Geraldine coped with her Hair Loss and learned some SECRETS…..

I discovered small patches of hair loss in my hair in 2005.  My hairdresser advised me not to worry about it because it was only a few patches.  Within 2 months I had lost most of my hair and had to resort to my first wig.

Losing your hair is a traumatic event for men or women but for a woman it attacks the very core of your femininity.  Ask any woman how much a ‘bad hair day’ affects them and you won’t even scratch the surface of how it feels to have no hair.  However, after going through all the fears of somebody knowing about my hair loss, I decided that Alopecia was not going to rule or ruin my life.  I shaved off the remaining hair and thereof I no longer had the negative nightly experience of running my fingers through my hair to see how much hair I was losing at a time.  Instead, I felt like I had taken control of Alopecia before it took control of me.

I made some classic mistakes when getting my first wigs; rushing into buying a style rather than researching better what would suit me; not having someone with me who could say ‘Forget it Geraldine… it is not you!’ thinking that if I patted it down enough it would look more like my own hair; worrying about what people would think and panicking if somebody admired my hair because that meant they knew; and finally, the wind….. every wig owner has a fear of the wind!.  I call it the www - wig wearer's worrry!

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