hi i was wanting advice from anyone who has had to deal with negative reactions from their kids with dealing with alopecia. my eldest boy is 12 and he is mortified that i might go totally bald.tact isn't his strong point as he has asperger syndrome but it really hurts and i don't want to be an embarrassment to him.i tried a wig on and he covered his eyes and said i looked terrible and i should get a wig that looks just like my old hair.i was dealing with this quite well until this happened!any one have any advice on dealing with pre-teen kids? i could use any advice right now thanx x

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Comment by Tallgirl on October 8, 2011 at 7:29pm
Well, my NON-AS son got into fights over me at age 11 at school. I would imagine the asperger's child would not like any changes at ALL. Can you wear a wig that looks like your old hair with his, and then a different wig once he is out of sight? Or, let your son have some choice with you at the wig shop?
Comment by laura on October 9, 2011 at 4:28am
thankyou for your reply,ill take your advice and get a blonde wig,i was hoping to get away with brown ones as synthetic blonde ones tend to look really plasticy and fake but i think your right,the closer my wig looks to my real hair the beter it might be for him to accept.x
Comment by Tallgirl on October 9, 2011 at 8:32am
Tri- or duo-blends (several hair colors) and layered hair looks less shiny or "fake."
Comment by Children's Alopecia Project on October 10, 2011 at 10:18am
If you want to go with nothing on your head but want to be kind to his feelings it may be important to change his perspective of alopecia. If you are a facebook user go to www.facebook.com/alopeciapalooza and www.facebook.com/childrensalopeciaproject and show him pictures of kids that go with nothing on their heads because they want to be themselves. Use connecting circumstances with his Asperger's (If he can understand). Just tell him we are all different and just like him, no one should be embarrassed because they are who the are.

Good luck!!
Comment by Tallgirl on October 10, 2011 at 4:15pm
There is a great slide show of happy kids without hair from the June alopecia conference in L.A. ("See how much fun they had there?") at www.naaf.org, Annual Conference, lower left on slide show.

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