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The cruel world

Yesterday I went to the store for some food. Suddenly an older foreign woman is flipping me her finger. I look around and it takes a second before i realise it is really me she means. Then she starts screaming - racist! bla bla bla, fu-ing racist bla bla... ehh, I am so surprised that I can´t get a word out. She walks away.



Then she comes back after a minute - and starts screaming again... then she says cancer? and points at my bald head. -" if not - racist! bla bla… Continue

Added by Helena Wenzin on July 5, 2011 at 1:33am — 13 Comments

Do you shave your head or have someone do it for you?

Just wondering.....does anyone out there shave their own head or do you pay someone to shave it? If you do shave, do you use a razor or a barber set of clippers?

Added by Ktownnana on July 4, 2011 at 10:00pm — 17 Comments

Finally back home - missed Alopecia World!

I wanted to post a short blog just to let you know that I didn't fall off the face of the earth, or abandon AW. I was travelling for 7 weeks in the UK (I posted a blog from there about meeting a bald woman at the airport in London), and then right after I got home, I took off for a week at my annual Balkan music and dance camp. So, I've had very infrequent Internet access for the past two months. I arrived home yesterday and am slowly catching up on everything.



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Added by Mary on July 4, 2011 at 1:30pm — 11 Comments

FREEDOM

HELLO SISTERS OF ALOPECIA WORLD...



I THANK GOD FOR THIS SITE THAT HAS BEEN AN ECOURGMENT. I ONLY BEGAN TO WEAR MY BALDNESS ON THIS FRIDAY. I FELT SO FREE WITHIN BECAUSE I WAS EMBRACING WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN TO ME. HE TRULY GAVE ME HAIR BUT FIVE YEARS AGO IT BEGAN TO DISAPPEAR. I WORE THE WIGS, THE WEAVE AND TRYING TO CONTINUE TO OBTAIN THE LOOK I WAS ACCUSTOMED TO. I AS A WOMAN DID NOT GO WITH MY HAIR UNDONE. BUT, GOD ALLOWED ME TO REALIZE THAT HAIR DOES NOT A CHRISTIAN MAKE. HE LOVES… Continue

Added by jean on July 3, 2011 at 10:26pm — 4 Comments

2011 NAAF conference, changed my life

Nerves and excitement consumed me the days leading up to finally boarding a plane from Detroit to L.A. I knew I was going to finally meet people who have Alopecia, I had no idea how amazing this was going to be... I arrived there a day and a half prior to the conference starting so I could do some sight seeing.. yes.. I am a typical tourist.. My husband and I had a blast touring the walk of fame.. sunset.. the pier.. the observatory... totally different world from Detroit. The day came to check… Continue

Added by christine policicchio on July 1, 2011 at 11:30am — 16 Comments

How do I just do it?

So I've been bald for 5 yrs now and I went from wearing baseball caps to turbans to now a wig and something I struggle with every summer is I just wanna go swimming with nothing on my head I wanna be able to take my son's to a pool with nothing on my head, so all I wanna know is how does one get enough nerve to do it. I feel naked when I have nothing on my head, and I only do it around people Im comfortable around, and I wanna to be able to do it in public, and Im scared to, idk why. When I… Continue

Added by Debbie on July 1, 2011 at 9:39am — 14 Comments

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