Alopecian of the Month
Each month we will honor one special alopecian!
Jacqueline from Germany
Jacqueline says “at first I thought that I was alone with my Alopecia but now I know that there are many of us all over the world. It is a very good thing to find people who can understand our problems and for this, I think that all alopecia websites are a very good help” Jacqueline Seltmann is a twelve year old from Germany. She has had alopecia areata universalis (hair loss on head, eyebrows, body...) since she was four years old. In 2002 she wanted to make contact with other children with alopecia. With the help of her parents she got her own website. This website generated many emails and letters and in 2003 she started her own self-help group for children and young people with alopecia and hair loss. Since the launch of the website " Alopeciakids.de " it’s gotten more than 15,000 visitors from Germany, France, Netherlands, UK, Ireland, USA, Canada ... In the last year she has appeared in three television programmon German television, and there have been a number of articles in German newspapers about her and the condition Alopecia. In the springtime of 2005 she appeared in two new TV-reports with the help of other alopecians and plans to have the first international meeting of all alopecia kids this year. Jacqueline's fantastic work that has given children with alopecia a voice and encouraged many other children to speak about their hair loss and how it feels to look different. She is a true inspiration and is so deserving in being named Alopecian of the Month.
Valentin from France
Valentin is an eleven year old french boy who has had Alopecia for six years. He is a great sportsman who loves to ski and swim.
Hayley from England
Hayley is 17 years old. She lives in Essex, England. She has had Alopecia Totalis for 4 years. I choose Hayley as the first Alopecian of the Month because of her great outlook on life. "I have realised through my experience that this disease won't stop me doing anything in my life. People may say things or stare, but that just shows me the type of people I don't want to be involved with. There are plenty of people that don't have a problem with my condition, and they're the people I want to be friends with. I'm not scared, I'm excited. I won't let this affect my life in any way!"-Hayley