The Secret to Overcoming Hair Loss - Flipbook - Page 6
THE SECRET TO OVERCOMING HAIR LOSS
LUSTA HAIR
CHAPTER 1
Holly's Hair
Loss Story
“You’re a boy!” A throwaway comment from a
classmate in the playground is my first ever
memory of feeling self-conscious about being
bald. I have Alopecia Universalis. There are a few
different types of alopecia, which is a fancy
name for hair loss, and I have had most of them.
As a baby, I sported a lovely bald patch on the
side of my head, which progressed to several
patches over the next few years. This type of
‘patchy’ hair loss is called Alopecia Areata. When
I turned 5, there were more bald patches than
hair on my head, and eventually no hair at all.
This total loss of hair on my head upgraded my
diagnosis to
‘Alopecia Totalis’. So that was my thing for the
better part
of the next two decades. Soon after I got married,
in
my early twenties, my brows and lashes decided
to get in on the joke and they left too, followed
by all my body hair. I had levelled up to Alopecia
Universalis - total body hair loss. For the most
part, it’s something I’ve taken in my stride. But
that comment from a young boy at school stuck
with me. All of a sudden, I felt so exposed.
I started wearing hair when I was 6 years old. As
a child, I wasn’t very focused on what my hair
looked like, I was just happy to go with the flow.
As I grew up, finding the right piece became
more of a concern. It began to get to me that my
wig looked unrealistic, felt super uncomfortable
and that I couldn't do all the styles my friends
were doing (ugh, being a teenager during the
era of the side pony and not being able to do
that was torture).
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I WAS BORN WITH
THIS BALD PATCH
AFTER THE BIG SHAVE
AT 6 YEARS OLD
I STARTED WEARING
WIGS AROUND 6
YEARS OLD
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