hiii (: well the kids are treating me like they always treated me before; its just that, they look at me more and more..and i know they arent looking at me just to be looking , i know they are looking because of my hair. well im glad i have friends that always check for me, i mean i still have hair, but not as much as i use to. i wear a wig, but i havent wore it to school yet ): im way to nervous.

Hi LeslieAnn,

You look fantastic! I definitely need to buy a copy of your book. I think I deal pretty well with my AA. I've had some depression over the situation over the 36 years but for the most part I'm a happy woman. It's funny but I told 3 of my grandchildren that I don't have hair. They all took it very well. The 5 year old is really funny about it. She'll snuggle nex to me and look at my wig and say "it's our secret that you don't have any hair right?" I had to tell them it was a secret so that they didn't tell all of their friends at school. I think that it's too much information for kids 11 and under.

You look like you have a great life and have lived very with with this disease,

Take care.

Barbara

LeslieAnn,
I do well most of the time. I have had alopecia in some form or another since I was thirteen. I hope your book is successful. I am sure you will touch many lives through it.

Thanks about the eyebrows. I will definitely check them out!

Yes, I did get the email and in fact I went to pre-order a copy but all it accepts is paypal. Is that true? I had identity theft with my paypal acct so don't have one anymore. I may have to wait until it comes out. I am very excited to read it!

They say it will never come back .Im not really worried about it. Everybody is used to my bald head IM USED TO MY BALD HEAD.

Hej! OK I will fix it! LoveCatharina

Hi LeslieAnn.

Hope youre doing fine. Have you been to a conference before?

Roger.

Hey I dont know about support groups, although I know there is another girl from Dublin on Alopecia world and there are a few other websites for alopecia (alopecia ireland - I think)..I only got AA once I left Ireland!!!

hi LeslieAnn!

thsnk you so much for telling me about Beauti-Full-Brows! i was just at the website, and i'm so excited! i've been struggling for so long, trying to find a better option than having them tattooed on. i hate drawing them on...i can never go anywhere at a moment's notice, and they always end up being completely uneven, which makes me self-conscious of them. especially since i don't wear a wig, so there's nothing to take attention away from my eyebrows.

thanks again for the info...i'm going to order some today...now all i have to do is choose! :-D

Hi thanks for your email. As you are aware I think people tend to want to know your business all of the time and it is very annoying. I am surrounded by a very supportive family and that has helped a great deal. My husband has chron's disease and as he told me once he would rather have no hair than having to deal with his disease!! As it says in your comments - if your hair falls out keep dancing how true it is!! Barbara

Hi LeslieAnn, I received a response from my email already with the name of a contact in Anchorage so that is at least closer to me. Again thank you for the info you gave me...hope you're having a good day...Karen

my fav medium is soft pastels but I like acrylics too, I have dabbled a bit with watercolour but I'm not too keen on those they take a little too long to dry. I love to paint seascapes and landscapes. I have done portrait sketches in charcoal too. I'm not a professional,but I have sold a few of my paintings. I do it mainly for pleasure and if other people enjoy my work that pleases me too.
What medium do you use?

ty LeslieAnn for the nice welcome....yes me to almost 30 next year... wow how times flies...i had it on and off but never loss in the front..... well thank you very much again for your welcome...very friendly site ... i will like it ...Lise Marie.

hi and thanx for the support....I do have a small toupe like thing that cost 300.00!!!!! and i think its not real hair either...i was so unfamiliar in buying stuff like that the guy sold me a used one,even, but it is cut really short on top which makes me look like i have a mullett!..lol so yeah, I am lookin for somethin with longer hair on top, but cant afford another 300.00$

HI Leslie
Kelly is a spitfire by nature, thank goodness. She has almost a complete head of hair right now, with a few noticeable patches. Most of her hair loss is at the back of the neck, along the hairline.
She waffles between growing out her hair to donate, and wanting to shave it off so she can be like other alopecians, as she says!
So, life is good here right now. She has a big transtion for Sept. as she moves to a diff. elementary building in our school district, so we keep our fingers crossed that it will be smooth
thanks again for asking for her.

Hi LeslieAnn! Thanks for your comment...I get my freedom wig tomorrow, will let you know how it is & post some pics soon. It's going to be a darker auburn, closer to my natural colour. I've got to come up with a name for the new wig, won't be as good a name as Ruby though!

Hi LeslieAnn


Thank you for stopping by. I love your pics you have here you look gr8.

Sarah x

Hi LeslieAnn
Yep it sure is fun going from blonde to brunette, I love having fun with my wigs but also feel fine without them. Alopecia has done all it can to me, but it doesn't bother me anymore, this is who I am now. Eyebrow tattoos, false lashes and gel nails as alopecia got those too lol.
Hope you are well too?
Donna x