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Bald is Beautiful

Bald is Beautiful

Growing up in an alopecia family

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Rachael Ahrens Tolbert
Feb 05, 2024
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Making the decision to cold cap also entailed an enormous amount of soul-searching. I grew up in a family where being bald was considered beautiful. My younger sister has alopecia and so, as a family, we’d already navigated the waters of head shaving and wigs and painful treatments and dismissing haters since she was diagnosed in 2nd grade. For some rea…

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