I Am Bald and I Am Beautiful From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times Won't Last But Tough People Will By Lindsay Walter Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. ~Lucille Ball I lost all my hair at age two due to alopecia. All I wanted growing up was to fit in. I would look at all the beautiful girls I was surrounded by at schools and in the media and think, If I had hair, I would be beautiful, too. I wore a wig and was bullied and teased for it. I had no eyebrows, and my peers let me know it. They would call me "bald" or say, "Lindsay has no hair." They were right, so I just let them bully me. I felt like I deserved it, as if losing my hair due to this autoimmune condition was somehow my fault. (Keep reading) |
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