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Adults’ perspectives<br />
Lisa<br />
I’m a hair loss survivor, not a hair loss sufferer<br />
At 18, Lisa lost all her hair – and her new boyfriend too. ‘I felt my life may just as well have<br />
ended,’ says Lisa.‘Who would ever want a relationship with me?’<br />
But over the next few years, Lisa says, ‘I was lucky enough tohavegood relationships with first<br />
one and then another lovely man.’<br />
Six years after losing her hair, Lisa bumped into Michael, her childhood sweetheart.They are<br />
married now with two beautiful daughters.‘I am the happiest I have ever been,’ says Lisa. ‘<strong>My</strong><br />
husband adores me with and without my hair. He kisses my head and tells me I am beautiful.’<br />
Lisa feels that her hair loss has meant she has had better partners than if she had kept her<br />
own hair.They were kind, caring people and not shallow enough to care only about perfect looks.<br />
Now Lisa runs the wig clinic where she first got her own wigs. When she meets someone with<br />
hair loss now, she says,‘There is no need for your life to stop.When you eventually find the strength to be yourself again,<br />
don’t let it stop you from doing anything.Ialways say, I’m a hair loss survivor, not a hair loss sufferer.’<br />
Beauty is not skin deep. It comes from within<br />
Tracey adds<br />
I had patchy loss from the age of 7 and lost most of my hair by 18. By the time I was 23 it was all<br />
gone, as well as my eyebrows and lashes. But my hair loss never bothered my boyfriend. The<br />
problem was more with me than him. If someone doesn't like you because of hair loss, then they<br />
are not worth being with. Beauty is not skin deep. It comes from within.
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