The trials and tribulations of an alopecian

Ok.... so when I first started to accept that I was losing my hair and it was not going to come back, I thought, well at least wearing wigs and scarves will be easier to maintain. Boy was I wrong!!! I thought that I could just slap on any kind of wig and go. There is human hair, synthetic hair, straight, curly, short, long, lace front, mono top, vacuum, priced from $40.00 to $5000.00. Good Lord! At least with my hair I could put it in a ponytail or bun, where it down, straight or curly, it was free and I never had to worry if it looked cheap or like my own. Sorry to vent but I'm having an "Alopecia Day" today. So much pressure trying to find something that isn't real to look real. I really applaud those of you who have decided to rock your baldies!!!! Personally, I don't like the way I look without something on my head. I have a pointy head, LOL, and from wearing the scarves and wigs so much I look two toned. My face is brown with a lace front frame and my scalp is white. Even if I wanted to go bald I would look like a fool. We will talk about eyebrows another day. I hope I amused you all with the visuals, could be worse. I could be dying. Love and peace.
Michelle

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Comment by Tallgirl on July 28, 2011 at 9:41pm
I remember standing in front of a mirror for literally an hour, while the husband and kids honked and fretted in the car to go to the state fair. I couldn't find any solution for my head for the wind, heat, match-to-my-outfit, or impending animals and dust. I just cried. Eventually, I think I wore a denim hat over a scarf. That taught me to have more choices on hand for the next emergency outing. I don't think we know how to prepare for life when we are new alopecians!
Comment by Cheryl, Co-founder on July 28, 2011 at 9:06pm
Hey Michelle, I hear you. I remember I went to Florida and made the mistake of wearing a scarf low on my forehead for the first day! You guessed it, a tan line right across my forehead. At that point, I knew I couldn't do that for the rest of the week. I also couldn't wear my wig in the ocean... the thoughts of that floating way was more than I could handle. So I had to make the decision. I put the scarf and wig into my suitcase for the rest of the week. I felt a bit safer, because I didn't know anyone there.

But, I know the feeling of frustration. I lost my hair, eyebrow and lashes right before my sister’s wedding and I was the maid-of-honor. I managed to get a wig that I “liked”, but I tried to apply fake lashes the night before. I am not a woman that enjoys experimenting with makeup, nail etc. If it is easy and maintainable then I am in, anything more than that is just not for me. I tried and I tried to apply those lashes, the kept slanting, ungluing and I just couldn’t get them right. I felt my frustration build the more and more I played with them. Eventually I threw the darn things and went to the bathroom to cry.

We all have our alopecia days. So, I just wanted to say that I understand.

Someone once told me that there may be worse, but if I hit my thumb with a hammer I still say "ouch"

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