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Hi everyone, as the title says it all, I am dealing with female pattern baldness. I know this forum is not the right website to discuss such a sensitive topic but I know you are such wonderful persons and I need your advice.
I'm only 17, turning 18 in a couple of weeks. To begin, my family has a history of baldness. Both my uncles lost all their hair at age 13 and of course this family curse is now set upon all my sisters. My first sister has lost most of her hair and you can see her scalp from any angle at which you are standing. It's really severe and she wears scarf to cover it when she goes out to school. She's 24. Now my second sister has miraculously thick hair and the reason why I mentioned "miraculously" is because when she was in high school (she's 21) she was severely bald just like how a man would have premature baldness. But somehow luck has gotten to her. Her hair has grown back thicker and she achieved that with determination by completely changing her diet.
However, I'm not so having much luck. I changed my diet to the way hers is now but I've not seen a slightest difference in my hair. You can now see scalp through the roots of my hair. I remembered this summer it was very emotionally painful and I used to have a "nervous breakdown" every day. Now I've come to accept to it and that life's too short to deal with it.
So I just decided to shave it all. I'm going to university in September 2013, so before that, I'll act upon that decision and wear a wig that's made out of real human hair. I was so happy and excited for this because after this, I would not have to watch my hair gradually fall out and becoming bald.
The problem is, I have talked to my mother - eventually she will have to know because she's my mother. I was having a seed of hope planted inside me but that only disappeared when she disagreed vehemently with the choice I made. She said, "so she (my sister) can deal with it and you can't?" I completely understand what she's talking about but this is not a family choice. This is my individual choice and has no relevance to what my sisters are going through.
Now because of her reaction, I am engulfed by the memories of the old days when I was having a breakdown (crying non-stop) on a regular basis. I have a bald patch at the back of my head and feel that no one would marry me with a balding head and not to mention, deafness (please I do not mean any offense at all).
Hi everyone, as the title says it all, I am dealing with female pattern baldness. I know this forum is not the right website to discuss such a sensitive topic but I know you are such wonderful persons and I need your advice.
I'm only 17, turning 18 in a couple of weeks. To begin, my family has a history of baldness. Both my uncles lost all their hair at age 13 and of course this family curse is now set upon all my sisters. My first sister has lost most of her hair and you can see her scalp from any angle at which you are standing. It's really severe and she wears scarf to cover it when she goes out to school. She's 24. Now my second sister has miraculously thick hair and the reason why I mentioned "miraculously" is because when she was in high school (she's 21) she was severely bald just like how a man would have premature baldness. But somehow luck has gotten to her. Her hair has grown back thicker and she achieved that with determination by completely changing her diet.
However, I'm not so having much luck. I changed my diet to the way hers is now but I've not seen a slightest difference in my hair. You can now see scalp through the roots of my hair. I remembered this summer it was very emotionally painful and I used to have a "nervous breakdown" every day. Now I've come to accept to it and that life's too short to deal with it.
So I just decided to shave it all. I'm going to university in September 2013, so before that, I'll act upon that decision and wear a wig that's made out of real human hair. I was so happy and excited for this because after this, I would not have to watch my hair gradually fall out and becoming bald.
The problem is, I have talked to my mother - eventually she will have to know because she's my mother. I was having a seed of hope planted inside me but that only disappeared when she disagreed vehemently with the choice I made. She said, "so she (my sister) can deal with it and you can't?" I completely understand what she's talking about but this is not a family choice. This is my individual choice and has no relevance to what my sisters are going through.
Now because of her reaction, I am engulfed by the memories of the old days when I was having a breakdown (crying non-stop) on a regular basis. I have a bald patch at the back of my head and feel that no one would marry me with a balding head and not to mention, deafness (please I do not mean any offense at all).
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it's scarey, but it can actually look good 
My sister did it a few years ago, she tells me every now and then I should do it, that it'd look good on me. But disagreeing with you so strongly over it is really a little over the top......it's just hair, not like a tattoo on your forehead or something......
