Condition inspires bill

Redwood City resident Matt Kelley has a hairless cat named Harry. For Halloween last year Kelley dressed up as Michael Jordan, and the year before as Mr.

[Craig Dieterich]

Great efforts to spread awareness. Yes, though non-life threatening, alopecia areata is very devastating psychologically

[John Bowman]

Just a sincere and heartfelt thank you to Matt Kelley for working to increase awareness of alopecia areata, being a driving force behind the introduction of this legislative resolution, and helping others cope with this disease.

[Alan Pallie]

Thank you on behalf of all those with alopecia areata and can not afford a proper prostheses to help ease the trauma of this disease.

[LOST IT 5 YEARS]

Finally maybe someone will listen and understand that hair loss is not just cosmestic. What a difference this can make in some many peoples life that have alopecia including myself and five year suffer of alopecia.

[Mina]

I just found out in October of 2007 that I had what they thought was a mild case of Alopecia Areata, then about 4 months later and many drugs, such as injections, Prednisone and scalp foam, I lost all of my hair on my scalp. Now I have lost my eyebrows, eyelashes and all my body hair. Yes, there too.

I am only 39 years old, athletic, business owner, and mom of a 17 year old and 4 year old. I have a wonderful husband. But my life has changed dramatically and for the first time suffering from Depression due to this disease. I have had cancer twice, been through two rapes,a dvorce and a drunken abusive father. I thought I was pretty strong too, until this.

This is a very serious disease and in my mind, is worse, because it is like being in hell everyday. You feel as if a monster is looking back at you everytime you look in the mirror. It is very scary and uncontrollable. For those who do not understand, I say, "ask..." Ask yourself how you would feel if one day, you woke up to brush your hair and in that brush was clumps of hair and where that brush was, is now a bald soft skinned spot where beautiful colored flowing hair once covered. Look at yourself as a beautiful colored canvas while you have hair, beacuse for me, it is now a white plain canvas waiting for the next artist in heaven to help paint that picture.

Mina
MN

[Mina]

Mr. Kelley, Thank you for helping and God Bless.

[Roger H]

Great story.

Your friend in Stockholm, Sweden.

Roger.