It really does seem that my hair is trying to come back in earnest. I've gone from smooth bald to steadily increasing patches starting to grow again. After months of shaving these off, I have finally made the decision to let them grow out.



It's been a month since I last shaved my head and I now sport dark auburn fuzz almost all over my head. There is still a few small albino patches and a few parts where the hair is not coming in quite so thickly and you can see my scalp through the… Continue

Oh alopecia, how you do frustrate me....



I was so angry at you when you first took my hair - and I got in first and shaved what was left off before you could take it. I was especially mad at you for taking my eyelashes but I slowly adjusted. I didn't mind that you took away my body hair and relished not having to shave my legs anymore. I was actually happy when you took away the rest of my head hair because it meant I didn't have to shave it off anymore to wear my vacuum… Continue

A friend of mine, whom I lived with over the summer, recently left to move onto other things. She left me a card with some beautiful words in it that I thought some of you guys might like to hear.



"I've never had a friend who was bald before, and it takes some getting used to. What I didn't realize is how beautiful being bald is. It's like taking away all that extra stuff we don't need and leaving behind only what is truly ourselves. I cannot even grasp how hard it must be at times… Continue

So I am heading to a music festival in BC this weekend, which is very exciting! It's a very open and accepting environment, people wear crazy costumes, go naked or whatever...



I had mentioned long ago that I would go bald the whole weekend because it would be easier and people would probably not blink an eye at a bald chick there. My friends are not going to let me take my wig (except my bright pink one!)



Which is all good and well, except that I have a lot of regrowth on… Continue

Something to cross off the things to do before I die list....I jumped out of a plane! And I did it bald - you can check it out some photos on my page. I was kind of nervous about wearing nothing on my head, as I was with a group of people some of whom I had never met before, but who all work at the same hotel. But I am so glad I did, because guess what?! No one cared at all or even seemed to notice! And it was so great for me, because i didn't have to worry about my wig, or whatever else I… Continue

So I am almost 24 - and before people know how old I am, everyone assumes I am heaps younger. A (younger) friend said to me today, I don't know if it's your hair or what but you don't look anywhere near 23! (She knows I wear a wig). Now I am starting to wonder if maybe my hairstyle is making me look younger. I am about to order another wig and am wondering if I should get a different style - but I don't know where to start!!! At the moment I have straightish red hair that is just below my… Continue

Why can't my hair make up its mind?



I shaved my head about a year ago 'cos I was sick of having half long straggly hair, half bald head. I got a freedom wig which I love and wear almost all the time.



Then about 6 months ago, I stopped having to shave at all - which was nice.



Now I have more hair than I've had in a while - most of it is white fuzz but some is getting some colour back too. Part of me thinks, what if it all came back?! But realistically, I know… Continue

Hello everyone!



Wow, it's been so long since I've been on here, I've been working and travelling in the US for nearly 3 months now & have no had a chance to get on here at all. Hope everyone here is doing well.



It has been an amazing experience so far but very challenging as well. I am now very close to alopecia universalis - I have but a few random body hairs left. I wear a wig most of the time.



I started off my travels working at a summer camp in Maine.… Continue

This is one of the first photos of my new freedom wig. It's going to take a bit of getting used to but it's very like what my hair used to be, especially the colour. The hair feels absolutely lovely :)



I've got to have some more practice styling it though, when I washed it for the first time it dried a bit fuzzy so I had to straighten it (very like my own hair, actually!). It's also taking a bit of time for me to learn how to put it… Continue

Well it's 27 days til I leave for the US....



And I'm starting to freak out a little.....camp's not going to be easy with no hair. I'll be living in a room with about 12 other people so they'll all have to know about my lack of hair. Not sure how the kids are going to take it....



Second countdown is to my new freedom suction wig......wait for it.....only 6 days until it should be here and I can't wait! Fingers crossed it does get here on that date! I'm hoping that it's… Continue