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MY HAIR IS GROWING!!!!! this is my super excited post!!!!!! i'm JUST SO EXCITED!!!!!!!

it started about a month ago and it was a little shaky for a while. i had a ridiculous looking mohwak style for a while, but it's started to even itself out. i'm just SO incredibly thrilled.

pictures to come...

Wow... i was MIA for a LOOONG time. My computer crashed and school has taken away my life... LOL anyway... i'm back.

:-) treatment seems to be working, maybe? I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much. My mom is already convinced that in the space of weeks I'll have all my hair back. I know that's not going to be the case, but I can't convince her of that. Oh well. :-(

Hang in there everyone, hopefully I'll be around more.
Reen

Okay... so the colors are a little off because my camera was being stupid... but you get the idea. it's all grey and black ink.



The celtic knot represents my Irish heritage, the unending love I have for my life, my family, and the fact that everything I do is connected to the "bigger picture".



The angel wings are symbolic of the faith i have, as well as the strength i've gained by the… Continue

I'm so proud. I have wanted to get a tattoo for as long as I can remember, but I always put it off. I figured it was a stupid idea for me.... I was worried about how much it would hurt, and all that stuff...



NOT anymore! I took the bull by the horns and did it. I got my first (of what will probably be MANY tattoos).



I spent a lot of time researching and ended up going to a local guy who is well known in our community and does GREAT work. I'm so happy with… Continue

Don't know why but I'm sad. I miss my hair, but that's not the only thing. I'm really down today.

Ugh. I hate this.

Everyone in my family wants to know what i can POSSIBLY be so stressed about. I'm 21, with a good job, going to school and living at home. I'll agree, right now, my life is pretty low stress, and I'm thankful for it. BUT... I have moments where I'm absolutely ready to tear my non-existant hair out.



My sister is 15. She's a sweet girl, and someone I would do anything for, but we are also polar opposites. We are 6 years apart in age, and completely different people. She's very into her… Continue

This may be the strangest thing that's ever happened to me! I was at the store, and I had a bandanna on. A woman that I recognized, but couldn't place, came up to me and said, "why did you shave your head?". I steeled myself and offered the same, polite response that I didn't shave my head, that I have alopecia, which makes my hair follicles "go on strike".



She proceeded to tell me that I couldn't have alopecia. That alopecia would make me lose my eyebrows and eyelashes and not just… Continue

I found this postcard today, which spurred this blog post!



I'm new to AT. In May, I went for a routine hair cut and color, but this was anything but... For years, I've wanted to donate to Locks of Love. I've always had long hair, and I've never had the guts to cut it short. I was bored, and my hair was long enough, so I figured, what the heck, I'll donate it. So I did, and I left feeling WONDERFUL! I loved the short cut, and I was getting compliments left and… Continue

I'm someone for whom self-esteem has always been a battle, even more now with AT. I'm someone who firmly believes in function over fashion, so wearing a wig all the time simply isn't my top priority. I have better things to worry about than if it's on right and such. I have been trying to wear my wig more, but I just have a tough time because to ME, it looks fake and weird. A few nights ago, my family and I went out to dinner at Outback, and as we went to "check in" the hostess asked me "How… Continue