“You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.”
- Pablo Neruda, 1904 - 1973
On Friday night I finally said goodbye to the remaining hair on my head.
The strands were probably 20cm long and had become annoying to manage.
Wearing headscarves meant I had to somehow tie the separated hairs together. But loose strands would alway escape my headscarf and make my alopecia feel revealed.
So I finally garnered the courage to trim my hair to the shortest length possible.
And it felt good.
6 weeks ago the idea of cropping my hair right down was emotionally unbearable, yet this time it felt like the step I needed to take.
Like in yoga, my journey with alopecia follows a natural progression. Each day I become more accepting, more positive and more affirmed in my choice to get better.
It feels good to have my hair close to a buzz cut. I feel more in control of my appearance, which empowered me on Saturday night to watch a DVD with my boyfriend, Rod without any head cover.
On Friday night I finally said goodbye to the remaining hair on my head.
The strands were probably 20cm long and had become annoying to manage.
Wearing headscarves meant I had to somehow tie the separated hairs together. But loose strands would alway escape my headscarf and make my alopecia feel revealed.
So I finally garnered the courage to trim my hair to the shortest length possible.
And it felt good.
6 weeks ago the idea of cropping my hair right down was emotionally unbearable, yet this time it felt like the step I needed to take.
Like in yoga, my journey with alopecia follows a natural progression. Each day I become more accepting, more positive and more affirmed in my choice to get better.
It feels good to have my hair close to a buzz cut. I feel more in control of my appearance, which empowered me on Saturday night to watch a DVD with my boyfriend, Rod without any head cover.