Sly Bald Guys Forum
Discussions About Being Bald => Sly Bald Gals - Women's Corner => Topic started by: bgdl on November 06, 2008, 07:59:29 AM
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New here and delighted to see a forum on women's issues.
hope to provide another view on bald women....especially the area I know best which is baldness from the autoimmune hairloss disease alopecia areata ( aa). We're not sick. We just cannot grow hair normally. Our follicles always have the potential to kick in and work normally again. Treatment are few and for the most severe cases are not too useful. I founded the nonprofit www.baldgirlsdolunch.org (http://www.baldgirlsdolunch.org)as the go-to resource for women with aa. I meet with women around the country to help them find others for support and information.
Some of us have had aa since childhood. So that bald child you see sometimes who looks really healthy might just be a kid with aa, not getting chemo. Same for us bald women. Sometime the hair grows only to fall out again. and it can include all body hair even eyelashes and eyebrows. My bald patches grew back when I was younger, but in the last 12 years it has only fallen out.
So..I hope to provide some info for you and answer any questions. Tried to attach my photo but the file's too big.
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hey bgdl: 1st of all welcome 2 the sly fraternity. glad that ya joined us. it's always gr8 2 C another lady join the forum. we hope that U become an active member of the best forum on the internet. i didn't realize what "aa" is & it's gr8 that U R a resource 4 women who have "aa". so... do U wear a wig or do U show of your smoooooth noggin' like me & the rest of the SBG brothers. anyways... we look 4ward 2 your posts & i'll c ya 'round the sly neighborhood. O0
WARHAWK O0
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Welcome to SBG bgdl, great to have you aboard !! O0
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Welcome to the forum bgdl!
I look forward to learning and getting insight on alopecia areata. I went to high school with a girl that had aa, and she wore a wig. I never had the opportunity to get into deep detail with her about aa.
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welcome BGDL!
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Check out this recent video from television in Green Bay.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-bXQzHPVdE
Starting this Sunday, November 8, 2008 ESPN radio 1000 in Chicago will stream a full length interview with BGDL founder linked from their website. It airs live at 5 AM CST on the show Not About Sports.
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Welcome to the Forum bgdl!!
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bgdl, email the photo to me and I'll send it back in a form suitable for posting.
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Welcome, a friend of mines wife has the same thing,, I think,, I finally got the guts to ask him if she was a cancer surviver,, he said no and described the exact thing. Here is the funny part,, I have always been a hair guy,, love big hair in women,, but his wife is very attractive,, and has a smoother noggin than I do.
Tom
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Welcome aboard!
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Welcome bgdl!
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Thanks for the welcome guys.
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A belated welcome here 8)
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LADY.... I THINK YOU ARE HOT. WHAT EVER THE REASON FOR THE BALD HEAD I THINK IT LOOKS GOOD ON WOMEN. I WAS IN STARBUCKS THE OTHER DAY AND I SAW A GIRL IN HER TWENTIES THAT WAS COMPLETELY BALD. SHE WAS WITH A GUY THAT I ASSUMED WAS HER BOYFRIEND. IN A POLITE WAY I TOLD HER WITH HIM PRESENT THAT SHE LOOKED REALLY GOOD. I CAN TELL SHE APPRECIATED WHAT I SAID. THE GUY PRESENT DID TOO.
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You can request she Friend you on Facebook here:
http://www.facebook.com/theachassin
Red
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think i just might red... i think i just might
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I can no longer grow hair due to an autoimmune condition called alopecia areata. 2% of the population has a lifetime risk to get some form, though the most severe like mine is far more rare. Most new cases are in children. For me it started in my 20's the first time. The pattern for me was an individual, round bald patch twice, a full decade apart...way in the back underneath long hair so my hair dresser spotted it first. Then 18 years ago body hair vanished, then it thinned and stopped growing all over the scalp with loss of eyebrows abut 5 years into this phase. I'm pretty lucky that my eyelashes hang on most of the time but once in a while a whole clump goes missing and then grows back.
So that's me!
Thea
http://www.baldgirlsdolunch.org (http://www.baldgirlsdolunch.org)
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Finally... some class on this site! :*))
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Welcome to th e group.
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Your confidence is awesome Thea. I checked out your website. What you are doing for women out there is great.
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Finally... some class on this site! :*))
No kidding, we're sure as hell are not leading by example ;D
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AWESOME! Welcome aboard! O0
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AWESOME! Welcome aboard! O0
Same here, welcome !!!