The 33-year-old mom Mckenna Reitz loved her long, thick brown hair. Her hair started to fall out after the birth of her second daughter. She went to many hospitals, but nothing could stop her hair from falling. By December of 2015, she was completely bald(秃头的) and diagnosed with alopecia(秃头症).
Mckenna was devastated. She spent months visiting experts and trying anything to regrow her hair. She wouldn’t leave the house without a hat or wig(假发). Mckenna says she couldn’t even look in the mirror after her hair fell out. She could hardly get out of bed in the morning, but it was her young daughters who finally pulled her out of her fear.
Understanding that alopecia is genetic(遗传的), she decided to show her daughters that hair loss is not the end of the world. “I needed them to understand that if it does happen to them, they could get through it, just as their mom did,” she said.
From that point on, she stopped trying to make her hair grow back and started to accept herself. She stopped wearing hats and wigs in public. In time, she learned to love herself again, and she felt so confident now.
“God gives the strongest people the most serious challenges. I’m so lucky. It’s made me understand that every person has their own story. Mine just happens to be visible.”
Mckenna is a beautiful person, inside and out. Her important work is helping to remove the stigma(污名) around hair loss while reminding us that we are so much more than our physical body!
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