I can remember the first time my hair started to shed. I thought it was falling out. I saw more of my hair on the bathroom floor daily. My friend started doing my hair and nursed it back to health. It came back, no more breaking off, no more shedding and it was healthy. I didn't think another thing about it.

When my mother was in her 40's her hair started to shed and fall out. Her eyelashes even fell out. But I remember telling her it wasn't a big deal and that she was still…

I am a bald woman not by choice, but made the courageous choice to share it with the world. As a child growing up in the 1970's, I remember getting compliments on my very huge Afro. Folks use to say, look at that pudgy cute little girl with that big ole' Afro lol. During my wonder years, one of my older (envious) sisters persuaded me to perm my hair. What an EPIC fail! It was a downward spiral after that and the remnants of weaves, braids, and perms were the only reminders of my journey of…

2.5 yrs ago, my hair stylist told that that there were 3 bald spots on my head. i was stunned n depressed for 3 months. i sought various medical treatment including chinese medicine, none of these helped n i actually was too scared too wash my hair every nite. showering became my biggest fear coz i was too shocked to see almost 200 strands of hair falling fm your own head every day. yes, i was counting, the more i counted, i more i went crazy with my inner demon torturing me.

until…

I've been wearing a wig now for 1 1/2 months. I've received many compliments from folks who just thought I got a new cut and/or color. Wonderful! HOWEVER, I was not prepared for someone to ask me the name of my stylist (in the middle of a work meeting, nonetheless!). Awkward! I wiggled out of the situation by promising to email the info later. Now I'm hoping she won't call me on it. If she does, I will be honest, but I'd rather not go there.

Next dilemma is to figure out how to get my…

Hi Everyone! I'm new here and new to the whole alopecia thing. I was diagnosed 2 months ago with Celiac Disease. I'd suffered for over a year telling my doctors I was losing weight for no reason and I think they just thought I was nuts. I finally got a diagnosis when my daughter was diagnosed with Celiac. Now I feel lost and alone with alopecia. My daughter does not have alopecia and I think I'm confused. Can anyone tell me if my head will still itch even though I'm gluten free. I've been…

I am planning on going to my first support group this Monday June 11. I am really nervous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.....

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Note: This is a theoretic piece of writing. Meaning the feelings were once mine....But seems they are now someone elses.

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Why?

Why is hair such a big part of society?

Isn't it just fur?

It feels silky, it feels nice to touch it right?

What about when someone loses their hair....

Is it funny to hurt them?

Is it right to ridicule them?

Or make…

Hello. My name is Justin Dawson. I am 15 years old & have had Alopecia for about 1 year and 4 months now. It all started in mid February of 2011. I was in my room texting some friends while chatting with my little brother, Brendan. You know how when you are texting, you look with your head down most of the time? Well, that's what I was doing. My brother Brendan pointed out a very small circular bald spot on the crown of my head. I looked in the mirror, but it was too inadequate to see. I…

Today was the first day i didn't wear my wig at all at work. Sometimes i'm running late and its not brushed so i'll wait til i get to work to fix it and then put it on. Sometimes i'll just get way to hot and have to take it off. Today i just didn't feel like wearing it. I had a pretty dress on, pretty feather earrings, clear even skin and colorful pretty eye shadow. It was a pretty busy day at the salon i work at and only one person brought it up without me saying something first. He did it…

hey!

I am generally a very happy person with a great outlook on life... but I at times I get really down as everyone here does.. so I wrote a bit of a poetic piece to describe the pain ..

What it is like to have alopecia

Losing your hair, losing your femininity

Losing your normality

Years of teasing and feeling like you are being stared at

Having to realise that you will always feel ‘fake’

Hiding behind your wig, fake eyelashes and crayoned…

During a break, someone told a manager that they noticed dog fur/hair on clothes, & it made them feel uncomfortabale (concerned about it getting everywhere). Maybe I'm being self-conscious, but I'm wondering if it's really the baldness that bothered them. I mean, why would they not tell me but tell a manager? I haven't bewn wearing a hat/wig/scarf or anything lately because I haven't felt liek I needed to.