Hair loss can be one of the hardest side effects of having lupus. Unfortunately I have been losing hair for several years. Some times the thinning is at a slow rate. But lately I’m seeing more hair in the sink, shower drain & on my brushes. They say that our hair is our “crowning glory”& for me it’s true. I was born with a full head of thick, black hair. And although it lightened to a brown shade by the time I was a toddler, it still was thick & wavy. When I turned 30 years old my hair began a change in texture. I started seeing it become more curly & less wavy. It’s stayed that way to this day. Seeing it fall from my head makes me sad. I never knew how much pride I had in having “good” hair. Only until lately has it hit home that someday I won’t have have much hair at all. I have a plan of what I will do when that happens. But until then it’s a reminder of what lupus is doing to my body. So for now I fluff, tease, back -comb, dry shampoo until I can do no more. Reason 599 that I hate having lupus.
