The Beginning

After moving north for a new job a year ago, I noticed a tiny bare spot starting to form on top of my head. This was the beginning of my body's battle with Alopecia Areata Universalis, which results in the loss of all body hair. At the time, I shrugged off the bald spot as a normal occurrence of Alopecia Areata, baldness in one spot on the head, which I had lived with from childhood. The summer was ending and there would be no worries about anyone catching a glimpse of the bald spot after a swim. I forgot about the small bald spot in the days that followed.