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Started this discussion. Last reply by Saphy May 31.

About Me:: I'm Saphy from South Florida. I was once a super confident person with gorgeous, long, thick curly hair. I had so much of it, that I would secretly wish I could shave some of it off. As the saying goes, be careful what you wish for. I just recently buzzed most of it off, but before that, I barely had enough for a decent ponytail. /cry

I have not been officially diagnosed with anything yet but I am fairly confident that I have androgenic alopecia. I first noticed hair loss during my freshman year of high school and have been steadily thinning out since. Strangely, I am the only woman in the family to suffer from this condition. This sucks! :-(

So why have I not been officially diagnosed, you ask? Trust me, I've tried. I've had almost every lab test available on the planet, always with the same result. "There is nothing wrong with you." The one dermatologist I visited just looked at my hair, ran her fingers through it and told me I should start using rogaine. (Some help she was!) This isn't normal... but I have come to accept it. Although I will seek a real diagnosis eventually.

As for who I am, (because I am not my hair or lack thereof... hehe). I am an avid fan of anything sci-fi, fantasy or anime related. I love reading, watching movies and playing PC games... when I am not working or in school, that is. I am pursuing a Bachelors in Mathematics. Yes, I am a geek, and I love it! :-P

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At 9:20pm on June 25th, 2008, marisa said…: Hey girl, how are you? enough rain right ! I went to Daytona over the weekend and had nothing but rain the ride there and home,the whole weekend...we need I guess... the grass is happy... hows the new wig??? hope you are good, keep in touch ;}

At 9:43am on May 27th, 2008, marisa said…: Hey Saphyra, I had that with the first wig I got too, Mine just had too much hair, So thinning it out should help, If you need any help with it let me know :)

At 9:30pm on May 25th, 2008, marisa said…: Hi Saphyra, Hows it going?? Did you find a wig yet?

At 7:17pm on May 25th, 2008, LeslieAnn Butler said…: Very interesting story!
I love sci-fi too. Are you a Trekkie?
LeslieAnn

At 6:09pm on May 17th, 2008, catfancy said…: Hey you sound like me! Geek/undiagnosable hair loss from a young age/gamer/student with a buzzcut. W00t!

At 7:41pm on May 16th, 2008, Mandy said…: Hey Saphyra! Thanks for writing! Well I'm more of a console gamer than a PC gamer. Love my Wii! I'm big into the adventure games like Legend of Zelda (see the pic of my tattoo?), Kingdom Hearts, Fable, etc. If you have never played Fable, I HIGHLY recommend it and I know it's on PC. Another good game I played on the PC is called The Longest Journey. It's amazing and they made a sequel for Xbox, which I love. I love games with good stories. Careful, I could go on for hours talking bout games. ;)

At 6:04pm on May 15th, 2008, Susan said…: Thanks for accepting me as a friend!!

At 9:10am on May 14th, 2008, marisa said…: If you want to meet up with me I will show you mine, I'm really happy with it, Im going to order another one next week, the first few that I bought elsewhere were awful,so I've been to afraid to order online, let me know what you think,

At 7:26pm on May 13th, 2008, marisa said…: Hey, Wanted to say is is Hot out or what, hope its going to start raining soon, With this wig I cant stand the heat, Whats up with you

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