On the specificity of wish language ||
You really don’t want to look a gift horse in the mouth. But when you wish, hope and pray for your hair to miraculously grow back, you only want it to happen completely. Unfortunately, sometimes what will happen is ten or twenty follicles will decide they want to get tough and fight back. And just like people, follicles find strength in numbers.
So, when a bunch of thick, wild boar strength wires start sprouting from your right cheek, don’t worry. It’s just irony rearing it’s ugly head. And trust me, irony and Alopecia are great friends who show up on the scene quite frequently.
You don’t want to seem unappreciative when something like this happens. On the other hand, the beauty of Alopecia Universalis, where your entire body attacks the hair follicles and causes ALL of your hair to fall out, is that you never have to worry about hair!
No shampoo. No conditioner. No shaving. No combing. No brushing. No barber. No nothing!
Alternatively, when a dozen or more hairs suddenly grow, in one small area, on your cheek – it means work.
Luckily, it was a bit of an aberration and they later fell out. Thus, I was able to go back to the life of grooming leisure that my friend Alopecia has afforded me. I was worried, though. Very worried.
Worried that all of that useless wishing that this would all go away I did in those first few months was done incorrectly. I’ve seen movies about getting a genie. You have to be SPECIFIC when wishing.
Next time I wish for my friend Al to go away, I’ll be very EXACT with the wish. I’ll wish for ALL of my hair to come back. If not, stay away. I don’t need my Alopecia to be half committed. Take it all!
xo3w1r