KFlame's Blog (36)

Shocked

First time someone asked me "is that a wig" while chilling in a pub
A stanger non the less
And it made me upset more then it should and instead of standing up saying I have alopecia and explaining, I was just sat there embarrassed thinking OMG it looks like a wig
First time ever been asked and feel a bit rubbish and upset. Near left the bar but thought why should I.
The wig does not define me

Added by KFlame on January 6, 2017 at 1:56pm — 3 Comments

Lucky

I generally feel lucky at the moment.

I've had alopecia all my life. I've had wigs for about 14 years. Looking back at some shocking styles..

Yes there are days it bugs me having a wig esp when the thing won't sit right, that I get fed up with it. I want to change it. One horrific moment it blew off in a busy city and my boyfriend shouted like it was my fault lol I laugh now as I understand he was just embarrassed as I was :)



I've been experimenting with drawing on… Continue

Added by KFlame on December 30, 2016 at 2:00pm — No Comments

That time again

I'm sort of lucky I feel. Firstly I was going to post how long it has been since I last posted.. but I realised I don't post as I don't often think about my Alopecia very much.

The only time I think about it is when it is time I look for a new wig... This one is a little past it's use by date and I'm generally bored of it. But the hardest thing is picking a new one... what style? What colour? How much will it cost etc.

This is a big decision and often feel I am wasting a lot of…

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Added by KFlame on February 21, 2016 at 3:00pm — 4 Comments

Nails for Christmas

I'm sure that like many people with alopecia I look at my nails sometimes in frustration.

As a female with no hair I like to decorate my nails. But they never grow, they peal, have pits and ridges.



A month or so ago I found a multi vitamin with 300% daily recommendation for biotin. I had read a number of times that biotin helps nails. Although many also say it was unproved.



I took most of the 30 tablets and did seem to feel was some growth. But I think I expected more… Continue

Added by KFlame on May 6, 2015 at 1:45am — 5 Comments

More random chat

Not sure how much of this post will be alopecia related. But I guess the good thing about a blog is that it is yours to express yourself.

I get in these moods there I just curse the randomness of alopecia for example as I was painting my nails I randomly spotted some silly finger hairs growing. Then looked at my arms they are still thankfully hairless but why then do we end up with hair places we don't want.

Another thought that came to me is why can I feel my eyebrows but not…

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Added by KFlame on October 11, 2014 at 5:30am — 2 Comments

General update

My hair is sprouting all over my head so fluffy. Thankfully I am less obsessed with it growing. I no longer look daily in the mirror. But I enjoy running my hand over the fluff.

My new obsession is the state of my nails they peal all the time. But I've invested in a nail strengthener. I hope it works. It's almost unfair that we loose hair and nails.

But love keeping the colour in fashion.

Added by KFlame on September 27, 2014 at 10:30am — No Comments

Eyebrow

I say eye brow but it consists of 6 hairs. Oh how I wonder what causing this change. This regrowth. How I wish I could tell you all what it is and remember it to keep it happening.

Added by KFlame on August 23, 2014 at 8:30am — 3 Comments

Mohican

This regrowth phase I am going through, I keep being a little obsessed with. But looking in the mirror I seeing patches of clear growth and lots of what I call ghost white baby hair.

I just been thinking how I seem to be growing a bit of mohican hair, all on top none on sides, I see often the fashion of woman shaving the sides of the hair, and think to myself my body is trying to copy that.

I remind myself daily not to get excited, that it can go as quick as…

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Added by KFlame on August 18, 2014 at 2:59pm — No Comments

Random upset

As I've had alopecia for ever I feel really strange to find I'm crying over a loss right now.
I'm unsure the trigger but just been thinking how sad I'd feel to loose the random patches of regrowth although there is no guarantee it will even stay. But what has caused it to come? What was the trigger to cause it to grow? Why can't I work out what I've done differently to keep it growing? Why am I even bothered? And why right now do I feel so sad over it.... not a good alopecia day :(

Added by KFlame on July 18, 2014 at 2:00pm — 4 Comments

Alien

I'm awake at silly o'clock again and while awake I ended up taking a couple of selfies of my wigless face.

I'm never brave enough to face the world wigless, well brave maybe not the right word, I don't think people are weak to choose to wear a wig I'm just personally like to blend in rather than stand out.

But anyhow it was something about the bad lighting that made me like these photos almost making the hair loss artistic.

But I was still convinced my hair loss makes me…

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Added by KFlame on July 5, 2014 at 12:30am — 2 Comments

Hair dreams

I type this while tired. But it's about a dream I just had. I'm typing so I don't forget it :)

I've been experiencing some light regrowth. I know from past experience not to get too excited about this. I've had patches of growth (strange how this starts as patches of loss then becomes patches of growth) before which fell out as fast as come.

But this bit seems to be holding out. I'm finding of late I keep having dreams about it. Like last night I dreamt I had one patch of long…

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Added by KFlame on June 29, 2014 at 2:00am — No Comments

Strange regrowth

I call it strange as it's strange to see. I first noticed that was some regrowth towards back and side of my normally 99.9% bald head (some reason I have always kept a very small patch of hair right at back of my head I never shaved off).

I ran my hand over my head and felt hairs never felt before. I couldn't see them in the mirror so took a photo and yep there was fine hairs appearing towards back and sides. I wasn't going to get too excited as I've seen this happen a number of…

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Added by KFlame on June 8, 2014 at 5:30am — 1 Comment

Don't know if I should be happy or disappointed

I've not had to shave my legs in years, even when my alopecia started to get 'worse' the hair was that sparse I simply plucked them.. But for a number of years now I have not even really had to do anything with them as no hairs came. This is one advantage of alopecia.

But this morning I happened to notice this one long hair on my lower leg (got long as I never need to look) so I quickly plucked. Looking closely I saw a few more, and I can't help but wonder, would I love to have hair to… Continue

Added by KFlame on October 6, 2013 at 4:42am — 1 Comment

Photo

I have never publicly been out without a wig or taken a photo to show people. I sometimes take them for myself to look at. I don't like how I look in photos.
I was just looking at the featured blogs and I had this urge to take a photo and share it on here to show people they are not alone.
I don't know at the moment if I am brave enough yet but well in words at least know that there are more like you out there.

Added by KFlame on June 8, 2013 at 2:40pm — No Comments

Friends and my hair

I just read the blog post from a sister asking how friends took the news about Alopecia. I've not told any friends which is why I thought I'd do my own blog about my experience with people finding out..

With having alopecia for what feels like all my life my mum, dad and brother obviously knew from start. I remember my mum having alsorts of ointments to try all which smelled horrid.

She also used to cut me and my brothers hair. I don't think this helped me in long run as she would use… Continue

Added by KFlame on June 5, 2013 at 1:00am — No Comments

Self-image

I hate the way I look sometimes. I look in the mirror and think ugly. I do wear a wig, and I can't decide if it is the alopecia that is indirectly making me feel bad, or just a natural female thing to do. I sometimes see myself in my wig and think I look like someone in drag, I don't know if I see the wig for what it is, fake, but I see beyond the wig and look at my face and hate it... 

I look at my body and this is something I can control yet I seem out of control and just see myself…

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Added by KFlame on May 11, 2013 at 6:00pm — 11 Comments

Mini Rant :)

Alopecia is a bit of a bitch :) I'm not so bothered about having no hair on my head any more, or my eye brows, and TOTALLY cool with no leg hair (I really should wear skirts more often)

BUT why does the hair have to grow in stupid places where I don't want it. I actually feel a bit manky today and it is due to unwanted hair I will have to sort out ASAP. It comes everywhere I don't want it, toes, arm pits, bikini line/area, even my chin has the odd one here and there at times, lady…

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Added by KFlame on March 30, 2013 at 6:20am — 7 Comments

Been a while

Been awhile since I blogged, mainly as I have not really had any issues with Alopecia which I guess is a good thing. I can't actually believe in fact time has gone so fast. That is was Oct that I put on the blog about testing vitamins which I am not sure made any difference at all... But I did give up on them after one batch. I think taking a pill every day is just not my thing. I do still have a packet mind, which I pop one every so often when I think to myself it won't do me any harm for a…

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Added by KFlame on March 2, 2013 at 4:30am — No Comments

Skin hair and nails vitamins

I am a bit of a cynic when it comes to taking pills to find a cure. I know there are a number of things out there that claim to 'regrow' hair. Although I have not wasted my money on these products and never will (I don't suggest anyone else does either) I did get thinking about just taking normal vitamins.

I was told once in hospital to take Vitamin Bs, Zinc tablets and Haribo sweets! I went out to get the suggested pills and tried to take them but never really committed to…

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Added by KFlame on October 15, 2012 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments

To pluck or not to pluck

I have not posted in awhile, which I think in some ways is a good things as it means I have not been troubled by anything alopeica related. Until now...

Now I don't know if anyone will see this but worth a try... but my issue is I have started to get a slight bit of regrowth on just one eyebrow in the corner nearest to my nose..

Now I am actually starting to get weary of this as currently I do not draw my eyebrows on or anything, no one ever says anything so I just get on with it.…

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Added by KFlame on October 4, 2012 at 4:30am — 5 Comments

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