Today my sister sent me a Bald Cap costume that she thought I should wear on Halloween.

I pretty much laughed my a** off. :)

For the first time since my diagnosis three years ago, I actually met someone face to face with Alopecia. All I have ever known and spoken with are the great people on here. My friends on this site talked me off a ledge at the very beginning...but I digress.



I was busy running around coordinating an Entertainment event here in my hometown on the weekend and the member of a band getting ready to perform approached me and said, "So how long have you had Alopecia?" I stopped dead in my… Continue

I guess I should blog more often.



I feel great. Almost too great. I am wondering: Since being diagnosed with alopecia, I find I am not getting the flu or colds like I used to. I haven't had a cold in over a year, which is highly unusual for me. I'll get the sniffles now and again, but it never develops into anything worse. I am not complaining! But I am just wondering if there is a connection...if the same bastards attacking my hair are attacking the germs too.… Continue

So I guess I'll start in September of 2007 -- when I went to my regular hair stylist for my regular monthly haircut. I had a full head of thick, dark hair. Or so I thought. She starts cutting and asks me about a bald spot developing at the back of my scalp. I hadn't noticed any hair loss previous to her holding up the mirror to show me. I was shocked, to say the least. It was one of those cup-your-hands-around-your-mouth-and-gasp situations. I had been walking around for who knows how… Continue