I feel like I am going backwards right now and I feel like this is a place where I can articulate and discuss these feelings. 

Last summer I had got to my peak of acceptance for my alopecia. I was happily alternating between my many wigs, scarfs and going bare headed, which I was particularly enjoying the freedom of with my new found confidence. I had another tattoo on my head (I already had one) and had come to a point of seeing alopecia as a quirky part of my identity. 

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I really don't know how I want to present myself at the moment. This summer I was going to work bare headed and feeling pretty positive about myself, seeing my alopecia as a quirky part of me. But now I am drawn towards my wigs again. I've been looking a lot at the dolly and Japanese Kawaii style today as I love this style and I want to present myself like that. yet at the same time I feel like a fake or that I'm not being true to myself with all that make up and wigs etc. I just feel…

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Hi!

I'm Lyndsey and I'm 23 and from the UK. I'm a university student (about to graduate soon), studying History, Philosophy and Politics and have a place to do an MA in International Relations and Diplomacy next academic year. I'm about to get married to my boyfriend of 6 years and I have alopecia areata. I am just having my fourth bout of it now and shaved my head yesterday. 

My alopecia first started at age 15. I found a small bald patch on my head and I lost a lot of hair…

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I feel really bad that I didn't keep up with stuff after my regrowth. In fairness I have been in and out of hospital for 18 months with bi-polar and that time was awful, strangely I had a full head of hair throughout all that. But about a week after finishing my uni exams for my second year, which had been deferred whilst I had been ill, my hair has started falling out again. It's been happening for about a week but it's pretty fast like usual.

Luckily I'm pretty ok with it. This is the…

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Well I've had about 4 months of regrowth and had a real funky still going on. I still had one patch on the side of my head but in the place that lots of girls are shaving for fashion at the minute and I have a tattoo on it so it looked like I did it on purpose. But this week I've had 2 stressful uni work deadlines and low and behold two little circular patches have appeared which I can't hide because my hair isn't long enough yet. Besides I have never had a flare up of alopecia that has not led… Continue

The other night we were at a night club that our uni goes to every Wednesday and is usually a really good night. When we were on the dance floor we were dancing in a group and so had our backs to other people and then a couple of boys behind us started fighting. I didn't realise until my wig got pulled off and it was in the middle of them as they were fighting. I felt so humilated and so panicked, it's my nhs wig and as a student I can't afford another wig for £250. My lovely fiance got in the… Continue

On Tuesday Pick Me Up magazine paid for me to go to London to have a wig chosen and then cut by Trevor Sorbie (who does loads of great things for people with hairloss). I chose a human hair wig from Trendco very close to my natural colour and then he cut it after looking at a pic of my old hair and I love it. This wig is amazing. Not only is it cut really well but its actually real hair. I loved my synthetic wigs but then I got this one and its sounds silly but I love the way it goes wavy in… Continue

I am engaged! Don't know why I feel the need to post this. My boyfriend proposed to me last night! YAY!

So I'm in a kind of 'I quite like my head' phase and have been wearing little bands with bows on my head with nothing else. I go through phases of wearing wigs then not etc depending on my mood. Now in Lancaster, my university town, there are 2 universities so like 20 000 student and no one bats an eye at a bald girl, what peace! Soon as I went home for a weekend (which is chav central) I got comments. seriously I was there 5 minutes and some idiot pointed at me and said 'what the **** does she… Continue

I was thinking the other day about when I felt the worse this time round having AA. it's happened at a slower pace than last time so I've been able to experience each stage of hairloss as it's come. I have to say that the worst time for me was when I wore hats to cover the patches but still had long hair. Then I had it cut short and parted differently but it only just covered the patches with loads of hairspray. This was so stressful, one gust of wind and my patches were on show for everyone.… Continue

I am so happy. I got 3 A's! I never expected it as I've been so stressed with my hair and stuff but I am so happy. Sorry this is just a silly blog but I am just bouncing. Maybe the relief of the stress will cause some regrowth. One can only hope...

but having a card posted through your door is another. A mother of a boy I used to go to school with posted a card through my door this morning saying the family was thinking and praying for me and that God would heal me. I'm assuming she has seen me out and about in a headscarve but still most people know I have alopecia. I don't know what to say as it looks like she thinks I have cancer or something but it would be rude if I tried to correct her and she'd actually known I had alopecia. I'm… Continue

Hello all I has some more wiggies yay. I have bought a auburn bob today, it is very thin and airy so perfect for summer. Only £20 because they only had the one on display left as well which is cool. I've had a wig from this shop before and they last well for the price and look good, its worth the drive.

I go to Germany tomorrow and am glad I have some wigs to take. I'm sort of nervous about my hair as I'm going to see my exchange family from a trip years ago and the moms a hair dresser.… Continue

Just finished my A level exams yay!

Just thought I'd post what happened to me today. Went into a shop selling t-shirts and the like with slogans about the area with live in. I saw a cap saying 'Shropshire Lass' on it which I thought would be funky for University as I'm goin quite far away. I didn't have my wig on and I think the woman must have thought I was ill because she said they were £10 but only £5 for me and without me saying anything she then offered me the pink one in the window… Continue