Comment by Tallgirl on October 19, 2013 at 12:21pm

Put on the prettiest head cover you can (or have this one styled, thinned at a wig salon), and hang with new friends at alopecia support groups (www.naaf.org), arts groups, faith groups, discussion groups...places where feelings count more than surface judgments. Do not mention your alopecia with those who do not need to know, and keep the smile on your face to distract them. We can all be actresses in public...and we can all buy wigs that look more like real hair if the last purchase didn't look real or is getting old. People will treat you like you treat yourself or talk/emote in front of them, so base your new story on your skills, talents and non-alopecia goals. There's a great line in a song from The King and I: Whenever I fool the people I fear, I fool myself as well. So glad I was in that play in high school (in a wig, in front of four audiences, dancing, with a small hat on top) to learn that song.

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