Lauren “Lulu” Williams was in middle school when her mom found the first bald spot on her head.
“When my mom showed me, I started crying,” Lulu says. “I wanted to hide.”
Lulu, now 16, has a condition called psoriasis (sor-EYE-uh-sis). Psoriasis causes patches of dry, scaly skin. The patches were making Lulu’s hair fall out. There are treatments that can help, but there is no cure.
The bald spots made Lulu feel self-conscious and ugly. She was already one of the shyest girls at her school in Franklin, Tennessee. Sometimes she got nervous and stuttered when she was called on in class. Lulu didn’t want one more thing to make her stand out.
Lulu tried to cover the bald spots with braids. But sometimes it was impossible. So Lulu’s mom took her to buy a wig she could wear to school. Lulu attached it to her head with clips and glue.
Lulu knew kids whispered about her wig behind her back. She tried to ignore them. “My wig was like my security blanket,” Lulu says. “It made me feel like I fit in.”
Lauren “Lulu” Williams is 16. When she was in middle school, her mom found a bald spot on her head.
Lulu was upset. “I wanted to hide,” she says.
Lulu has a condition called psoriasis (sor-EYE-uh-sis). It causes patches of dry skin. And it was making Lulu’s hair fall out. There are treatments that can help. But there is no cure.
The bald spots made Lulu feel self-conscious. She was already very shy. When she was called on in class, she got nervous and stuttered. Lulu did not want to stand out.
Lulu tried to cover the bald spots with braids. But sometimes that was not possible. So her mom took her to buy a wig she could wear to school. Lulu attached it to her head with clips and glue.
Lulu knew kids whispered about her wig. She tried to ignore them. “My wig was like my security blanket,” she says. “It made me feel like I fit in.”
Lauren “Lulu” Williams was in middle school when her mother noticed the first bald spot on her head.
“When my mom showed me, I started crying,” remembers Lulu, now 16. “I wanted to hide.”
Lulu has a condition called psoriasis (sor-EYE-uh-sis), which causes patches of dry, scaly skin. The patches were making Lulu’s hair fall out. There are treatments that can help with the symptoms of psoriasis, but there’s no cure.
The bald spots made Lulu feel self-conscious and unattractive. She was already one of the shyest girls at her school in Franklin, Tennessee. Sometimes she got nervous and stuttered when she was called on in class. Lulu didn’t want anything else to make her stand out at school.
Lulu tried to conceal the bald spots with braids, but sometimes that was impossible. Finally, Lulu’s mother took her to buy a wig. Lulu attached the wig to her head with clips and glue.
Lulu was aware that her classmates whispered about her wig behind her back, but she tried to ignore them. “My wig was like my security blanket,” Lulu explains. “It made me feel like I fit in.”