Lisa’s inspiring
Alopecia mum teaches her girl, seven, that losing your hair is nothing to be ashamed of
BRAVE Lisa Marie Adams has had to come to terms with alopecia.
And she also had to deal with her daughter’s fears over her mum’s hair loss.
Lisa has dealt brilliantly with the situation – and that’s the bald truth.
A BRAVE mum is showing off her bald head to prove to her daughter that hair loss is “nothing to be ashamed of”.
Lisa Marie Adams is tackling the stigma and inspiring others after seven-year-old Myarose feared being teased by bullies because of her mother’s alopecia
The 33-year-old, from Hamilton, told how her daughter had been embarrassed to tell friends about her condition.
Paralegal Lisa Marie decided to get Myarose a bald Barbie, and it has helped put the schoolgirl at ease.
Lisa Marie explained: “My daughter was a bit embarrassed to tell her friends about my hair loss until I got her a alopecia Barbie doll that is bald and comes with two wigs.
“She thought it was the best thing since sliced bread and really cool, so that makes me cool to her as well.
“Now, once a week, we sit down and she shaves my head and it is like a wee bonding session.”
Lisa was only diagnosed with the condition last year despite losing clumps of hair for almost a decade.
She had tried to ignore what was happening to her because she was scared what she’d be told.
When Lisa Marie finally decided to seek medical advice, she found she was relieved to finally have an answer for what was wrong.
She said: “They sent me for blood tests to make sure it wasn’t something more sinister but it was stress-related.
“I don’t really feel like a stressed person. I can’t pinpoint something that happened to trigger it, it just slowly happened over time.”
Having come to terms with her condition, Lisa is now hoping more people will talk about alopecia, as she wishes she had years ago.
She said: “If someone is sitting with symptoms but scared to get a diagnosis, I would tell them to talk to someone.
“If I could go back and do that, I’d be a lot better now and I’d be years into treatments to try and help it. It’s better to just be open and honest. Having alopecia is nothing to be ashamed of.”