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A poem I wrote today for my girls

I'm posting this for my daughters, myself and anyone with alopecia :)



The first chunk of hair came out in my brush

The tender age of 14, my heart was crushed

How would I live without any hair?

If it all falls out, I wont go anywhere

Month after month, needles in my head

Weighted on my chest, an anvil of lead

Year after year it continued to spread

The pop of the needle, blood trickling down my head

The treatments weren't working anymore…

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Added by Ashley on April 29, 2014 at 2:00am — 2 Comments

Is it just a coincidence?

My dad and I both had full heads of hair until I was 13. We both started getting bald patches the same year. Mine appeared a couple months after his. Every year I would get the steroid injections and my hair would come back (until my senior year in high school). Every year my hair would stay put until fall/winter and then it would start falling out again in small patches. I would just like to hear some opinions. Do you think it's just a coincidence or is it possible that my dad and I carry a… Continue

Added by Ashley on July 31, 2012 at 4:00am — 2 Comments

First time alopecia blogger... Just want to share my story

My father and I both were diagnosed with alopecia when I was 13 years old. He found a small spot on his face and chalked it up to shaving too close. Then he got another on his face and one on his head and it just spread from there. Within 3 months, I found a small bald patch on the back of my head. My mother somehow managed to get us both to Dr. Vera Price in San Francisco where both my dad and I underwent our first steroid injection treatment. My dad got injections in his eyebrows whereas I… Continue

Added by Ashley on July 27, 2012 at 5:58am — 11 Comments

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