Let me start by saying that I love my Mom to death and she is wonderful to me. She always listens but in this one area, it has taken time for the support that I needed. When I first started having hair loss problems, I had to go see a hair specialist in another city. I really wanted for my Mom to take me, but my grandmother ended up taking me. I started using Rogaine immediately. My hair loss didn't start to really bother me until a few years later when I felt like it was becoming more and more… Continue

Last night one of my guy friends came over to my apartment. His best friend, I will call him Mike, actually lives in the same apartment complex as me in the building next to mine. On Saturday, I saw Mike and said hi. I was wearing my blonde wig at that time. Then, on Sunday, I drove by Mike while he was walking in the parking lot and waved. I was wearing my brownish wig. When my friend came over, I asked him if Mike knows that I wear wigs. He said yes and that Mike may look dumb but he is not… Continue

Every once in a while I will get a compliment on my "hair" from a stranger. Yesterday a woman said "I love your hair". I just smiled and said thank you. It is nice to get random compliments from strangers... it reminds me that it isn't obvious to everyone that I am wearing a wig. Also, I used to never get compliments on my hair from strangers especially when it became really thin so this is a nice change.



The other weekend I went to a party. I was getting myself a drink and a woman… Continue

I have had hair loss problems since I was 17. I am now about to be 27. I went to a hair specialist when I was 17 and they did a biopsy. I have female pattern baldness. They told me the only treatment for women was Rogaine. So I started to use it right away. A few years ago I noticed that it didn't seem to be working as well. I went to a dermatologist who gave me Spironolactacone. I tried it for 6 months and it didn't do anything for me. I have been on Ocella, generic form of Yasmin, for a… Continue