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My hair loss treatment journey started the day I started to notice my receding hair line and my bald spot growing bigger. I would always find ways to comb my hair in a certain way to hide my hair loss. I noticed myself wearing more caps on the weekends as I went out with my wife, acquaintances or family. Walking in to work every morning was a difficult experience without my hat on. Your mind will do that to you when you are experiencing hair loss. It is so true that you never know what you have until you lose it. That can be true about your hair loss.

Having suffered from balding, I began to treasure every strand of hair that I had left. It was as if with each string of hair I lost, so was a small percent of my self-confidence gone as well. A mate of mine had the same problem as me. Yet lately he appeared so much more relaxed and I noticed that it was as if his hair was growing back. I never wanted to bring it up but after a while I decided to ask. It was then that he recommended to me Advanced Hair Studio. With just a few visits my friend Tom had not only regained his hair, but his self-confidence as well. After seeing what Josh has achieved from Advanced Hair, I decided to pay them a visit.

At first, I was a little sceptical. Outcomes were obvious within a few weeks. Not only on my scalp, but in my behavior. I started to lose the caps on the weekends and I quickly started to feel better about myself. My wife who has been complaining about my lack of interest in our relationship began to notice the change in that department as well. It is amazing how just a few treatments to the Advanced Hair Studio had begun to change my life as a whole. I always felt as if the first thing people noticed about me was my bald spot. Now, I am not frightened to look people in the eyes again as I have my full set of hair back.

Advance Hair Studio has not only given me back a full set of hair, but a big piece of my life as well. If you are experiencing hair loss I highly recommend them as it has done so much for me in just a few months of treatments. Don’t let baldness take your self-assurance away.

Most never thought the breathtakingly human Chandra Dreskell, our family friend, could wear medical wigs. Her extravagant hair and fashion added so much to her personality. Guess what? She will always be recognized for her attitude. Very few can tell she relies on lace wigs. They work well.

Back in the day as youths finding our way in our home town of Scottsdale, we used to stole the spotlights to every dance. Five years later, her women’s hair loss reared its head and she became nearly bald. I suggested some invisible lace wigs. Oh well, she shrugged it off. Unfazed by medical hair loss, she took the time and never let you forget about her attitude.

Appearing at her boyfriend Jacob’s homecoming, we taunted the players till someone clumsily flung the ball (or whatever they play with) towards the fans. With quick reflexes she went to grab it when her bandana flew right off, unveiling her naked head. No big deal, she hurled the thing with a tremendous heave to her man. What’d I tell ya about her spunk?

But, it eventually got to her. Months later at our semi-monhtly mid-day lemonade chat, the day she very sincerely confided that she would rather make do with a shorn head out of bitterness. She would never spend money on beautiful wigs, secretly acknowledging she would wear them. At that disclosure, our fearless protagonist turned flush red and requested that I drop it. I had to oblige.

We got so worried about her. The next morning, I called about taking care of this wig problem. Eventually we ended up with the perfect solution: we’d buy each other wigs I used my credit card, and it was worth it.

She and I were floored by how natural they looked. We never knew that synthetic wigs could be vital to fashion for beautiful people and famous actors. These lace front wigs were marvelous. Personally, I arranged a completely contemporary set of outfits to match my synthetic wig. Its become an inside joke, you know. Recently she gave me a photo of us in our wigs and thanked me for reuniting, and confessed it rekindles new vibrance for many occasions. It’s my pleasure to see little miss attitude live a happier existence. I’m right there with her.

Rarely do we see teens & young adults at their early twenties with chunks of hair lacking from their heads. The greater part of hair loss in men happens in their 30’s and 40’s, even though it isn’t odd from men in their late 20’s to start losing hair as well. The apprehension of aging is cringed in today’s society. Where aging was once a symbol of enlightenment and judiciousness, it is currently in many instances looked upon as if the older you get, the more boring one turn out. All that is absolutely not TRUE in most cases. But, since this is how the media & current society paint middle aged men & women, & losing hair is a symbol of getting older, it is no ponder that hair loss may affect someone’s self-esteem.

Television shows often portray middle aged men with hair loss as the individuals most doubtful to succeed with securing dates, or being happy in general. The character George Costanza of NBC’s hit TV sitcom, Seinfeld, is the classic instance of this. Costanza was in his late thirties and suffered classic male pattern hair loss. He quite often referred to his hair loss as one of his largest excuses for never before succeeding at just about everything in life. Men and women alike both have a tendency to feel self conscious, particularly when it comes to the opposite sex. In our culture, a full, luscious, head of hair is envisaged to be charming, & make someone appear more youthful and healthy.

Modern technology is most useful in restoring hair loss. Advanced Hair loss treatments areavailable to restore one’s hair & make it look effectively natural as if you had never lost hair to begin with. It is not essential in this era and age to have to deal with hair loss. Your quality of life doesn’t have to be affected with low confidence when there are so tons of advanced hair treatments to choose from. Whether a prescriptive drug, modern remedy, follicle transplants, or laser therapy, there are numerous options that might fit any budgets.

Hair loss treatments are presently very popular & tried by both male and female. Folks have lost their hair due to illness & have found it is never to grow back can sometimes benefit from advanced scalp therapy. Even if you are not entirely losing hair, but experiencing from a receding hair line or your hair is thinning, they will probably benefit from an array of hair loss remedy. The times of entrusting on fake looking wigs & spray on hair are finished. With so many selections of different hair loss therapeutics, you no longer have to live life feeling any less confident than you did in your early 20’s.

Not that I don’t like to admit it, ’cause without a date, I get pretty lonely. I finally bottomed out, this week I ate a whole bag of Oreos. To ease the pain that comes from being alone, for once. I pretend to be ashamed about it. Am I crazy? Actually, that’s the moment when I seriously looked into finding a date in my new hometown.

No problem. Figured I’d boost my dating life at a matchmaking service like Great Expectations Dallas. Probably never sounded better. Why do I bring it up? We were at little Brent’s Easter egg hunt in Dallas this afternoon, Jim wouldn’t get off my back about if I have settled down with the love of my life. At first I didn’t know what to say to that. Anyway, I looked up at them and yelled, “I’m eating here, and no.”

No surprise that Cousin Terry continued harping along the lines of marriage. I quipped to each of them: “I’ll be fine, my romantic destiny is right over there!”

Guess what? Everyone looked away and giggled. Shortly after, I rang Margaret to put my dating woes behind me. Why can’t I stop thinking about this! I can’t imagine what I was thinking there. Billy, who is now a Budist monk or something offered his opinion that I meet singles at Great Expectations. I said, “Sure, whatever.” What a relief. I am truly grateful for Great Expectations Dallas.

When I started, meeting new singles through dating services was new to me. I showed up already a little anxious, and I was speechless at first. This faux pas couldn’t pull the plug on us from enjoying ourselves. The night was a happy hour not to forget. The greatest most memorable part of it all was the other members, some who are my new friends.

It wasn’t long before I was regularly mingling at these glorious Dallas singles nights with Great Expectations, I bumped into a collection of dynamite friends who I could tell feel the same way I do which made for a magnificent singles event. Can’t imagine why I used to let my family give me a hard time about living the bachelor’s life after all these years. Astoundingly enough, doing things the Great Expectations way is a lot of fun and care-free social experience.

Ted

Dating, and Loving it

You couldn’t describe me as exactly satisfied as an “independent” (aka: naturally single) person and not crack a smile. Even then, I’m not uncomfortable with the reality of life, either. I merely mention it here as an intriguing detail setting up the story I am prepared to discuss honestly.

A week ago today yours truly was walking the dog, Stacey, thinking of joining Dallas Personals site. As of this minute, I write to each of you as a happy member of the singles network. No kidding, I am. It’s full of fun, attractive people! If you have read my old blog, you may be wondering, “You totally owe me an explanation.”

Here’s how it went down, I looked at this Great Expectations Dating site and liked what I saw. They’re for quality and professional singles who care enough to know dating doesn’t have to be so frivolous and stupid.

Quite frankly, I’d never enjoyed or even tolerated what serial daters (ie: everyone I know) have christened “dating.” I faced it all the time. Each night they nagg, “You’re still single? ” and “You should date!”

“Ugh, and double ugh.” I reply, without missing a beat. “Take a look around, I’m not missing much.”

“Whatever doofus,” they level with me. “You have no way to know that!”

That’s just my friend The One-And-Only Patty Holland. She pours rational thought to my brain to put me back on course. Loved ones are always there . She made a good point, and I thank her for it.

Back to the message of this post. As I picked from hundreds of outfits (hah) and desirable, honest singles for my first date with Great Expectations, I realized something deep. Over the last year, I hadn’t entertained the greatest of emotional great expectations for dating in the fun-filled winding course of this world. Single life has its perks, even more so if you use the freedom to date. Embracing your own great expectations does wonders for a caring soul.

–Denise Rodriguez

As I usually do over the Holidays, I watched one of my all-time favorite actors in one of my all time favorite movies and that’s Jimmy Stewart in “It’s a Wonderful Life”. Co-starring Donna Reed and made in the 1940s, the movie was not critically acclaimed at the time, but over the years has become a stable of the Holiday Season. If you have not seen it, you need to, and if you have, then you all know it revolves around a small town businessman George Bailey from Bedford Falls, New York, who, as he grows up, has all of these dreams of doing wonderful things with his life, and hopes of traveling to all the farthest points in the world. His plans are constantly interrupted by world events and family circumstances, which include the death of his father, the great depression, and World War II. George’s father and his Uncle Billy years earlier had started the Baileys Brothers Building and Loan to help the less fortunate people of Bedford Falls obtain the great American Dream of home ownership. Their only alternative is high rent or exorbitant interest rates to the local scrooge Mr. Potter. Uncle Billy is a classic ADHD type individual. An Irishmen, like me, who apparently has never been married, has a pet crow he carries around with him, and a pet squirrel at home. He is constantly worrying and has little self esteem.

George manages to support his family after marrying Mary, who is played by Donna Reed, and having a house full of children. He sees a lot of his friends go on to success in other areas, and gives up his hopes of travel and doing great things, as he is hopelessly attached to his fathers old Building and Loan business. George’s younger brother Harry Bailey has inadvertently benefited from George his whole life, from the time George saved him from an icy death in a winter lake sledding accident, to Harry getting to go to college when George’s father dies, forcing George to stay home. And finally, Harry going off to WWII and George having to stay at home, due to a loss of hearing in one ear from his heroic effort to save his brother in the icy lake years earlier. Harry goes on to win the Congressional Medal of Honor.

On the day of the welcome home celebration for Harry, Uncle Billy has eight thousand dollars of the Building and Loans money to deposit in the bank, and he runs in to the notorious scrooge Mr. Potter. Uncle Billy, in typical ADHD fashion, cannot pass up the opportunity to brag up his nephew Harry Bailey’s heroics and the headlines in the paper about his welcome home celebration. Absentminded Uncle Billy accidentally wraps up the deposit money in the newspaper which he braggingly drops in Mr. Potters lap. When he goes to the bank teller to make the deposit, he realizes the money is missing, and having no clue as to what happened to it, frantically tries to retrace his steps back to the Building and Loan. Arriving back at the Building and Loan, he is in a panic trying to tear his office apart trying to figure out how to tell George what has happened.

When George comes in to the office in a great mood due to the upcoming celebration, Uncle Billy tells him of the problem. George drags Uncle Billy all around town trying to retrace his steps. Uncle Billy naturally continues to go downhill fast in guilt and self blame, which culminates at his house when George losses his temper and shakes his uncle, calling him a silly fool, and shaking him, asking him if he knows that this means scandal and bankruptcy and prison. George leaves a mess, leaving Uncle Billy sobbing with only his crow and squirrel to console him. George arrives home on Christmas Eve and begins taking things out on all those people he loves the most (sound familiar to any of you? – it does to me).

The premise of the whole movie began with God and an Angel second class named Clarence speaking to each other in the heavens about George. Clarence is trying hard to get his wings and become a full scale angel, but has to accomplish a task in order to do this. His task is to help George help himself get out of this mess. George, by this time, has swallowed his pride and even gone to Mr. Potter (who knowingly has the money Uncle Billy had left in his lap) and ask him for help. George tells Potter that HE has misplaced the money, which Potter knows is not the case. He responds by telling George he will call the Sheriff and swear out a warrant for his arrest for embezzlement and malfeasance of office. In his effort to offer collateral for a loan, George tells Potter he has 500 dollars equity in a whole life insurance policy. Potter tells him he is worth more dead than he is alive. George leaves and begins drinking and becomes intoxicated and gets in a fight at a local bar. After the fight he leaves in his car and runs into a tree in a heavy snowstorm. George arrives at the bridge across the river and thinks of Potters statement, and is contemplating suicide by jumping off the bridge when Clarence Angel second class arrives on the scene. Clarence throws himself in the river and begins screaming for help, knowing George will save him. George jumps in and saves Clarence, and they go into the railway station nearby to dry off and warm up. Clarence tells George he is an angel, which George mocks. While discussing things, George says everyone would be better off if he (George) had never been born. Clarence admonishes him for this, and George insists it’s the truth. Clarence seizes on this as his chance, and tells George that if he really means it, he can make it so that George Bailey had never been born.

Clarence and George then begin a very enlightening journey around Bedford Falls which is now known as “Potterville” as George tries to find his family and friends. None of whom know him as he has never been born. They visit the bar that he and Clarence are thrown out. They go to the cemetery and discover Harry Bailey’s tombstone from when he drowned at age 9, because George was not there to save him. George learns that all the men that Harry had saved to earn the Medal of Honor in WWII also died, because Harry was not alive to save them. He finds out Mary, his wife, is an old maid. His children do not exist. His mother is forced to operate a boarding house to support herself, as George was not there to take over the Building and Loan and support her. He finds out Uncle Billy has been in an insane asylum since George’s father died, and the Building and Loan was voted out of business by its board of directors. George suddenly comes to the realization of what an impact he has made in other people’s lives. He runs back to the bridge, desperately seeking his life and family back.

The town cop comes up and asks George if he is OK, and George realizes he is back to reality. He runs home to find out that all of his friends and family have come to his aid financially, and he will not be prosecuted. In the piles of money, he finds a book autographed by Clarence, thanking George for helping him get his wings.

The moral of the story and the message of this newsletter is that all of us are important, and have made a difference in people’s lives. Even if some of us feel like we are the Uncle Billy’s of our family, we are important and vital members of our families and friends lives. The world would be a lot less interesting and probably a lot poorer if any of us had never been born.

Wish all of you a wonderful 2005.

Patrick Hurley
addcorridorcoach@aol.com

Patrick Hurley was on the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department for 17 years (Lieutenant) and was an Adult Probation Officer for
5 years. He is currently a full time ADHD Life Skills coach