Well, girls with alopecia who choose not to wear a wig! But you get the idea..

I wrote this Buzzfeed article that pretty much sum up life with alopecia.

Let me know what you think.

Enjoy! 

10 Things Girls With Alopecia Will Understand:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/erikavincent21/10-things-girls-with-alopecia-will-understand-13pji

Customer: Oh my gosh, you're so beautiful.

Me: Oh, thanks

Customer: But why aren't you wearing a wig?

Me: Umm what?

Customer: It's really deterring from your beauty. You could be truly beautiful if you wore a wig.

Me: I'm completely comfortable with who I am and don't feel the need to hide it by wearing a wig, thanks.

Customer: Oh you're just being stubborn.

Me: No, actually I've been bald since I was two years old and I like myself the way I…

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Yesterday at work I had to stay late to help unpack some new mannequins that we had received. So, at the store I work at our mannequins wear wigs.. and I thought since the store was closed it was the perfect opportunity to try one on! Hahahaha, it was just for fun, I would never actually wear a wig. But me and my co-workers sure got a kick out of it. :)

PS: My eyelashes are growing back!…

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2AxFPN63Cs&feature=player_embedded

I was bald before Lady Gaga made it cool.

I always get these kinds of ads all over the internet.

Stop trying to change me. I'm completely cool with who I am. Get over ittt.



If I had a genie and he could grant me three wishes, not one of those wishes would be for hair.

Actually, if I woke up tomorrow with a full head of hair, I'd be mad! I would probably shave it, or wax it.. do anything… Continue

When I was two years old I lost all of my hair including my eyelashes.

By the time I was in elementary school I got pink eye ALL the time because bacteria could get in my eyes due to the fact that I didn't have eyelashes. So, after several cases of pink eye, my body decided that I needed my eyelashes and they grew back.



16 years later.. I guess my body decided I don't need them anymore because guess what? As of today (November 23rd, 2010) my last eyelash just fell… Continue

I forgot to mention this.. but at my high school graduation I didn't wear my grad cap. Everyone had to bobby-pin theirs to their hair and my principal told me to hold mine on my head. I laughed and walked across the stage without it on. I held it in my hand. First person in the history of Riverview High School to do it!