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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…
ContinueAdded by Cheryl, Co-founder on August 29, 2013 at 5:30am — 3 Comments
It's a hair loss condition that often robs sufferers of their self-esteem and confidence.
Now a photographer has taken this stunning gallery of images of people with alopecia to raise awareness about the condition.
Added by rj, Co-founder on May 14, 2013 at 1:35pm — No Comments
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…
ContinueAdded by Cheryl, Co-founder on April 10, 2013 at 1:36am — No Comments
Hello Everyone!
First of all I would like to apologize for not being on the site more often. You are all wonderful people with interesting and inspiring stories to tell.
A little about me. I was diagnosed with Alopecia 10 years ago when I was 15. Its been a tough road for me and my loved ones. For the past month I have been walking this crazy earth without a hair piece and have been feeling pretty confident about it. Still some ups and downs. Now, I have tried this 3 times…
ContinueAdded by Camille Reinecker on March 10, 2013 at 10:30pm — 2 Comments
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…
ContinueAdded by Cheryl, Co-founder on November 13, 2012 at 12:51am — 13 Comments
Driving home tonight from work, something struck me. For the first time since I was first diagnosed with alopecia at the tender age of 8(28 years ago) I can actually feel the emotional scars fading. No longer do I feel restricted or ashamed of having alopecia. Yes the scars will always remain but fading they are. From all the years that I hid having alopecia, from the shame and embarrassment I felt, the lack of feeling "normal" or even "beautiful" and feeling totally alone. Of doing the…
ContinueAdded by Bald and Fabulous AKA Terri on February 19, 2012 at 8:00pm — No Comments
Occasionally I receive an email from someone saying that they wished they had my strength to handle alopecia -- as if I woke up one day without my hair and was immediately ok with it. As most members here would attest, that is hardly ever the case. Where I am today is probably where many of you will be tomorrow.
I wrote the following in response to one such email and thought that other members that are new to alopecia or struggling may benefit from it too:
You would be…
ContinueAdded by Cheryl, Co-founder on February 4, 2012 at 12:45am — 5 Comments
I just wanted to start off by saying I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas.
Looking back on the year pass, I amaze myself by how genuinely happy I have been. Yes I still have bad days but dont we all? And yes I still have hair memories. But how can you not when you see commercial after commercial with hair flipping all over the place. We definitely need to see some fabulous bald ladies in commercials. But during those moments I just rub my smooth head and I feel better.…
ContinueAdded by Bald and Fabulous AKA Terri on December 19, 2011 at 9:20pm — No Comments
While I am a musician (Singer/Songwriter), I don't exist off the air I breathe. It would be nice. When I was signed to a label in the mid-90s I toured, made very good money. Long story short, my contract with my label was not renewed. It meant "start over". Back to a day job. I burned the candle at both ends, working to support myself, pursuing my musical endeavors, writing performing.
Like millions of other Americans I was laid off in 2008. I work as a temp whenever afforded the…
ContinueAdded by Lili Añel (aka Eulalia) on November 19, 2011 at 9:30pm — 14 Comments
Most of you know that I am from Canada and rj is American. So when we married we started a whirlwind of immigration processes. I had to file yet another form and get another set of biometric done. One of the steps was another photo session at the immigration office.
I filled out the form and clicked “bald” as my hair color. For a second I wondered if I should have clicked black, since it was an official government form and being AA my black hair does show if I don't shave daily. I…
ContinueAdded by Cheryl, Co-founder on November 19, 2011 at 11:48am — 2 Comments
Added by Bald and Fabulous AKA Terri on September 8, 2011 at 8:00pm — 11 Comments
Added by Cheryl, Co-founder on September 1, 2011 at 12:00pm — 19 Comments
Added by Diana Carter on July 2, 2011 at 1:35pm — 8 Comments
Added by Lili Añel (aka Eulalia) on June 17, 2011 at 8:18pm — 5 Comments
Added by Camille Reinecker on March 8, 2011 at 5:21pm — 4 Comments
With the upcoming Christmas holidays fastly approaching comes the added stress of shopping, Christmas parties, cards to send out, and schedules to coordinate so we can all spend some time together. In addition to the upcoming holiday, I have been at odds with one of my sisters. Despite our family's efforts to help her, she was homeless for 2 months. Now she is mad at me, over doing the right thing...without going into too many details, for telling the truth, and we have parted…
ContinueAdded by Diana Carter on December 15, 2010 at 12:30am — 3 Comments
Added by rj, Co-founder on September 11, 2010 at 1:00am — 3 Comments
As many of you know, the name of our annual awareness and pride event was changed in May by vote of the National Bald Out Group. The event is now called "International Alopecia Day".
Because of the name change, I removed the second NBO video that I had made, and it's no longer on YouTube. So, the text is no longer available there. But, in case anyone else wants to translate the message into…
Added by Mary on March 20, 2010 at 1:00pm — 6 Comments
Added by Carol on December 19, 2009 at 4:17pm — 4 Comments
Added by Joshua on September 14, 2009 at 11:57am — 1 Comment
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