So I was watching 20/20 and they were doing stories of people with rare disorders. OH to my surprise, they did a piece on Alopecia. I realize losing hair is nothing compared to eating rocks for a living but I figured, they would do some justice to the topic to educate people of this very serious condition. So they highlight this one woman who used to be a hair model. She had alopecia and lost a good portion of her hair. I have to be honest ladies and gentlemen, she got on my last nerves! Perhaps if they had interviewed more than one person, it would have sat better in my spirit but they didn't. This woman was mental! Getting your head hammered and all these other crazy things I never heard of just to get your healing just floored me! Then they gave her a cute, short wig and she still had a fit! I didn't buy it world! They didn't even go into details on the different types of alopecia! If they did then I missed it. I just couldn't get over the fact that they chose this nutcase woman to represent the population of people that still suffer from alopecia. Now before you start getting mad at me for my opinion, let me also add this: I believe people go through extreme emotions when dealing with alopecia and I realize that everybody deals with it in their own way. Let me stress, I DO NOT BUY HER STORY! Let me find the person who hammered, not acupuncture but HAMMERED her head so I can show them what I can do with a nail! And I bet you it cost thousands of dollars for her to have her head hammered too! Poor girl got hustled! Let me hammer your head for a few thousand dollars to make your hair grow. That woman doing the hammering knew good and well that wasn't going to work! If I still lived in California, I would sue for malpractice. I see it as her taking advantage of a person's weakness. (For those who want to get technical, alopecia is a weakness for her because she is still not happy with herself because of this condition) Where did she find this person?? All it did was leave her head red, sore, and still bald.
I write this to point out the following:
1)This chick is playing games. That was extra drama for TV because real people who have alopecia, even when suicidal, don't act that way.
2)Never get your head hammered as a form of hair therapy for alopecia. I'm no medical expert but I can tell you straight up, that's a scam
3)The media still only tells half the story because I've read better and more compelling stories on Alopecia World than that whole segment on 20/20.

I just had to express myself about this topic because I felt this segment did us all an injustice. I went through some crazy stuff when I had alopecia but I didn't act like that! She could have been my hero. Alas, I've been let down again. But I digress...