Posted by tabitha on July 19, 2002, at 2:52:31
In reply to *sigh*, posted by bookgurl99 on July 19, 2002, at 1:46:11
It must be awfully hard not to know what's going on. I hate the "slipping" feeling, when you don't know where it will end.
This may be a trite comparison, but my hair started falling out at one point. Big handfuls came out in the shower, all my trashcans filled up with it. I was so upset, not just because my hair was one of my best features, but because I didn't know what was causing it, whether it was permanent, and would it stop before I was bald. My doctor was no help. After about a third of it had fallen out, it stopped falling and started to grow back. Then a year later it happened again, though I didn't lose quite as much. I was upset again, because I thought it would be as bad as the first time. It grew back again and was thick for a long time. Recently it's falling out again, and I'm hardly upset this time, since I have faith it will grow back every time. I'm even appreciating the fact that I'm shedding in the summer.
I know mental functioning is more important than hair, but somehow this all came to mind.
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