I leave this blog up because when I heard that diagnosis, I went looking for hope and I didn't find it. I wanted to see someone say that it didn't take their hair or that they had beaten it or had found a cure. I never saw it. Hopefully, someone else will not have that problem should they ever hear those heartbreaking words.
I have come to the conclusion that most black women aren't even aware of what CCA is which is interesting since it is black women that are most often the victims of CCA. Formerly called hot comb alopecia, CCA stands for centrifugal cicatricial alopecia. It is a scarring alopecia in which the hair that is burned out of the follicle and does not grow back. There is no pinpoint reason for it. Some suspect it is from the harsh treatment that we put our hair through to straighten it. It can present with or without pain. It is disfiguring and permanent.
But I said, "No."
Take a look at what the disease is able to accomplish once it burns out:
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See why I said, "No?"
I found that the answer for me was to keep the blood circulated through exercise. I also do scalp massages whenever I think of it. Lastly, I eat a much better diet than when my diagnosis was given to me. Lastly, prayer works for those of you who believe. All of this has been a great help to me.
So for those of you who have gotten or at some point may receive that diagnosis, if you didn't have hope, have it now.
Since I consider myself cured of CCA, I will more than likely not blog about it anymore. However, you can always scroll through the pics on the sidebar to the right that I intend to leave up as a way to document my victory over this disease.
"No", is a very powerful word and should be used way more often than it is.
