Today at my blog, I wrote all about the Cabbage Patch Kid I got as a child and how, 30 years later, it's helped me to come to terms with my Alopecia.

http://theycallmemummy.com/2013/09/05/the-ugliest-doll-in-the-shop/

I'd be so thrilled if it helped someone to read this.

With love!
Michelle

I am not sure whether to be thrilled or angry.



When I was diagnosed with AGA in February, the dermatologist said there was no need for a biopsy or blood tests because it was such a clear case of AGA. Seeing as through he is "the best" in the state, I took him at his word. When I had made the appointment with him, I had also made an appointment with a hair transplant specialist and realised last month that it was due.



When I went to see her last month, she asked for biopsy… Continue

None of my friends have Alopecia, yet all do have one thing in common: SELF-DOUBT. It occurred to me that we worry about how the world will respond to our hairless heads, while they are worrying about their big bums, pimples, blotchy skin, etc etc. We have a unique condition but the problem we have - namely, self-doubt - is common to all.



Here was my advice to her, and it applies to us Alopecians too:



Think of yourself as an amazing gift to the world. Think of what you are… Continue

Today I decided to have the big chop. To stop hanging onto the straggly few long hairs I had hanging sadly down my back and proactively face this thing called Alopecia. It was very liberating to see the hair falling and know it was at MY hand and I was in control.



So, feeling fantastic, with a lovely red bandanna covering the balding spot I went off to fetch my kids (7, 5 and 21 months) from school. They each had a friend to play, so in my car, I had 6 kids and my daughter (7) says… Continue

I was diagnosed last week with Androgenetic Alopecia by a doctor with the worst bedside manner I've ever come across. He basically said "You have Alopecia and you're gonna go bald, but you'll keep a ring around the back like a balding man and there's really not much you can do about it."



As you can imagine, I was mortified and walked around shell-shocked all the rest of the day. The thing is, it actually wasn't that much of a surprise diagnosis, because I have had thinning hair since… Continue