I have Alopecia Universalis. I got my eyebrows permanently tattooed in December. Finally, a complete face when I wake up in the morning. Now guess what??? My damn eyebrows have decided to start growing back! What the hell??? Really???? Now I have to pluck because of course, they are not growing back where the tattoos are. Lol, am I being punked? Why couldn't the hair grow back on my head or at least my eyelashes? I would even be happy with a nose hair! Has this happened to anyone else? If…

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I have chosen a brand for my new wig ROP I have chosen a colour caffee late or something like that, I have found a new supplier who says she has 20 years experience and took the time to email me and made an appointment for next week. She assures me she has lots for me to try on when I advised what I was looking for and says she will find me something to suit me... All sounds really possitive and I'm looking forward to my appointment. I've accepted I may not get the wig in time for my holiday… Continue

I was getting a haircut today which makes me very uncomfortable cause of my spots. So i was feeling self conscious in the first place when a lady made a comment that had nothing to do with me cause she didn't see me. She said something along the lines of how she thought her was thinning so she got so scared that she was going to get a bald spot. It's insane how people don't even think twice when stating these things. There are people surrounding them who might get hurt at such comments. I…

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I am sad to say that I've had another relapse, after so many months of not pulling, unfortunately I'm suffering from combination of two different types of hair loss, Trichotillomania, and then Alopecia areata, The parts I don't pull, fall out on their own, the doctor thinks its from so many years of damaging hair follicles and now they just can't handle the weight of my own hair once it grows to a certain point.

I think I've just given up, I'm going to be like this forever, because…

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Thing is though...I don't know where to start. I wanna tell my stories of my own struggles but I would like to know from others..Who've also been there.

Watching some documentaries about anti-bullying has inspired me to write this essay and basically spam it where I can get it onto. I want people to be aware.

So...Please if it's not too much trouble share your stories and how you stopped it if you were able to...You will be credited.

Please and thank you.

So, like a few months ago, I went to a dermatalogist and the doctor lady was pretty cool. She told me like a summary about alopecia (which I already knew, but I didn't tell her otherwise), and she also said that there wasn't any magical cures yet. I really admired her for telling it like it is and not buttering it up. I liked that. What I really thought was awesome is that she prescribed me some lotion type thing. Like, I'm supposed to rub or massage some onto my head then like a rash type…

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Three years ago (wow, time flies!) I posted a blog about Michael J. Fox, his Parkinson's disease, and how his words are great inspiration for us Alopecians:

http://www.alopeciaworld.com/profiles/blogs/inspirational-words-from

In today's Parade Magazine (which comes with our local paper, and also around the country), there's an interview with him. I have to share a couple of his…

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Okay, leaving soon to meet some friends. It was okay running in and out of a few stores. Now, I'll be sitting in one place for a while. Feeling kind of anxious. What if people start staring at me? For a brief moment I thought about cancelling. Then I thought, screw it! Let them stare!…

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I was talking to my boyfriend about not being able to find a wig yesterday in the store that I liked. He came out with some things he may have been brave enough to say, yet he is the only one I know who would dare say it to me...

He said not to go for styles too short as often you can see at the back of the wig the strips where it is all attached. It took my bit by surprise and made me relook at different wigs I had seen on line.

I was always worried about the tops of wigs, I…

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Yesterday was a long, emotional meeting. I woke up with a bad headache which was good because I had to speak at a meeting. I debating whether or not to just shave my head before the meeting but decided to wait.

Later I had lunch with a friend, rushed home, and headed straight to the bathroom -- I stood there in silence and just starting chopping off my locs watching them fall to the floor. After the deed was done, I was so relieved. I had the biggest smile on my face. I was so…

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