Alopecia is loss of hair from the scalp or any part of your body. Very common (more than 3 million cases per year in US). Treatments can help manage condition, no known cure. Often requires lab or imaging. Can last several months or years. Family history may increase likelihood for some types.
There’s several different types of Alopecia (Alopecia Areata, Alopecia Totalis, Alopecia Universalis, Androgenetic Alopecia, Postpartum Alopecia, Traction Alopecia, Alopecia Barbae, Scarring Alopecia and Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia to name a few) which your doctor will tell you which one you have.
You can go through different emotions with losing your hair. Especially with knowing it may never come back, but once you get use to the fact that you’re going to be bald, your confidence can go through the roof. You’ll see yourself as beautiful and others will see it too. Yes, some will think this or that about you or assume you have Cancer, but if you develop the confidence you need, no matter their thoughts, their stares, their words, you’ll always see yourself as beautiful.
So be the beautiful bald self you know you are and Always find a reason to Smile Through It All.
Smile Through It All 