I have set up this birthday fundraising page to raise funds and awareness for AlopeciaUK, who celebrates its 20th anniversary this month, and who works hard to improve the lives of those affected by alopecia by providing support, enabling research and raising awareness.  

Thank you for supporting me with my fundraising efforts. I really appreciate your support and so does AlopeciaUK!






My friend’s hair fell out
Head, brows, lashes, body; every single hair
One day she was lustrous, the next day naked.
No explanation and no cure. Of course she will not die; there are far worse things to endure.
But for a while she could not face her world.
The daily chores, so simple and routine became an endless round of hows and whys, of sympathetic nods or stifled smiles.
And she felt lost, stripped bare, her confidence destroyed.
And so she had her brows tattooed, glued on lashes, bought wigs in different styles.
Found ways she could disguise the bald and brutal fact that she would never feel, or look the same again. Lin Watson