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Very recently diagnosed with Alopecia. Still in the "devastated" phase.

All my life I have been praised for my healthy, shiny, thick hair. It has been a huge part of my identity, as it is for everyone. For me though, I think it became of greater importance than normal. Perhaps I'm going through this to learn an important lesson :)
Do you have alopecia?
Alopecia areata
Are you age 18 or older?
Yes

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Not sure what's going on

Posted on September 8, 2008 at 7:17pm 3 Comments

Well, it's been several weeks now since we identified that I'm Alopecian. I'm finding it increasingly difficult to hide the spots and seem to have some sparse grey hairs coming in where the spots are (although the spots continue to grow!?)



The summer was horrid. My condo flooded ($15,000 worth of damage and much arguing with the insurers), lost my uncle, found out they're checking me out for cervical cancer, alopecia, sprained my ankle, lost my grandfather ... and now struggling with… Continue

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At 1:00am on May 29, 2009, Cheryl, Co-founder said…
HI JJ, Wanted to drop by and say hello! Hello!
At 9:49pm on December 30, 2008, Nants the Rebellion Dog said…
Okay, so you left me hanging here. Last we heard you were debating shaving or not (I thought your picture with you bald was awesome!) and I just want to know what you decided to do. Hope all is well!
At 5:10pm on August 14, 2008, LeslieAnn Butler said…
Hi Jj,
So great to see you here! I just wanted to say hello and welcome you.
Are you an artist? I love the paintings! I'm an artist, too.
Hugs, LeslieAnn
At 11:31pm on August 13, 2008, Cheryl, Co-founder said…
Oh my goodness! I am TOTALLY impressed. I love it!
At 11:30pm on August 13, 2008, Cheryl, Co-founder said…
I have similar type of photo on my wall at home.

At 11:25pm on August 13, 2008, Cheryl, Co-founder said…
JJ, who is the artist of your first picture on your slide show. I love it.
At 11:33am on August 12, 2008, Roger said…
Welcome.

Roger.
At 11:17am on August 12, 2008, Cheryl, Co-founder said…
Hey JJ, Nice to see your face ;)
At 6:42am on August 12, 2008, Carol said…
Hi jj
I'm happy that you found alopecia world! I'm sure you'll meet tons of great people! :)
At 12:55am on August 12, 2008, JeffreySF said…
Hello JJ,

Welcome to Alopecia World.

Jeff

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