Hi Leslee!
Thanks for adding me as a friend. We do indeed have a lot of similarities. I think hiding it becomes a habit and it's a hard on to break even when you have accepted your AT status. I've had it most of my life but only close family know about it and only my children see me without my wig. My husband of 7 years knows i wear a wig but i've never showed him my baldness. When i'm not in a wig, I wear a scarf around him. I know this is ridiculous and he accepts and loves me but I still have a hard time revealing. I look forward to getting to know you!
Leslee...it´s Karina from Argentina...Can you suggest me any brand of wigs to feel comfortable to work..how many hours do you wear it? Summer,winter? Sorry I´m very anxious cause I don´t want to be depressed.
Hello Leslee, Thanks for the compliment. My wig is just a synthetic from Wilshire wigs. It is multiple colors and I really like it. I would like to look into vacuum prosthesis too. I manually put on my brows for 30 years, I used a brow powder from Clinique and then dabbed hairspray over the top to keep the brows on all day. I since gave all that up with permanent tatoo brows. I am so happy. Would love to chat more!! :)
Yes..day to day i'm going fine..then pass by the mirror and think..how my life would have been otherwise, if i wasn't perceived as lesser.
Indirectly people & family..i mean close family...don't want to admit they have a perception issue whith judging.
After all ...these are people who have no idea what it's like to be bald as a woman.
If they were to lose their hair..they wouldn't know what to do"Naturally"
I had an issue this weekend..where I was insulted/ordered, and told to put on the wig.
I''ll wear it when it suits me....right!
That thing in this heat..is too hot.
It's a vacume/suction...silicone freedomwig prosthesis.
I did wear it..out in the Intense Heat and It wasn't "COOL"
Neither Cool..or Cool!
I am going to get to a position in my life..where nobody or no one will ever tell me to wear a wig.. nor even think they have the right to discuss my hair loss.
I am dealing with it in my own way..and I should say..I'm so STRONG and BRAVE...that I don't need ignorance to bring me down.
I am on a MISSION!
Mina
Thanks for the message, you are very pretty so I'm sure if you think people are stareing at you they are thinking nice things! Hope your having a good day
Hello and welcome, Leslee!
I know how hard alopecia can be; I have had it for about 30 years. After I became the spokesperson for the National Alopecia Areata Foundation, a lot of women were needing my help and support, so I wrote a book called, "If Your Hair Falls Out, Keep Dancing!" You can find out more on my page -- and it's available on this site under "Bookshelf." Let me know if there's anything else I can do!
LeslieAnn
Hi Leslee,
Talking about this actually helps. When I found out my daughter had alopecia I felt alone. I felt there was no one I could talk to who understood. It seemed like she was the only one who had it in the world. I always wished I could talk to other people suffering with this disease. Now thanks to alopecia world I can.
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Thanks for adding me as a friend. We do indeed have a lot of similarities. I think hiding it becomes a habit and it's a hard on to break even when you have accepted your AT status. I've had it most of my life but only close family know about it and only my children see me without my wig. My husband of 7 years knows i wear a wig but i've never showed him my baldness. When i'm not in a wig, I wear a scarf around him. I know this is ridiculous and he accepts and loves me but I still have a hard time revealing. I look forward to getting to know you!
Indirectly people & family..i mean close family...don't want to admit they have a perception issue whith judging.
After all ...these are people who have no idea what it's like to be bald as a woman.
If they were to lose their hair..they wouldn't know what to do"Naturally"
I had an issue this weekend..where I was insulted/ordered, and told to put on the wig.
I''ll wear it when it suits me....right!
That thing in this heat..is too hot.
It's a vacume/suction...silicone freedomwig prosthesis.
I did wear it..out in the Intense Heat and It wasn't "COOL"
Neither Cool..or Cool!
I am going to get to a position in my life..where nobody or no one will ever tell me to wear a wig.. nor even think they have the right to discuss my hair loss.
I am dealing with it in my own way..and I should say..I'm so STRONG and BRAVE...that I don't need ignorance to bring me down.
I am on a MISSION!
Mina
I know how hard alopecia can be; I have had it for about 30 years. After I became the spokesperson for the National Alopecia Areata Foundation, a lot of women were needing my help and support, so I wrote a book called, "If Your Hair Falls Out, Keep Dancing!" You can find out more on my page -- and it's available on this site under "Bookshelf." Let me know if there's anything else I can do!
LeslieAnn
Talking about this actually helps. When I found out my daughter had alopecia I felt alone. I felt there was no one I could talk to who understood. It seemed like she was the only one who had it in the world. I always wished I could talk to other people suffering with this disease. Now thanks to alopecia world I can.
You will find tons of support here. I hope to be chatting with you soon.
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