I believe that Alopecia can kill us on the inside and leave us a physical shell with a defeated spirit. It almost did that to me. We MUST nurture and pamper our emotional selves (well, too much pampering is bad of course, but go easy on yourself for at least three years) during the transition from possessing hair (and, no, I don't mean owning a wig lol) to not anymore - of course, that is, if we don't come up with a no-side-effects cure - which would be totally kick ass. Then, being bald would truly be by choice. I would not fault those who chose to have hair nor would I judge or question those that chose to forgo the whole hassle and annoyance of having hair. From those bothersome nerve endings located at the base - the one which screamed if someone pulled your hair - to the pain of having an eyelash get into your eye...there's a lot I DON'T miss about having hair.