My first bald driver's license!

My driver's license is up for renewal, and I've been waiting until I could get a new photo that looks the way I've looked for 3 years - bald! Every time I had to show the old photo ID to someone, it depressed me to see myself with all the hair and my original eyebrows. And, people would look at the photo and just assume all the more that I have cancer.

So, this week I made an appointment and went in to have a new photo taken. They unexpectedly made me take the written test again, but fortunately, I passed.

My new license will not only have a photo of me in all my bald glory, but it says "bald" under hair color. What else could it say?!

Another milestone on my path to self-acceptance achieved! Have any other of you had a driver's license photo taken?

Mary

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Comment by Norm on February 16, 2011 at 5:40pm
Hi Mary.... congrats on becoming "official"! It's almost like you've been accepted by the establishment, isn't it? Sort of "rubber stamped".... which, actually, I suppose, you have been :)
Comment by Devin on February 16, 2011 at 7:37pm
That's funny Mary! "bald" under hair color. I guess mine is going to say brown spots...
Comment by Mary on February 16, 2011 at 7:42pm
Well, I guess if you have any hair at all, and it's brown, it should say "brown". I have zero, so it was pretty clear what I should put. ( ;-)
Comment by Mary on February 16, 2011 at 9:42pm
It was kind of weird writing it in on the form, but also somehow it felt really good.
Comment by Bald and Fabulous AKA Terri on February 16, 2011 at 11:56pm
WOW!!!!.. that is incredibly!!!! Im recently having to get my gaming license renewed (I work in a casino) which requires a security clearance from the police. And also my passport needs renewing in the next few months. And I yet decided how my pic will be.
Comment by Tallgirl on February 17, 2011 at 12:37am
That's how I found AW. I needed to know how others would handle applying for a new driver's license after hair loss and a change to a "new" hair color through a wig!
Comment by Pamela Rosse on February 17, 2011 at 1:02am
YEA MARY, YOU GO GIRL!
You make me very proud to spell my name Alopecian Woman.
Comment by Mary on February 17, 2011 at 1:10am
Thanks, all. Since I gave all my wigs away over a year ago except for one, and don't know where I put the remaining one, I had three choices: renew my license with the old photo that doesn't look like me and depresses me, have a new photo taken bald, or have one taken in a scarf. I have a feeling they wouldn't have allowed me to have the photo taken in a scarf, but I didn't ask. I'm a bald lady, and I guess it means something that the choice was so clear and effortless. It makes me feel good.
Comment by David B327 on February 17, 2011 at 2:59am
That's a great story.

What about your passport?
Comment by Mary on February 17, 2011 at 9:55am
My passport is good for a few more years, but if I'm still bald (and, at this point, there doesn't seem to be much doubt I will be), I'll have a bald passport photo taken.

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