The Day My Hair Started Falling Out: What I wish Someone Told Me

The Day My Hair Started Falling Out | What I wish Someone would have told Me.

🕊 Written by Leslie Diana

I was ten.

And I remember it like it was yesterday.

One strand turned into a small patch.

Then a comb full.

Then silence.

Not a single adult around me knew what to say.

What do you say to a little girl who keeps smiling—but whose ponytail keeps shrinking?

No one said the word “alopecia.”

No one told me I wasn’t alone.

So I made up a story in my mind:

That I was different.

That I was broken.

That something was wrong with me.

And eventually…

I hated myself.

I thought nobody would ever like me.

I thought I was an ugly duckling.

I thought I was the only one.

And for a long time… that lie shaped my life.

I hid. I covered. I avoided mirrors.

I tried to disappear in rooms where I should’ve felt safe.

I smiled on the outside but cried when the wig came off at night.

But one day, I met someone else with hair loss.

And then another.

And another.

That’s when everything changed.

That’s when I realized:

I wasn’t the only one.

I had never been.

And once I saw that—once I saw her—I saw me.

And I knew my purpose.

I didn’t want anyone else to feel what I had felt.

Not the shame.

Not the silence.

Not the years of thinking “I’m not enough” because of what fell out.

So now, I build.

I style.

I create safe spaces.

I help other women reclaim their confidence—one strand at a time.

I created Natural Wigs Store💕 for women like me—women living with alopecia, who don’t have any hair to “blend” or “merge” with. I know what it feels like to walk in those shoes. That’s why I offer a full collection of beautiful wigs, from affordable synthetic options to luxurious human hair wigs, all made to look natural and feel safe.

But I also wanted to honor my customers who still have hair—those who aren’t ready for a full wig, but still feel the pain of thinning, shedding, or visible scalp areas.

For them, I created something brand new.

It’s called Mirge™ (pronounced like merge).

Mirge™ was designed for women who still have some of their natural hair. The name comes from two powerful ideas:

Merging our toppers 💕 with your hair to create something beautiful—

and the word emerge—because when you feel like hiding, Mirge™ helps you emerge confidently again.

These are not just toppers. They’re confidence pieces—crafted to blend seamlessly with your own hair, so you can feel like yourself again.

Because whether you’ve lost all your hair or just a little—

you still deserve to feel whole.

You still deserve to feel seen.

Because you’re not ugly.

You’re not broken.

You’re not alone.

🫶🏽 You’re not hiding. You’re healing.

🫶🏽 You don’t have to explain your pain to be worthy of compassion.

🫶🏽 And God can still use you—bald spots, broken moments and all.

 Leslie Diana💕