I feel really bad that I didn't keep up with stuff after my regrowth. In fairness I have been in and out of hospital for 18 months with bi-polar and that time was awful, strangely I had a full head of hair throughout all that. But about a week after finishing my uni exams for my second year, which had been deferred whilst I had been ill, my hair has started falling out again. It's been happening for about a week but it's pretty fast like usual.
Luckily I'm pretty ok with it. This is the third time for me. The first time I was 15 and at school and it was hell. I wore bandanas and everyone could see the areas my mom had shaved off for me but not the patches on top of my head. It grew back almost immediately. The second time though I was 18 and had a steady boyfriend and was at college and everyone was much more mature. It stayed out for nearly 2 years so I went to uni with no hair and no one had ever seen me with hair so t was normal, in fact people stared more when it began growing back. The second time I got wigs on the nhs and through work in the media, I did a magazine article and had a wig cut by Trevor Sorbie and then I did a piece for Embarrassing Bodies (not the dr bit, the 'living with...' bit that puts a positive spin on things) and got a custom made human hair wig then. My wigs are all different, I don't hide my alopecia as I think that would cause me more stress trying to keep a secret. One day I will have long blonde hair and a short red bob the next and then a head scarf the day after or shave it off completely and go bald.
So yeah i'm ok with it happening again. My b/f has been through it all before, no worries there. I have some lovely wigs and I'm due new ones on the nhs which is nice as I have no spare money at the moment and a new one would be nice. And I already have eyebrow tattoos so I'm all set for my next alopecia journey. I'd like to get involved with the media and awareness again and meet ups.
Mom buzzed off the rest of my hair today too so I feel more in control again, I hate the bit where you don't know how you're going to wake up each morning, I'd rather just get rid of it.
Hopefully this picture works, it was on my phone so not great quality: