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Sunglasses?

Started Mar 14 0 Replies

Anyone find any type of sunglasses that fit the bill? I tried a bunch today but I looked ridiculous in all of them! Haha Maybe I just need to get used to the bald head with sunglasses? I would love…Continue

Is it bad if I don't want my hair to grow back?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Donna Mar 14. 29 Replies

I will give you a brief history...I am 28. I have three different auto-immune issues that did not start until after I had kids....up until then, healthy, college athlete. I have always had a thick…Continue

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Sunglasses?

Anyone find any type of sunglasses that fit the bill? I tried a bunch today but I looked ridiculous in all of them! Haha Maybe I just need to get used to the bald head with sunglasses? I would love to have some nice coverage but no look crazy! :) Just curious...
Mar 14
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Donna replied to jlkramer's discussion Is it bad if I don't want my hair to grow back?
"I think however you feel about your own hair is just fine. Who cares what "normal" is. This is your "new normal". That is how I rationalize my baldness....it's my new normal. I have had Alopecia for 40 years and I just…"
Mar 14
AngelGirl favorited jlkramer's discussion Is it bad if I don't want my hair to grow back?
Jan 29
Ted Michael Morgan replied to jlkramer's discussion Is it bad if I don't want my hair to grow back?
"No cf course not. That is a natural desire."
Dec 15, 2011
Angie P replied to jlkramer's discussion Is it bad if I don't want my hair to grow back?
"Bwahahaaaa! I laughed out loud. You are too funny!"
Nov 6, 2011
Bruce replied to jlkramer's discussion Is it bad if I don't want my hair to grow back?
"THANK YOU!!! I've been dealing with bald patches on my body for several years now and have grown to like the feel of shaving it all off from the neck down. I hate body hair and love being what my naturist friends call "a smoothie".…"
Nov 4, 2011
jlkramer replied to jlkramer's discussion Is it bad if I don't want my hair to grow back?
"Thanks everyone for all the great input. I agree...I love my bald head! I guess I was feeling a bit quilty for doing so. I know that many people are not comfortable being bald so I am sensitive to that and honestly, I still have my days! It is great…"
Oct 31, 2011
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Oct 31, 2011
Ilia Reed favorited jlkramer's discussion Is it bad if I don't want my hair to grow back?
Oct 30, 2011
Ilia Reed replied to jlkramer's discussion Is it bad if I don't want my hair to grow back?
"Hey, I was so afraid of losing my hair. And now I love being bald. It's the power of "normal" societal standards one has to let go. I learned a lot about acceptance here, being accepted and accepting this condition. And discovering…"
Oct 30, 2011
Terri favorited jlkramer's discussion Is it bad if I don't want my hair to grow back?
Oct 30, 2011
Nachiketa Sanyal replied to jlkramer's discussion Is it bad if I don't want my hair to grow back?
"No, that's just your choice which you can exercise.. I just wish I too could as easily exercise MY choice of having all my hair back.."
Oct 30, 2011
Ilia Reed replied to jlkramer's discussion Is it bad if I don't want my hair to grow back?
"I guess there is a lot of advantages. To name but a few: surely low maintenance (apart from shaving the rest - I feel similarly, actually I would prefer to have AU); special looks; pointing at a different sort of beauty; saving money for haircuts…"
Oct 30, 2011
Terri replied to jlkramer's discussion Is it bad if I don't want my hair to grow back?
"I totally get where you are coming from. Altho I haven't had the other medical issues you have had, I have had my fair share too. After battling the ups and downs of alopecia, I'm fine as things stand now. We all have the right to feel the…"
Oct 27, 2011
Lisa Santer replied to jlkramer's discussion Is it bad if I don't want my hair to grow back?
"Coincidentally, just yesterday while shaving hairy patches on my scalp I noticed they were much smaller, & found myself cheering, "yay skin! keep growing!" I *much* prefer smooth baldness over the patchy stuff. Over the decades of…"
Oct 25, 2011
Mary replied to jlkramer's discussion Is it bad if I don't want my hair to grow back?
"Thanks for the nice blog. I think it's a positive step to reach a place where you don't care, and actually enjoy being smooth. I miss my eyebrows and lashes more than my hair. But, being bald is really the least of my problems and life has…"
Oct 25, 2011

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New to AU, working mother of three...fairly new photo - sans makeup and hair...so be nice! haha
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Alopecia universalis
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