Upon discovering that I had cancer and that chemotherapy would cause me to lose my hair, I decided to shave my head to avoid seeing it fall out in patches.
It was a difficult choice, but...
I began losing my hair at the age of 32.
At the time of my alopecia diagnosis, I was unfamiliar with this condition, which caught me off guard...
I won’t deny it was difficult, especially during the first two years, when I tried various treatments: corticosteroids, methotrexate, injections — you name it. My hair would grow back, but then, just when I started to feel hopeful, it would begin to fall out again...
Even though I knew alopecia is unpredictable, I didn’t expect it to happen again, but at 16 years old, I found myself without hair again in just three days...
I lost my hair a long time ago, when I was about two and a half years old. During my childhood, I lived with alopecia serenely...
The first time I lost my hair, I was 2 years old.
After a few months, it grew back, and until the age of 10, I had hair like “normal” children.
At 10, it began to fall out again, very gradually...