Hi I am Judy

About four and a half years ago my hair suddenly went flat and started falling out, my long dark eyelashes dropped off, my eyebrows disappeared and after four months I was totally bald. Every bit of hair over my whole body disappeared. I had been to Doctors and a Specialist and they said this is Alopecia Universalis (total body hair loss).

The plus side of this is that it saved me a fortune in leg waxing and hairdressers.

And just for another kicker, I was entering menopause and my eldest sister died. Just a little bit of stress you might say.

People commented on how well I was handling losing my hair, but I know that I was churning up inside as I had lovely thick hair which my husband loved and was jealous of as he had a very big receding hair line happening. It ended up that I was more bald than him.

The thing that kept me going, and has kept me going, is my lovely family, the fact I found a great lady who has made wigs for me that look so natural you wouldnt know, and another lady who does semi-permanent eyebrow tattoos which look absolutely fantastic.

I just think that it could have been so much worse, that I could have had a heart attack and not be here at all. Unfortunately my mum died from heart failure at the age of 46. So here am I, 51 years old, bald but alive and enjoying life.

You might wonder at my post title, well I have noticed that hair has been growing back albeit very light but it is there. My one wish, if it could be granted, was that I had my hair (even if it was all grey) for my daughter's wedding this November.

But if not, then I will go to my lovely lady and get a really nice wig for my daughter's big day and just be happy that I am alive and well and with everyone I love.

And yes, Amy Rose, it is good to know that we are not alone and that there are, rather surprisingly I might say, alot of us ladies and young girls out there who have lost all their hair.

Be strong, be beautiful, be you.

Judy