I am a bald woman not by choice, but made the courageous choice to share it with the world. As a child growing up in the 1970's, I remember getting compliments on my very huge Afro. Folks use to say, look at that pudgy cute little girl with that big ole' Afro lol. During my wonder years, one of my older (envious) sisters persuaded me to perm my hair. What an EPIC fail! It was a downward spiral after that and the remnants of weaves, braids, and perms were the only reminders of my journey of…

2.5 yrs ago, my hair stylist told that that there were 3 bald spots on my head. i was stunned n depressed for 3 months. i sought various medical treatment including chinese medicine, none of these helped n i actually was too scared too wash my hair every nite. showering became my biggest fear coz i was too shocked to see almost 200 strands of hair falling fm your own head every day. yes, i was counting, the more i counted, i more i went crazy with my inner demon torturing me.

until…

I've been wearing a wig now for 1 1/2 months. I've received many compliments from folks who just thought I got a new cut and/or color. Wonderful! HOWEVER, I was not prepared for someone to ask me the name of my stylist (in the middle of a work meeting, nonetheless!). Awkward! I wiggled out of the situation by promising to email the info later. Now I'm hoping she won't call me on it. If she does, I will be honest, but I'd rather not go there.

Next dilemma is to figure out how to get my…

Hi Everyone! I'm new here and new to the whole alopecia thing. I was diagnosed 2 months ago with Celiac Disease. I'd suffered for over a year telling my doctors I was losing weight for no reason and I think they just thought I was nuts. I finally got a diagnosis when my daughter was diagnosed with Celiac. Now I feel lost and alone with alopecia. My daughter does not have alopecia and I think I'm confused. Can anyone tell me if my head will still itch even though I'm gluten free. I've been…

I am planning on going to my first support group this Monday June 11. I am really nervous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.....

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Note: This is a theoretic piece of writing. Meaning the feelings were once mine....But seems they are now someone elses.

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Why?

Why is hair such a big part of society?

Isn't it just fur?

It feels silky, it feels nice to touch it right?

What about when someone loses their hair....

Is it funny to hurt them?

Is it right to ridicule them?

Or make…

Hello. My name is Justin Dawson. I am 15 years old & have had Alopecia for about 1 year and 4 months now. It all started in mid February of 2011. I was in my room texting some friends while chatting with my little brother, Brendan. You know how when you are texting, you look with your head down most of the time? Well, that's what I was doing. My brother Brendan pointed out a very small circular bald spot on the crown of my head. I looked in the mirror, but it was too inadequate to see. I…

Today was the first day i didn't wear my wig at all at work. Sometimes i'm running late and its not brushed so i'll wait til i get to work to fix it and then put it on. Sometimes i'll just get way to hot and have to take it off. Today i just didn't feel like wearing it. I had a pretty dress on, pretty feather earrings, clear even skin and colorful pretty eye shadow. It was a pretty busy day at the salon i work at and only one person brought it up without me saying something first. He did it…

hey!

I am generally a very happy person with a great outlook on life... but I at times I get really down as everyone here does.. so I wrote a bit of a poetic piece to describe the pain ..

What it is like to have alopecia

Losing your hair, losing your femininity

Losing your normality

Years of teasing and feeling like you are being stared at

Having to realise that you will always feel ‘fake’

Hiding behind your wig, fake eyelashes and crayoned…

During a break, someone told a manager that they noticed dog fur/hair on clothes, & it made them feel uncomfortabale (concerned about it getting everywhere). Maybe I'm being self-conscious, but I'm wondering if it's really the baldness that bothered them. I mean, why would they not tell me but tell a manager? I haven't bewn wearing a hat/wig/scarf or anything lately because I haven't felt liek I needed to.

I had an interesting moment over the weekend. My daughter and I ran a 5K in my hometown. Her question was simple, yet lead to a more meaningful conversation about Alopecia. Her question, "Dad, why did you start running?"

My running life began at age 10, much like my daughter (who is now 15). In my hometown, I am known for running a lot and running fast. It wasn't always so. In fact, like many of you, I discovered at a very young age that I had Alopecia (age 5) and soon discovered the…

I am sure you all have heard this comment by someone trying to get us Alopecians to see the bright side of not having hair. Well I dont know about the rest of you but this has been very expensive for me.

I was only diagnosed 4 months ago and lost my hair rather rapidly. I went from buying every scarf & hat i could find to hide the bald spots on the top of my head, only to find in a matter of weeks I needed a full wig.

I buy hats, scarfs,glues, combs, full wigs, halo wigs…

I have had AU since January of this year. I was wearing a wig or wraps most of the time because I felt self concious but I recently decided to go around everywhere without anything. It was scary but I am so glad I did. I was out with my husband, who is also bald. We make a funny pair. A woman that worked/owned the restaraunt came over to us and asked me very nicely if I had alopecia or cancer. I said I had alopecia and she says, "Me too," and pulled off her wig right there!! I was shocked…

I wrote a blog maybe not that long ago about my hair which had grown back few months earlier had started to fall out again. I am going on holiday on friday and have lots of patches but my hair is still falling out which is a pain and i dont want to be leaving hair in the pool ect. It looks like i have to shave it off but its a awful feeling that i have to do this again as its definatly back to square one!

I got my wig couple of weeks back and wore it once and hated it, I hate having to…

So the last blog I posted I told you all about how I was recently diagnosed with Alopecia Areata. I tried the Saline Solution and it did not work, I then tried the 7 steroid shots into my head. Unfortunately it did not work for me. In fact it has only gotten worse. I still encourage others to try the shots. They were not that painful to me but I still say if you have not tried them yet defiantly do try. I was recently told to try tea tree oil. Have any of you tried it and had success? I also…

Well I went shopping with my daughter the other day and all was well until....wait for it....a teenager laughed at me when I passed. I tried to ignore it and brush it off. Deep down inside it hurts and still does. So, since then I have been wearing a wig or covering up. Today, I put on my scarf and my daughter said why are you wearing that? Of course I came up with some lame excuse, but she lovingly said, you look better wearing nothing.

Just wanted to share with everyone, I'm still a…

my boyfriend just said its a shame that your lip hair doesnt fall out cause i was saying i needed my lip waxed why is that the hair i want is gone and the hair i dont want is hanging on

I wish I could look into the future and see if I will lose all my hair. I really want to know. Should I prepare for the bald me? Will it ever happen? Will I remain the same with the thin hair I have had for about five years? Will I get enoigh regrowth were possible to sustain my natural hair and style?

With all the steriod shots, my scalp is in rough shape with ridges and dents. Why can't I be the cool girl that has always worn funky wigs and therefore wouldn't seem out of the ordinary…

I can't see me ever go bald yet i don't know society has me bound right now...