at 1:56am — No Comments

Where can I get Blinkies

hey everyone! i have read so much about the product Blinkies. i can't seem to buy them online anywhere. i have searched there website, www.blinkiesonline.com, and can't find where you can actually purchase and order the eyelashes. HELP!! i wanna try them so bad for my wedding in october.

i also need some advice for artificial eyebrows. anyone tried them. which are the best.

Added by Amber on June 5, 2010 at 1:49am — No Comments

"A Smile To Remember"

I know I post quite a few blogs but this one touched my heart.

My daughter came downstairs as I was watching tv and says to me, Mom could you please flat iron my hair?,I told her please dont ruin your beautiful curls they are gorgeous, she begged me. Needless to say after trying to convince her NOT to iron her hair out I did it for her.

She went upstairs to her room and about 20 minutes later she came back downstairs and said,Look at me now, I'm almost as beautiful as you mom!! What… Continue

Added by Lisa-Lynn Marini on June 4, 2010 at 2:28pm — 2 Comments

Beautiful Bald Woman on Recent 30 Rock Episode

If you have the most recent 30 Rock episode on DVR or taped, (or can watch it online) take a look at the very last scene. There is a choir singing at a wedding, groovin' on the 30 Rock Theme Song. It's at the very end of the episode (I think it may be the season finale). I just watched it for the first time last night.



There is a beautiful, totally bald woman in the middle of the choir! A couple of shots show her very well. There is no dialog, no explanation, and she's just a… Continue

Added by Mary on June 4, 2010 at 10:17am — 6 Comments

"Mixed Emotions"

Tomorrow My husband,my oldest daughter and myself are going to buy her grade 8 grad dress. This is going ot be my first time going shopping since i've started losing my hair.Yes it's covered however i'm sure most of you know what I mean, it's still not the same, its NOT mine!!

I'm looking forward to being with my husband to do this but at the same time i'm NOT ,all those gorgeous girls be around shopping and brings me to think,my husband could have alot better than me.This morning I… Continue

Added by Lisa-Lynn Marini on June 4, 2010 at 8:45am — 3 Comments

True Friends

When you are sad,

I will dry your tears.

When you are scared,

I will comfort your fears.



When you are worried,

I will give you hope.

When you are confused,

I will help you cope.



And when you are lost

and can't see the light,

I shall be your beacon,

shining ever so bright.



This is my oath,

I pledge till the end.

Why you may ask,

because you're a friend.



In a friendship

We're free to… Continue

Added by Dotty on June 3, 2010 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Dotty's Inspirational/Motivational Reflection

Angels Unaware

By: Author Unknown



It was a rainy night in New Orleans

At a bus station in the town,

I watched a young girl weeping

As her baggage was taken down.



It seems she'd lost her ticket

Changing buses in the night.

She begged them not to leave her there

With no sign of help in sight.



The bus driver had a face of stone

And his heart was surely the same.

"Losing your ticket's like losing cash money" he… Continue

Added by Dotty on June 3, 2010 at 1:56am — 1 Comment

Acceptance!

Trying to avoid my friends since I started losing my hair, was the hardest thing to do, but I did it!

I was afraid of what they would think of me or if they would say anything I wouldn't want to hear.

I decided yesterday afternoon that I miss my friends, I miss my morning meetings with them, so I thought OK THAT'S IT!! I met with them yesterday evening while all our kids played together,we had a nice talk about what I was going through and the greatest thing I heard from them was ,"… Continue

Added by Lisa-Lynn Marini on June 2, 2010 at 11:15am — 6 Comments

Memorial Day weekend & trip

so i went to visit my parents for a week with the baby & was pleasantly suprised about how easy it was going thru the airport security! no one even hesitated with me wearing my bandana.

as for memorial day weekend, i chickened out, again... i dont know what its going to take for me to actully go thru with shaving my head. its just such a huge step. i know it would be nice to stop obsessing about my hair so much, but its REALLY hard! my husband keeps joking that hes going to do it while… Continue

Added by Jennifer Easter on June 2, 2010 at 7:43am — 13 Comments

Scarf

So I wore a scarf to work today instead of my wig. I was nervous going in to work but everyone was excited to see my new look. I don't know if I will do it again tomorrow but today was great. I even went shopping with a friend and out to dinner. One giant step for this woman!!!!!!!!

Added by Roslyn on June 1, 2010 at 10:30pm — 5 Comments

The Sharpie Marker

On the last day of school this year, I was sitting against lockers signing students' yearbooks. A student comes up to me and says, "What would you do if I wrote on your head?" I was half paying attention and shrugged my shoulders with a little laugh. The next thing I know a smiley face was being drawn on my head. So started the line of kids waiting to make a mark on my bald head. A day I'll never forget and a testimony to how comfortable these students have become with someone who is a little… Continue

Added by Jill on June 1, 2010 at 10:50am — 9 Comments

Just feeling blah!

This past weekend was my 37th birthday and I have a great boyfriend in my life, but he often thinks of himself before he thinks of me. I was not so happy that I had to spend almost an entire day with his friends whose lives revolve around drinking so much they make you want to punch them. I am trying really hard to stay away from people who bring negativity to my life. My bf has a drinking problem and over the past year he has been doing pretty good at limiting himself. The people he calls his… Continue

Added by Dana Kozlowski on June 1, 2010 at 9:03am — 5 Comments

Dotty's Inspirational/Motivational Reflection

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."

Added by Dotty on June 1, 2010 at 12:38am — No Comments

Dotty's Inspirational/Motivational Reflection

"Fear less, hope more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Hate less, love more; And all good things are yours."

Added by Dotty on June 1, 2010 at 12:36am — No Comments

Two very different heads of HAIR

I have no one left in my family except for my sister.

So what better person to share my pain about my alopecia right?

I shared my pain with her, she offered her support in which I thought was wonderful, until I decide to check out my facebook page and here were photos of her bragging about her long up to the butt hair, many photos of wind blowing the hair,hair up, hair down you name it , it was there.

I felt very hurt, I could MAYBE take it better from a stranger but my… Continue

Added by Lisa-Lynn Marini on May 31, 2010 at 12:30pm — 7 Comments

Shaving my head

Hi to all.



WOW WOW is about as much as i can say. I've been shaving my head for the last 3months and before i know about the headblade and products i used shaving gel and a normal razor. I posted a question a few weeks ago and a got a response to get a headblade. So being South-africa a thought this is it i will order one from over seas. to my supprise there is a company in SA that does this wonderful product. I contact them and last week received my headblade (the MD came all the… Continue

Added by Michelle on May 31, 2010 at 4:15am — 2 Comments

New to Alopecia World but not new to Alopecia

Hi!



I have never before joined a site like this but I am encouraged to see how beautiful and open so many of you are about having no hair and flaunting it! I hope to be there someday! I am a Mom of two beautiful kids a wife to a loving husband, hair or no hair, and a career woman. I have had AA my whole life but never noticeable to the outside as it was always in places that could be covered and always grew back. After the birth of my first child it became AT and I struggled so much… Continue

Added by Kim Burns on May 30, 2010 at 7:42pm — 11 Comments

My life with alopecia on youtube :)

do you guys wanna see me live my life normally ? :)

I have universalis alopecia but i have a wig and tattooed eyebrows! I live a normal everyday life without anyone knowing i have alopecia ( except my friends obviouslyy ;) they all know about it and support me! )

Anyways, yeahh im 16years old, almost 17 and me and my best friend started posting videos on youtube!! :)

you can follow us while we were packpacking around europe!! :)

we only posted 1 video yet, buut ALOT more are… Continue

Added by emilie on May 29, 2010 at 9:27pm — No Comments

I am pitiful

The last time I posted anything on here was almost a year ago. Almost a year later i'm still afraid to go out without my wig on. I purchased a couple of turbans and I did wear one to dinner last weekend but I was totally self conscious and nervous the entire time. Why is this so hard for me? I look at all the beautiful carefree pictures of other members and can't help thinking "what is wrong with me". I think if I could go to work for a week with a hat or scarve and no wig I can eventually get… Continue

Added by Roslyn on May 28, 2010 at 9:06pm — 12 Comments

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