Posts under ‘Women's Hair Loss Stories’

My thanks go out to MoDolly, who has gone above and beyond to get the word out about scarring alopecia. More women need to know the symptoms and treatment options available!!

I’ve noticed some new members to the forum who are currently actively TE shedding, thinning and who are pretty exasperated, depressed, scared, etc…
I began a massive and aggressive TE shed in August 2006… I thinned all over but was hardest hit at my hairline and frontal area… completely see through… I shed from that point [...]

Just wanted to summarize some research I’ve done over the past couple of years… for the benefit of my fellow TE shedders… Here goes…
Classic TE lasts roughly 3-6 months and has a very specific and temporary trigger… e.g. childbirth, major surgery, illness
CTE is basically TE lasting longer than 6 months and the insult or trigger [...]

Crowned Regal (MoDolly on HerHairlossHelp’s online forum) explains what she does when she is having a bad hair day. Great video!

Sharon Blynn of www.baldisbeautiful.org is a survivor of ovarian cancer. In this commercial for Bristol-Myers Squibb, she talks beautiful things. Sharon, you are beautiful!

Bald Girls Do Lunch on KSTU TV in Salt Lake City, Utah.

In this powerful clip from the BBC documentary “One Life: Gail Porter Laid Bare,” Gail prepares to meet Michelle Chapman.

A female alopecian named Chrissy has her eyelashes and eyebrows done by a professional makeup artist.

One of our beautiful forum members, JoyceStock recently had her head tattooed on Miami Ink. It’s a lovely butterfly! Thank you, Joyce, for being such an inspiration!

This is a common question, particularly for children, teens, and young adults who are beginning to form lifelong goals and who may live with the effects of alopecia universalis for many years. The comforting news is that alopecia universalis is not a painful disease and does not make people feel sick physically. It is not [...]