We often see celebrities in such a perfect light that sometimes we forget they can deal with life-changing diseases just like we do. Alopecia is no different; it’s much more common than you’d think, and affects more celebrities than you’d realize (because as we all know, photoshop and hyper-realistic wigs allow the rich and famous … Continue reading Celebrities Living With Alopecia
As women, our goal is beautiful, healthy hair. Damage can make styling a challenge and make us feel less than desirable. I mean, who wants thin, brittle hair? Beauty supply shelves are full of products promising to help repair damaged hair. But here’s a big secret: sometimes the problem isn’t which moisturizer you’re using, but … Continue reading 5 Vitamins Your Body Needs to Prevent Hair Damage
Nowadays it’s more acceptable to wear your hair in its natural state, but building up the self-confidence to do so can send you on a tough personal journey. Black hair isn’t just a look—it’s an investment and a grueling relationship that many African American Women choose to commit to. From expensive treatments, monthly trims, and hairstyles that take over 5 hours to complete, women of color suffer constant inconveniences just to get their hair under control.
Being a multicultural woman with African American roots (pun definitely intended) I have felt this acutely. I have never been fully comfortable wearing my Au naturel curly locks to a job interview because I never wanted my interviewers to see me as "unprofessional" or "untamed.” I would always straighten my hair or put it in a sleek ponytail because I felt that interviewers would then take me more seriously.
The hardest part of being a woman with alopecia is difficult to pinpoint. First of all, it absolutely decimates your self-confidence. Whether you typically wear your hair long or short, struggling to cover those maddening bald spots, where your tresses have fallen out in clumps, sabotages your self-esteem like the worst kind of schoolyard bully.
When I was first diagnosed with Alopecia, I felt like someone put a curse on my happy, little life. Did I accidentally step on someone’s toe and they decided that this was the best way to smite me? I don’t know, but trying on wig, after wig, after wig to camouflage my rapid hair loss was surely a curse on its own.
