Hello Everyone!

First of all I would like to apologize for not being on the site more often. You are all wonderful people with interesting and inspiring stories to tell.

A little about me. I was diagnosed with Alopecia 10 years ago when I was 15. Its been a tough road for me and my loved ones. For the past month I have been walking this crazy earth without a hair piece and have been feeling pretty confident about it. Still some ups and downs. Now, I have tried this 3 times before and have always reverted back to wearing a hair piece. This time I am hoping it will be different. I am getting support from my family and friends. They are fully aware that if I call them and need them to remind me of what a silly, fun, spirited and BEAUTIFUL person I am they that they will fill that need. Also, I have decided to see a therapist as well. Hopefully, this will help me control my negative thoughts about this hair situation into positive ones.

AND NOW ON TO THE POINT OF THIS BLOG

I have a coworker that is very inspired by my will to change my self confidence and bring awareness to Alopecia. She is a professional photographer and mostly does portraits (as well an occasional wedding). As a way of creating awareness she proposed that we do a photo shoot. I am trying to get a group of as many Alopcians as possible together to try and make this happen. To be honest I am a bit nervous about this experience myself. But I mentioned this to my therapist and she has offered a couple free group sessions to anyone who would want to be involved. I believe that with the right support, creativity and drive we will be able to make a show that will expose the beauty strength and love in all through the art of portrait photography as a way to spread awareness. (was that a run on?)

Please message me if you would like to be involved! I would love your help even if you don want to be in the photos.

We are in Portland OR.

thank you!

Camille Rose Reinecker