The Crown of Beauty

Not everyone knows that I have been dealing with a health situation called alopecia areata. It's a condition that very little is known about, and there is no known medical cure. Some doctors say it's an auto-immune disease, others say it's related to stress. I'm sure there are MANY factors that it could be, but what it really can be is devastating. It's basically the loss of your hair. Some people lose patches of hair, others all of the hair on their head(alopecia totalis), and still others lose all of the hair on their body(alopecia universalis). I originally lost all of the hair on my head, including eyebrows and eyelashes. I felt like an alien! My hair grew back while I was pregnant, and then fell out again last summer. So, this leads me to think that it's a hormone issue. I've started this blog to record my journey--document the discoveries I've made as I've visited various doctors--in order to help other women who are going through this same situation. Most people may or may not know that I've been wearing a wig for almost 4 years now, and only a handful of people have seen me without it. That's all about to change.