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Some of you may have seen this before, but I want to elaborate on this a bit more:
I've been diagnosed with female pattern baldness (which is same as male baldness but not as extensive) at 15/16 and now I'm 18. Of course, since the onset started so early, I lost more than 75% of my hair.
Candidly, it was very traumatic for me todeal with, particularly this summer of 2012. I didn't have any special plans to do at that time, so I was being reclusive, meaning I stayed in my house all summer long. But I remembered that I used to scruntize my hair every single morning and night. It was terrifying because I was slowly coming to the realization that I indeed have female baldness. But most of the summer, I was in denial so this has been aggravating my pent-up emotions and thus culminated to the "almost" peak of my anxiety. I was on verge of having a breakdown - I even remember feeling so anxious, it is so crystal clear an this was one of the worst summers ever in my life. I went to a doctor and it's confirmed that it's due to genetics and there's nothing I can do about it.
That's when my bottle of pent-up emotions shattered and all of that maelstrom was released into the form of breakdowns. I used to cry over this every day until I became occupied with my new job.
But I know that I will go bald slowly later in my life, so instead of painfully watching this cruel, agonizing issue, I have decided to shave it off and wear a human hair wig. I have already embraced it and am actually excited to do this - I don't mind being bald, I would rather be than having to watch my hair slowly fall out.
The problem is that I've told my friends and family members, and all of them have vehemently disagreed with me therefore resulting in arguments. What is ironic about this is that my family also has this condition and they have already dealt with it by accepting it. I've already accepted my condition, but I will not let it control my life. They called my decision, "utterly stupid."
FML - I want to focus on my education, not my hair loss. I know that only I deal with this, but it seems that my hair loss is taking control of my mind and is driving me to utter insanity.
I love my family because they have supported me through the hard times in my life but not my hair loss. Ugh I don't know what to do. They said I can go ahead to do it since I'm now 18 (my bday was two days ago) but I don't want to do it without their support.
Some of you may have seen this before, but I want to elaborate on this a bit more:
I've been diagnosed with female pattern baldness (which is same as male baldness but not as extensive) at 15/16 and now I'm 18. Of course, since the onset started so early, I lost more than 75% of my hair.
Candidly, it was very traumatic for me todeal with, particularly this summer of 2012. I didn't have any special plans to do at that time, so I was being reclusive, meaning I stayed in my house all summer long. But I remembered that I used to scruntize my hair every single morning and night. It was terrifying because I was slowly coming to the realization that I indeed have female baldness. But most of the summer, I was in denial so this has been aggravating my pent-up emotions and thus culminated to the "almost" peak of my anxiety. I was on verge of having a breakdown - I even remember feeling so anxious, it is so crystal clear an this was one of the worst summers ever in my life. I went to a doctor and it's confirmed that it's due to genetics and there's nothing I can do about it.
That's when my bottle of pent-up emotions shattered and all of that maelstrom was released into the form of breakdowns. I used to cry over this every day until I became occupied with my new job.
But I know that I will go bald slowly later in my life, so instead of painfully watching this cruel, agonizing issue, I have decided to shave it off and wear a human hair wig. I have already embraced it and am actually excited to do this - I don't mind being bald, I would rather be than having to watch my hair slowly fall out.
The problem is that I've told my friends and family members, and all of them have vehemently disagreed with me therefore resulting in arguments. What is ironic about this is that my family also has this condition and they have already dealt with it by accepting it. I've already accepted my condition, but I will not let it control my life. They called my decision, "utterly stupid."
FML - I want to focus on my education, not my hair loss. I know that only I deal with this, but it seems that my hair loss is taking control of my mind and is driving me to utter insanity.
I love my family because they have supported me through the hard times in my life but not my hair loss. Ugh I don't know what to do. They said I can go ahead to do it since I'm now 18 (my bday was two days ago) but I don't want to do it without their support.
