Hairytales by Toftild

You Can Have Mine. I Just Don’t Know How.

My name is Kiki, and today I live with alopecia and hair thinning. I first started noticing that something wasn’t quite the same in the spring of 2024. I was shedding a lot of hair, and when I was ...

I Learned to Stand Tall – Even Without Hair

Hello, my name is Mette, I am 27 years old, and this is the story of my hair loss: I lost my hair for the first time in January 2011, when I was 13 years old. We had been on a weekend trip to Copen...

What is Alopecia Areata?

Alopecia areata, as the name suggests, is patchy hair loss. It occurs suddenly and can affect both men and women, young and old alike. In medical terms, it is called alopecia areata and is an autoi...

Aja's Alopecia Journey: My Three Life-Changing Phases with Hair Loss

My 3 Phases with Alopecia My name is Aja, and I am 36 years old. My husband and I are parents to two girls aged 7 and 10, and we live in a small village just south of Aalborg. I have had Alopecia a...

What is Trichotillomania?

Trichotillomania is a mental disorder related to obsessive-compulsive disorders, also known as OCD. It is a condition in which a person feels an irresistible urge to pull out their own hair. This c...

Amalie’s Hair Loss Journey with Lichen Planopilaris

If you saw me on the street without my hair topper, you most likely wouldn’t think that I suffer from hair loss; you would probably just think that I have fine hair, like many other Scandinavian gi...

My baby has been diagnosed with alopecia

My daughter Bellania, who is three years old, was born with 3–5 cm of hair, and it grew incredibly fast. She has now had alopecia for two years. It all started around the time of her one-year vacci...

My Hair Loss Was Terribly Painful!

Pia shares her story about being a cancer patient and losing her hair Being a cancer patient is not for the faint-hearted! It involves a great deal both mentally and physically. In my case, I have ...

Suddenly I Was a Woman with Cancer

In the summer of 2019, my life changed completely. From being a healthy and energetic woman to suddenly being a woman with cancer. I was diagnosed with rectal cancer that had spread to my liver. I ...