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Betty Fried
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- Raleigh, NC
- United States
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- Have female-pattern baldness, which has affected at least four generations of my family. I've been wearing a wig for nearly four years. I don't mind the wig except that I wish i didn't have to sleep without it, and would love to be able to exercise at a gym (wig too hot -- I use my treadmill at home sans wig) and to be able to swim. The vacuum wigs are way to costly for occasional swimming.
I have two daughters -- the 39-year-old had long, thick, curly hair until her mid 20s and this hair loss has truly made her near suicidal. She uses 5% minoxidil now, which as helped alot, but certainly her hair is not what it used to be. My 36-year-old daughter says her hair has gotten thinner, but it doesn't seem noticeably so to me.
- Do you have alopecia?
- Female pattern baldness
- Are you age 18 or older?
- No - I am not 18 or older
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I wear a wig all the time, even when I exercize. You must work out harder than I do because mine doesn't get too hot. I wear synthetics for working out which are vented, and that helps with air flow.
LeslieAnn
WELCOME TO ALOPECIA WORLD
SORRY TO HEAR THAT YOUR DAUGHTERS ARE AFFECTED AS WELL AS YOURSELF. HAS YOUR 39 YEAR OLD HAD ANY COUNSELLING OR SUCH?
I HOPE THAT BEING A MEMBER OF THIS SITE WILL GIVE YOU A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND MUCH NEEDED SUPPORT. ANY TIME YOU WANT TO TALK PLEASE DO.
I FIND ALSO WRITING, READING AND REPLYING TO BLOGS AND DISCUSSIONS HELPS, AS WELL AS GOING GROUPS.
TAKE CARE
SUSAN