Comment by GavinOwens on August 2, 2015 at 3:29pm

 don't let know one make you feel like you don't belong because if you do you are letting them control you and i'm pretty sure you don't need that god bless and take care.

Comment by Tovah on August 3, 2015 at 5:32pm

Hi Monie:

So happy for you!

I have also 'come out' as having alopecia instead of continuing to try to fill it in. It's liberating. Also, extensions make me look pretty decent.

Best thing I ever did.

Tovah

Comment by monie on August 4, 2015 at 4:16am

Well done Tovah :-). Feeling a little nervous today because I'm back to work. Not worried about staff just in case customers say anything but I have to remember it's better to be honest about it and inform than to lie and let people live in ignorance. X

Comment by Maureen on September 2, 2015 at 12:01pm

Your post is exactly what I came here looking for today! I am ready to be open about my alopecia, too, and am so glad to see others that feel the same. I have been wearing wigs for about 20 years (I'm 48) and always felt terrified to let others know. I don't know why it was so shameful for me to admit that I wear a wig. My closest family members know, of course, but that is it. I'm getting a new wig next week that is longer than the one that I have been wearing, so obviously people will know. I've decided that this will be the time that I say, "why, yes! this is a wig, isn't it beautiful?" instead of trying to come up with silly excuses of why my hair is so obviously different. Wish me luck!

Comment by monie on September 6, 2015 at 8:28pm

Good luck, hopefully you won't need it because you're already stronger than you realise! It's really scary, I've been alternating between my shoulder lenth brown wig for work and my long darker wig for home. I've been really open about it to people and found them really supportive. I've even been in shopping at work with my long wig but Tuesday will be the real test of my courage. So far I've only wore my long wig on the school run but Tuesday it will be my shorter one. I'm terrified of what the kids might say because I was bullied soo much at school and it never leaves you but I have to face my fears.

I'm also going to do a talk to my daughters class about alopecia so she doesn't get kids constantly asking why her mum's hair is different one day to the next. I'm not brave enough to talk to the whole school but a class of 6 year old should be a breeze.

I've found the best way to deal with alopecia is to be open and answer questions so long as it's not too personal. If people see it as no big deal to you they're more likely to accept it easier. If anyone is mean i just tell them that I like wearing different wigs each day. As long as the people who you love and love you are supportive no one else's opinion really matters that much anyway. Hold your head up, smile at people and make them aware. The less taboo a subject alopecia is the more accepted we will be x

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