Comment by kastababy on October 17, 2008 at 10:29am

Welcome to Alopecia World!!

I'm glad you feel so much at home here -- I know I have felt the same way ever since the site was created. I've made lots of wonderful new friends here, and now this site and everyone's love and support here are bringing me and my boyfriend closer to each other as well. I hope you find your time here as fulfilling as I have!

Comment by Cheryl, Co-founder on October 17, 2008 at 10:54am

Hey Mandy, I am so glad you found us. This is a place of encouragement and most importantly growth. So welcome home!

For the eyebrows, there seems to be a couple of discussion in the Wigs, eyebrows, hair pieces, fashion Discussion Forums that you can probably look through. Our you can just go to the discussion forums tab and either browse through them or put eyelashes in the search box. It brings up approx. 120 post on eyelashes! our community has been great at sharing their tips and information.

As for the situation with your daughter. One thing that makes alopecia unbearable is when we start to alter our lives, when we feel we can no longer do the things we did before and therefore start cutting chunks out of our lives. I feel this makes us resentful as well as we miss out on so much of our lives and our families miss out as well. We have to be extremely careful to make sure our fears are not having long term affects on our families. For instance, what if your daughter feels like you have no interest in her life, as much as you try to say it is your alopecia, children have a way of thinking it is their fault.

I don't know whether you wear a wig nor not. Meaning whether it is apparent or not that you even have alopecia. But either way, we are showing our children how to deal with adversity, by how we handle situation. So make sure you are showing your daughter what you would want her to exhibit when times of trouble start to come into her live. So if my chance you are fearful that her friends are going to make fun on her because of you, then IF that situation comes up, then that is situation you should be addressing. What can we do in this situation? how do we handle this? This way you are teaching her how to effectively address problems head on and problem solve.

I hope you don't see me as being rough, it is not my intention. As I am writing this I am convicting myself in other areas of my life where I have to take a more pro-active approach. So I thank you for bringing that out in me :). I guess this is how we help each other. Good luck Mandy!

Comment by JeffreySF on October 17, 2008 at 10:44pm

Hi Mandy,

I am happy you found Alopecia World and feel so at home.
I have been a member pretty much since the creation. I had just been a few months into my journey with alopecia and this special place and all the great people helped me gain acceptance.
You all mean the world to me.

Jeff

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