One of the lesser understood and lesser known side effects of alopecia is the loss of eyelashes.
There is clearly a cosmetic or aesthetic need for eyelashes, but beyond that, eyelashes are actually very useful.
As I said in an earlier post, eyelashes are the gutters of the human face.
Anyway at the moment, I have red eyes.
It is also high pollen season.
I have red eyes, not because of the pollen, but because somehow my eyes are not being protected from the environment, the wind, the dust, whatever.
So I am running around with big red eyes. Not a great look is it ladies?
So when people ask, do you have allergies, my response is "No".
However I am yet to complete the sentence with "No, I don't have allergies, I have alopecia Universalis"
Maybe I will save that for the next unsuspecting kind person concerned about my wellbeing!
What do you think?
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