This webpage on the BBC made me laugh the other day. It features Laura, a 23-year-old graduate, who works as a legal secretary in south Devon. She actually came up with a list of reasons why its great to have Alopecia Totalis or Alopecia Universalis.
I really think anyone who has Alopecia and may be feeling down about it should give this a listen and personally I totally agree with Laura, not having to wash any hair or shave is pretty cool when your getting ready for work in the mornings.
She also makes a valid point about the importance of feeling good in yourself no matter what you look like and how it deals with 90% of the issues you can face with Alopecia.
Here’s the link, http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hometruths, just make sure you have Real Player on your PC so you can listen to it.
January 16th, 2006
In case you missed it this morning Gail Porter was on BBC breakfast over here in England promoting recycling and was also talking about her Alopecia. It seems she is getting a lot of regrowth and her eyebrows and eyelashes were almost back to normal, Gail’s still shaving her head as a lot of us do ( myself included ) as the hair growth is patchy but I thought she came across as really positive and its good to see her back presenting again with the Living TV show “Dead famous”.
January 5th, 2006
Noticed some great exposure over at NBC10 in America of an amazing little girl called Madison Woytovich who is the daughter of Jeff Woytovich from The Childrens alopecia projector or CAP as it’s more commonly known as.
Jeff’s doing a great job creating awareness of childhood Alopecia and his blog if well worth a read if your a parent with a child who has any form of alopecia. Little Madison has got such a good attitude towards having this condition and doesn’t wear a wig or shy away from looking different at all.
” I can honestly say that she’s my hero. She has totally stepped up to the plate and said, ‘You know what? I have no hair. That’s just me…”
Jeff Woytovich.
If you would like to read more then check out the Children’s Alopecia Project website and read the NBC10 article here.
January 5th, 2006