I was four when my mom got the bad news. She noticed that my hair was falling out and she didn’t understand why. I barely had any hair at the time anyways, so for my mom, to see that it was coming out, worried her beyond anything else. She took me to my pediatrician who suggested that my mom take a trip to the University of Utah to see one of their leading Dermatologists. We waited for what seemed like forever before I was seen. The doctor pulled at my hair and a huge clump came out. He looked straight into my mom’s eyes and said, “Your daughter has Alopecia Areata. It’s an auto immune disorder and there is no cure for it.”
