So for the past 6 months I've been wearing the same black scarf everywhere I go. Through a mutual friend I have now gotten a wig for a really great deal, but I'm not sure if I really want it. Everyone has been so eager to help me, which I am very grateful for, but I'm just not sure if I'm ready to completely change my look again. My friends and family have just now seem to be used to the scarf I wear. I don't get any stupid questions from people at school. If I start wearing this wig I feel…

Here is a picture of me after getting my new hair cut and styled.  I got the Follea. and am very happy.  First time in a salon in years!!

Hi !

I am Mumtaz Amir from Pakistan having this disease for last about 20 years. I tried so many medical and other treatments but no result. One interesting thing is that i loose my hair from one point and after few months they again start growing. But anyways i am so much depressed due to this disease. I have lost my all charm of life and now i am an average man in my professional life although i was brighter student of my class. I dont know how to overcome this disease. Can any one…

I'm writing this because I'm creative and a fighter.

Sometimes I have to remind myself of the things that make me.... ME. I had my hair fall out my head in high school and it wasn't until 4 years later that I realized that I had it way before then. But teen stress got the best of me. It was for those 4 years I was tested and pushed and cementing who I wanted to be as a person. Poetry and writing became a staple to maintaining my sanity and stress really low. Some people think that men…

We'll, I made it through my first day! 90% of my hair had fallen out so I shaved the rest off over the holidays. I went back to work yesterday. I was full of anxiety. I decided to send an email to the people I worked with most often so they wouldn't be shocked or think I had cancer. The response was uplifting and I even ate lunch in the cafeteria with two of my close friends. I never thought I could do it. But I did! Onto day two!

Last year, I shared with you all a blog post about my 2012. The year that my hair fell out. This year, although it's mainly about my year as a whole and not about alopecia I felt maybe some of you would like to read it. (you can follow my blog at www.learningtonurse.wordpress.com

I’ve never been a fan of new year’s, it’s a…

I would like to express my sincere gratitude and wish you a happy new year. There is no way Alopecia World could be what it has become without input from individuals like you. The support, caring, triumphs and struggles that you have each shared through blogs, discussions, comments and videos on the site help a multitude of people every day. We do not have to struggle or be victorious alone; we have a place where we can encourage and be encouraged by others. Thank you for making my dream…

I have had alopecia since I was 17. Now, at 36 I have thyroid issues that have never been detected until now. I have always suspected thryroid issues, but the tests they did never showed anything. Now that I have told my Dr. I am bald, he ordered further testing. Before they only tested the T3, T4, TSH (I think). Now they did a thyroglobulin test that came back high (315) and normal is 2-35 range.

I was wondering if any of you have or had thyroid problems. Could this be contributing…

I have developed Alopecia Universalis.  I am the 1 in 1 of  200,000 people with this condition.  But I don't feel special, unique, or one of a kind right now.

I want to be the little girl I once was with fluttering, long, dark eye lashes that framed my pretty eyes.  The girl with the brown plaited side pony.

Why me?  I ask myself that now and feel a sense of guilt perhaps.  Guilt or lack of gratitude for the fact that at least I am not sick and if I am not dying and not in…

Hello Everyone,

I see in the past there were people interested in getting a support group of sorts together for the Ottawa area. I'm here too and would be interested in chatting here with other Ottawans or getting together to see what everyone is doing for their alopecia. I have alopecia areata with about 90% hairloss. I shaved the rest off before the holidays, it was all just falling out anyway. I have been dealing with AA personally for about 10 yrs, but this is the most significant…

A poem by Brianna age 10



I have alopecia areata and it is not cancer.

When I found out I was healthy

it was the happiest answer.



I cried at first , knowing that I would have no hair.

Shortly after Christmas by head was completely bare.

No matter what I do, no matter what I say,

my hair might never grow back, all I can do is pray.



I know I look different to many of you,

But thank god for my…

Ok so I am on here today to challenge you guys (that is everyone on here) for a New Year's resolution to challenge yourself to come to accept or continue to accept this you that is missing hair.

By this I mean embrace you alopecia and not care that you don't have hair, in fact try to show who you really are and that your looks don't matter it is your personality that truly matters.

Hope that this challenge helps you to be happier and to know that you are an amazing person in…

I am me, and I am ok.

These were the words that hung above my bed during my teenage years-- Always a reminder to me that I did not need to compete with my peers for acceptance because no matter what, being who I was would always be ok.

Self-esteem and confidence were two things I did not lack as a young woman. Until I was 32 years old. I was in the midst of finishing PA…

Hi all, well a bald woman sat down with her daughter at the next table in a cafe this week and I went over and asked if she had alopecia...no she didn't, she had been treated for breast cancer. I always find when I do this the person has cancer! Anyway I explained that I thought she had alopecia as I did and she said oh my hair will grow back soon. I said fantastic, I've been bald for over 20 years and wigs don't bother me anymore. Her eyes opened wide. We chatted some more and she's tossing…

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Ok, so, my last blog entry on here was the initial "Oh My Goodness!"

Showing her the blog post worked well for me as I didn't have to actually acknowledge it (not ready for that yet). She has tried to ask a question but I just had to say I didn't want to talk about it yet. I will do.... Just when I'm ready. Decided that I have dealt with it a couple times…

I just watched the Georgia in tears video and my heart is breaking. My own child is feeling exactly like her and only 8.

Last night she was sobbing because when she washed her hair handfuls came out.

How do I help her deal with her pain and not show her I hurt for her too.

This morning she asks to go see the doctors again for a nice wig. We will go I just hope they have good ones cause she…

I do not know why, but I have this one roll of double-sided tape.  I have not worn a wig in over 15 years, but this tape has been traveling with me.  I have moved three times since I stopped wearing hairpieces, including from Canada to the USA, and each time I pack and bring this roll of double-sided tape with me.  I have no idea why I don’t throw it away.  Perhaps it’s…

I'm new to the site and all I see are these negative post. This is my first post welcoming myself to the site. Hello everyone

Where is the gift receipt?!

My alopecia has been in hiding for a while now, which gave me enough time to form a relationship. Now, 9 months into said relationship, I have the familiar signs that she's back to play. I don't know how to tell my gf that I'm loosing my hair. She knows in the past it happened, but she doesn't understand it. I don't think she realizes what a monster I become once me and Josie (my wig) have to start hanging out together again.

No idea how to tell her…