Not sure how many of you have heard but the well known Gail Porter who had sported a full head of short blond hair this past summer after a bout with alopecia since 2005 is now experiencing hair loss again. The article was posted at www.dailymail.co.uk (search for the latest news about Gail Porter) and focuses on alopecia being caused by stress (which still has not been proven and is believed to be a doctor's excuse for not knowing the cause). Apart from the article being about Gail's hairloss, I find it to be a poor message that focuses on hairloss being a horrible thing. There are plenty of us out there that are living happy, normal lives despite our hairloss and I think the media needs to pay more attention to that. Instead of pushing us down, they should be encouraging or at least remain indifferent.

I don't support the media much any longer. I don't have cable, I don't get the newspaper and I listen to my ipod or the radio online. If I want to know what's happening in the world I will go online so I can pick and choose what interests me. The news has become terribly negative and as a positive person it can be so hard to hear about things that have no impact on our lives. They only pay attention to what they want and how they want. How often do you hear good, heart warming news anymore? Perhaps the world might begin to be a better place if only the media would switch from negativity to positivity. Perhaps half the crime would disappear as these people wouldn't be trying to get their 15 minutes of fame.

It's sad as an alopecian to see that Gail's hairloss has returned however that's only because it's so nice to see someone get over it and offers some hope to those desperate to recover. But it just goes to show you how unpredictable alopecia can be and that no one knows the course it will take. If you read some of the comments under the article it is clear that more needs to be said about alopecia and that some of these people either have no clue or are very rude and mean about this.

As I'm trying to write this blog I'm finding that my right click has been disabled for some reason on this page so I apologize for it not being written too well and that my thoughts were not more organized to begin with. It's either that or I have to erase and try to rewrite what I had written before?? Frustrating. But to end this, alopecia is 1) unpredictable (not even your doctor knows what will happen), 2) without a cure and 3) not caused by stress (the cause is unknown and doctors feel they have to tell us something and what better to blame than stress). Here's hoping the media will take a new course of action in a feel good cause and become more positive in this crazy, dark world!