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wsaafn mttf wffoyw baldness hard to deal with especially if person is a woman i have never understood what the big deal was i didnt care that my friend was bald after all it is just hair but the extent to which her dis ease called alopecia areata both ers her and the majority of people who have it there obviously is a big deal to me going bald is more embarrassing than striping in front of someone said cathy frost an alopecia areata sufferer everyone has a body going bald in front of people is showing a part of your body that no one has ever seen before because alopecia is nonlife threat ening finding a cure isnt a priority in fact not much is known about the disease or the cause of it doctors think alopecia areata is an autoimmune disorder where the body is attacking its own hair it thinks its a foreign object the disease occurs most often in children especially those reaching puberty quartersized patches of hair loss most people notice something is wrong when quartersized bald patches start to appear on their head depending on the extent of the hair loss either it grows back or its gone for life there are two other forms of alopecia totalis when all hair dis appears from the head and univer- alis where all body hair including eye brows eye lashes nose hair and body hair falls out one per cent of the population has some form of alopecia areata one per cent of that number has alopecia univer- alis and frost is one of them frost first noticed small bald patches when she was pregnant six- yearsago when she went for her three- month appointment her doctor knew something wasnt right and sent her to a dermatologist six months later she linked up with aasist alopecia areata sup port information service of toron to the group discussed how to cope with the disease how to purchase a wig and other cosmetic strategies it helped me meet someone else in my position they knew how i felt and how to cope with it but for frost her disease is more than a cosmetic concern its 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stare and the high school kids would laugh 1 did an alopecia awareness day i told all my classes about the disease and out of 90 students only one kid ask me if there were treatments i was so surprised all the things you imagine drawing pictures on the chalk board calling out hey baldy i was amazed how people dont really care people arent going to notice what you look like they dont have time frost said she put more stress on herself by keeping her disease a secret but she stressed every sufferer is different their husbands for oh- ers their immediate farm a manor no waiting lists 3 year accredited nursing home with adjoining retirement home specializing in the care of residents with alzheimers respite care available a couples suite available 24 hr registered nurse on duty assisted nursing care available call kathleen gordon at 905 6401310 9th line stouffville main drug mart second location diabetes day tuesday june 3 1997 1100 am 600 pm please join us for free blood glucose screening 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