Mother and daughter with alopecia share bare-headed selfies
Public Group active 3 years, 1 month agoA brave mum with alopecia who was devastated when her daughter developed the same condition is proving to the toddler that ‘bald is beautiful’ – by showing off their hairless heads in striking snaps.Kiri Atkinson, from Redditch, Worcestershire spent seven years wearing wigs, but decided to share the bare-headed selfies with two-year-old daughter Paiva Hughes to educate and empower her ahead of starting nursery.Mum-of-one Kiri, 23, whipped off her wig, started dancing in the mirror with Paiva ‘like total goofs’ shouting ‘no hair?
Don’t care!’ before posing for the joyful snaps and sharing them on Facebook.Full-time mum Kiri, who considered suicide after losing all of her hair to Alopecia Universalis, also describes the post as her version of ‘coming out’, and says she feels a ‘real weight’ has been lifted from her shoulders. Kiri Atkinson, from Redditch, Worcestershire, who has alopecia, has worn wigs for seven years, but decided to share bare-headed selfies with her two-year-old daughter Paiva Hughes to educate and empower her ahead of starting nursery Kiri has always been attached to her wigs, and it’s only recently that she’s felt confident enough to go in her own garden without one The viral post has racked up more than 1,600 likes, shares and comments since being posted earlier this month. Kiri said: ‘Seeing Paiva having fun like that and posing for those pictures made me want to pop, I was beaming with pride.’She loves having her picture taken – she’s a real show off and I love her for it. RELATED ARTICLES
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‘I’d been trying to educate her about it earlier in the week as we just got the confirmation for nursery through.’My partner and I are aware kids say things and https://hairandbeautybc.com/lions-mane-hair-loss/ she’s probably going to come home asking questions, such as “Why aren’t I like other people? Why haven’t I got hair?”.’We’ve been trying to concentrate on talking to her about it, but she started withdrawing from me so I stopped trying to tell her about it. Kiri Atkinson, 23, wearing a wig and posing for a photo with daughter Paiva Hughes.
The mother-of-one wanted to educate her daughter about alopecia, but initially struggled to find a way to talk to her about it Paiva Hughes, two, loves to dress up and accessorise with bows.
She has alopecia, the same condition that affects her mother, Kiri Paiva Hughes, now two, as a newborn with a full head of hair’Instead I took my wig off and said “No hair? Don’t care”, and started dancing in front of the mirror.’She found it hilarious and watched me for a few minutes.
She then got my wig, put it on her head and threw it off and shouted “No hair? Don’t care!”.’We were just dancing in the mirror being total goofs, she loved it.’Sharing that post, I imagine it’s a similar feeling as when someone comes out gay or transgender because you feel “Oh god I can be myself”.’It’s like a real weight has been lifted off my shoulders.
I’ve been beaming from ear to ear, and crying, because I’m just overwhelmed with everyone’s messages.’To receive messages from people with alopecia saying they love I’ve shared it and that it’s inspirational is so empowering.’It’s so empowering for Paiva too to grow up knowing that bald is beautiful.’Kiri’s post read: ‘Okay….
so here it goes. This has taken me forever to do. Kiri Atkinson at the age of 15 (lefto and right) before her hair started falling out.
She admits that losing her hair made her consider suicide ‘I am literally full of anxiety typing this. For seven years I have been on the journey of losing my hair due to alopecia then in 2017 I had my beautiful baby girl.’After she turned one she started losing her hair in patches too, then in November 2019 she lost all of her eyebrows, eyelashes and slowly she lost what was left of her head hair.’I’ve been struggling with this internally for what feels like the longest time.’I started to blame myself for Paiva’s hair loss and felt utter guilt and heartache for her, it was like losing my own all over again times 100. Paiva Hughes’ hair started to thin and appear in sparse tufts at the age of one (pictured)’If I’m honest the past year has been a total low for me, I just felt the worst.
Some days I still do, but that’s okay.’I’m now entering the journey of fully accepting [that] bald is beautiful.’I’m not going to lie, my little lady losing her hair has been the thing that has completely pushed me into this.’I wasn’t brave enough to fight for myself but I am a brave mummy.
I am doing this because I never want Paiva to feel how I have in the past. Bald is beautiful!
Kiri said that before taking the selfies she threw off her wig and started singing ‘No hair, don’t care’. Her daughter joined in chanting ‘No hair, don’t care’, before the pair posed for a series of snaps Kiri pictured with her daughter Paiva, two, and partner Adrian, 31, She said that they’re both aware Paiva may experience negative comments as she grows up and wanted to prepare her ‘I have even contemplated suicide on several occasions due to something as superficial as hair.’I’m not saying it’s easy at all, I want to show my beautiful princess that it doesn’t matter what you look like, as long as you try your best to be a good person who cares.’Anyone who feels the need to say something mean or nasty must have such a boring life or were never taught better.’With her starting nursery in September it’s going to maybe start affecting her differently, becaue at the minute she doesn’t have a care in the world. The doting mother was devastated when her daughter developed the same condition, but wants to prove to the toddler that ‘bald is beautiful’ Paiva, pictured on a family day out, started to experience thinning hair when she was around a year old ‘But unfortunately all it takes is one person to say something negative.’I have been through so much in my life and suffered with mental health for as long as I can remember.’My life has been put on hold for too long because of alopecia.
But now it’s time to take it back and show my lady that she can be anyone, and do anything, and nothing and no-one can stop her.’Kiri first started to lose her hair in 2013 at the age of 16, and believes it was triggered by emotional upheaval caused by her parents splitting up and an abusive relationship.
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