I recently came across the below article on the Huffington Post website:

"One organization is using all-natural ingredients and artistry to help women coping with hair loss.



Henna Heals was started by Canadian photographer Frances Darwin in 2011 as a small group of volunteers in Toronto, and has since grown to a community of 150 artists worldwide. Those…

ABC News reported:

A 9-year-old girl from Grand Junction, Colorado will be allowed to return to school after being banned for shaving her head.

Kamryn…

I recently read an article about David Finch, an alopecian super hero artist.  When asked about his emotional details in his drawings Finch responded:

"It does come from both personal…

As another year begins, my thoughts are on moving forward.  I don’t officially make resolutions but I do think of the past year and what changes I can make to improve my new year.

This year I’m going to continue working on three things:

Get off of auto-pilot.  Try to do things a bit differently every day.  For example, drive a different way to the store or anything that just makes me think before I act.

Be the change I want to see.  Many times I think of…

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 recently came across this poem and it just spoke to me, so I thought I would share it with you.

Stepping up to Happiness

Everybody Knows ~

You cannot be all things to all people

You cannot do all things at once

You cannot do things equally well

You cannot do things better than everyone else

Your humanity is showing just like everyone else’s.

So ~

You must find who you are and be…

What special activities do you have planned for Alopecia Awareness Month? Please be sure to list them on Alopecia World's events calendar. We also welcome you to make suggestions and discuss your plans in the comments section below.



Below is information on what the National Alopecia Areata Foundations has planned for the month.

NAAF - Team Up for Alopecia Areata…

According to the Josephfleischer.com Blog:

"Dealing with alopecia can be an isolating experience, even when you have a strong support system of family and friends around. It’s hard for people to commiserate when they aren’t sharing the same types of personal experiences that you are.

Luckily, we live in an age where information, advice and…

According to an article in The Bolton News:

"A UNIVERSITY student with a fear of heights has just signed up to jump from an aeroplane at 12,000 feet.

Twenty years-old Joe Slack from Westleigh is doing a sponsored skydive on May 11 to raise fund for the support group (Bebold.org.uk) that has done such a lot to help his younger sister, Kim, who…

U.S. toymaker Mattel created a “bald” friend of Barbie doll named Ella and donated a limited quantity of the dolls to the National Alopecia Areata Foundation (NAAF).

However, the bald doll has created some controversy in the alopecia community because Ella is packaged with a wig on.

Some feel that it is not a real representation of a person with alopecia and…

Years ago I was in a changing room at a gym and a woman walked in and thought I was man because I was not wearing a wig to cover my alopecia and had my back to her. When I turned around she could obviously see that I was a woman, but I still felt shame after I saw the look on her face and she apologized for mistaking me for a man.

That was very painful experience for…

Last week I was grocery shopping and, when I went to check out, a woman approached me to say she thought I was beautiful and that she wished she could do what I do. She went on to explain that she lost most of her hair due to alopecia. I told her I was familiar with alopecia and, in fact, have it myself. She was fearful of what others might say if they knew about her condition, but she really liked my look.

She was wearing a wig and said she normally wears one, so I suggested she…

Mailonline.com, had an interesting article about twin, in which one had alopecia and the other did not. Below is an excerpt:

“As girls, they insisted on matching outfits, right down to the ribbons in their blonde pigtails. And as teenagers, identical twins Gwennan and Elin Thomas were inseparable, even going to the same university.

‘We were, and are, best…

According to BBC World News:

"Star cyclist Joanna Rowsell hopes to be an inspiration to other alopecia sufferers after winning Olympic gold yesterday. Joanna Rowsell (centre) has become a role model for girls with alopecia (Picture: AFP / Getty Images) The 23-year-old was first diagnosed with the hair loss condition when she was 10 and her victory alongside Laura…

“A cat with alopecia found starving by the roadside in the rain is in need of a new home.

William, a white Persian, is being nursed back to health by staff at the national adoption centre run by Cats Protection at Chelwood Gate, near Haywards Heath.

The 12-year-old was found severely underweight and in an “appalling” condition when spotted struggling to find…

A Brisbane Times news articled states:

“When Joanna Rowsell's right eyebrow disappeared 14 years ago, an event that only marked the beginning of hair loss all over her then nine-year-old body, she could never have imagined feeling good about the experience that completely threw her self-esteem and caused her to hide under hats and wigs.”

“On Saturday night in London, the same person stood before the world as she was crowned an Olympic world champion. At age 23, bald…

According to an article on Essence.com, some believe that Gabby should be more concerned with more than just her Olympic dream.

"On Tuesday, 16-year-old Gabrielle 'Gabby' Douglas led our women’s gymnastics team to a gold medal, the USA’s first since 1996. The bouncing, bubbly…

British cycling champion Joanna Rowsell has revealed how her hair-loss disorder, alopecia areata, spurred her on to be "even more focused" after becoming an overnight poster girl for all sufferers.

Joanna shared the following "It scares me to think I would not have found cycling. The alopecia made me very shy so I stayed in and intensely focused on my homework or that A* in an exam.

"Working hard was the only thing that stopped me from worrying about the future, about whether I…

So the other day a man looked at me totally speechless. Then finally he pointed toward his hair and said, I have never really “seen” that in real life before. I decided not to put him on the spot and respond with “…And now that you have, what do you think?!”…

Wendy doesn't show her hair because it's thinned by her thyroid disease. Wendy has always been open to the fact that she wears wigs and weaves. Just thought I would share that.