Today, while looking through a stack of possible pictures for Facebook, I found one I really liked, until I noticed that I have recently developed a bald patch. Problem? I am a 22 year old woman. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I looked at pictures of myself from 20 years ago when I was a teenager and realized I have only about a quarter of my hair left. I'm a woman. FML
Today, I'm 20 and I'm going bald. FML
Today, someone told me I have male pattern baldness; they thought so because I apparently have a "receding hairline." It's always been this way, I checked my pictures from the time I shaved my head when I was 16. FML
Today, at 21 years of age, my doctor confirmed that I am, indeed, going bald. It wouldn't be such a bad thing, even expected, if I wasn't a woman. FML
Today, I noticed several grey streaks in my hair while putting it in its usual combover. I'm only 18 years-old, and my hair was once one of my greatest sources of pride. FML
Today, I had to accept the fact that I'm going bald, after I noticed the hair on my chest is longer than the hair on my head. FML
Today, I was finally confident enough to buzz half my hair off into the style I've wanted since I was young. Turns out that I have a particularly large and angry-looking skin problem across my scalp that may well have been there for years. It'll take months to grow back. FML
Today, I realized how bad my grey hair problem has gotten as I noticed I had grey pubes. I'm only 23. FML
Today, I have alopecia areata and I constantly have reappearing bald spots all over my head. I cannot properly grow a beard, and one of my eyes has no eyelashes. However, my nose hair seems to grow at the rate of an old man on biotin. FML
Today, I found out, after having my third and last child, that I'm balding. I'm only 23 and quite frankly It's very much noticeable. How did I find out? My four-year-old daughter pointed it out to me, saying, "Mommy, why you shed like the dog?" FML
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adelaide_evening 0
Perhaps you should smell your shampoo to make sure no one replaced it with Nair.
bairdsa 0
I had that in high school and when I got into college they finally diagnosed me with Alopecia Areata. You should look it up, you might have that. They put me on allergy medicine to help and so far I haven't gotten one since.
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Comments (65)
REDCRAYON 0
wow
frostie 0
See a doctor about it because i didnt know girls could go bald. It might be your shampo or the hair spray you use. I hope the hair on the bald spot will grow back :)
israelnotjacob 20
Actually hair loss does happen for women. While much less common, it's not unheard of.
lawllercoasters 0
LOL SUCKS TO BE YOU!!!
ohmy07 0
rogain for women.........maybe ?
ScaryyMary 14
So does this mean your curtains will soon match the carpet?
LadyKaya 0
thanks, stewie.
buzzlightyear07 0
Use the nioxin number 7 system. There's a shampoo, conditioner, and scalp treatment. I used to have bald patches as well and it fixed it really quickly. I am very confident that it will work for you. Please don't be intimidated by the price. It for real works!
LadyKaya 0
do you work for nioxin? cause that sounded like an infomercial.
l0v3t0h8 0
haha yeah no kidding.
mj2123 0
I agree that you should see a doctor to make sure it isn't something medical, but unfortunately, women can inherit hair loss. It's x-chromosome linked, so men only need one for it to be expressed, while women would need to x-chromosomes with the gene, which is why hair loss is less common in women.
perdix 31
Why should it matter that you are a 22-year-old woman that a bald patch is bad news? A bald patch is not a big friggin' party for anyone of either gender! Spray-on hair ain't exactly Silly String, sister! Good luck with your problem. Try the combover first. It cheap, all-natural, and it kinda worked for Rudy Giuliani.
amberita28 0
Embarrassing!!
I_am_stupid_also 6
A wig and some glasses and you can be the next Lady Gaga.