At the age of 16 I hit rock bottom. I wasnt able to afford the rent -which left me homeless, I wasnt able to stay focused on school- which granted me the title of 'drop out' and most importantly I had lost my own self respect- which had led me down the path of self destruct. I never talked to anyone about my hair disease, not even my own family. I thought that if I ignored it long enough, it would just go away. In fact now that I look back, ignoring it had quite the opposite effect, it made the… Continue

First of all I wanted to thank those whom have taken the time to read and comment. Unexpected, yet appreciated.



So here I am summer before high school, while my fellow students are thrilled to be changing schools and taken this next step in education, I am nervous, scared and alone. Entering high school was so scary for me because I had no friends, no family support but most importantly no self esteem. I really do believe that the self esteem issue is very crucial for 'alopecians'… Continue

Hello, and thank you for reading. I recently decided to publish all my inner thoughts and experiences with the aloepecia world, so bare with me Ive never 'blogged' before in my life.

I joined aloepecia world in 2009 with the hopes of getting over what truly scares me most... aloepecia. Silly, eh? Im sure your thinking...' what's so scary about aloepecia? its not a life threatning disease ' . Well in my case, it's been a life altering disease and not for the better... Anyways like i said I… Continue