Hi Heather!
I have to say that the best thing I have done so far with alopecia is to get my eybrows tatooed. I hated getting out of the shower without a face and I hated spending time painting eyebrows on. I'm not a big makeup person so daily application of makeup was not cool. My permanent makeup artist is awesome. She uses a numbing cream and the whole thing is super easy. I highly recommend it. As far as the eyelashes... I tried getting them tattooed but it didn't work so well. First of all it was quite uncomfortable to get them done then they faded quickly... I recommend eyeliner for that. Hope this helps..
Hi I'm Katie Jones and I have just become a member. I have had Alopecia Areata since I was 12. Right now you could say i'm bald. I would enjoy hearing your story.
Hi,I was 12 when I first lost the majority of my hair,I even lost my eyebrows and eyelashes.I went through all of high school like that to.I remember everyone talking behind my back and some people bold enough to make rude comments to my face.it wasn't easy.I'm 23 now and the funny thing is all of those people who had hurt me then now want to be my friend.I try not to hold grudges their just to big of a burden and I don't need to carry that weight around.Anyways,you are beautiful,don't let anyone ever get you down,chances are when your older they'll be trying to make up for it.
the people that are worth having around u wont care if ur bald. ur true friends will be there whether u have long beautiful hair or none at all =)
have u ever went to school without ur wig?
well having alopecia has its ups and downs...some days its hard, and others its easier. for starters, u need to know that U ARE BEAUTIIFUL, ABSOLUTELy GORGEOUS!! and i mean it. thats the first step, getting ur own self confidence up. i know that i am beautiful whether i have hair or not. after that, its all about accepting urself as u are. just because one person may not like that u are bald, some many more people wont care.
me personally: ive had alopecia since i was about 4, so i dont know any other way to live. some days i hate being bald, and i hate that im different than all the other girls in school. and sometimes i dont feel pretty, but it all goes back to having confidence. i do have 3 wigs. most of the time, i dont wear them. i dont wear a wig to school anymore. i did wear a wig when i was a freshman, but then i realized that most people didnt care, so i stopped wearing it.
i am me. take me or leave me. thats how ive been living. the people that cant accpet u without hair shouldnt be in ur life anyways. and i know that not having hair is a big deal, but thank god we dont have a disease that can really harm us.
let me know if theres anything in particular that u have questions about
how about u? how are u dealing with having alopecia?
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I have to say that the best thing I have done so far with alopecia is to get my eybrows tatooed. I hated getting out of the shower without a face and I hated spending time painting eyebrows on. I'm not a big makeup person so daily application of makeup was not cool. My permanent makeup artist is awesome. She uses a numbing cream and the whole thing is super easy. I highly recommend it. As far as the eyelashes... I tried getting them tattooed but it didn't work so well. First of all it was quite uncomfortable to get them done then they faded quickly... I recommend eyeliner for that. Hope this helps..
have u ever went to school without ur wig?
me personally: ive had alopecia since i was about 4, so i dont know any other way to live. some days i hate being bald, and i hate that im different than all the other girls in school. and sometimes i dont feel pretty, but it all goes back to having confidence. i do have 3 wigs. most of the time, i dont wear them. i dont wear a wig to school anymore. i did wear a wig when i was a freshman, but then i realized that most people didnt care, so i stopped wearing it.
i am me. take me or leave me. thats how ive been living. the people that cant accpet u without hair shouldnt be in ur life anyways. and i know that not having hair is a big deal, but thank god we dont have a disease that can really harm us.
let me know if theres anything in particular that u have questions about
how about u? how are u dealing with having alopecia?
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