Life as an American Female Soldier (Marie Claire)
No way around it — female soldiers deal with issues men don’t even think about. I took Depo so I wouldn’t have my period; I just didn’t want to deal with it overseas. My hair started falling out from the stress — coming out in clumps when I’d wash it. I used to cry on the phone with my mom. She’d say, “Stephanie, do you have your arms? Your legs? Shut up about your hair.” But there were so many things I couldn’t control in Iraq. The hair was just one more thing.
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