Imagine being a child, enjoying the simple joys of growing up, only to start losing your hair without explanation. It's an experience that, for many, can be disorienting and unsettling. And it was the ...

Stephanie Yuen was a seventh-grader losing her hair due to alopecia, an autoimmune skin disease that attacks hair follicles. She wore hats to Marlboro Middle School to cover her head. The school’s ...

This moment, on this day, was so special and gave me so much confidence that I didn’t know I could feel,” Dani G wrote of her ...

Alopecia areata, which causes hair loss, won't stop Miss America contestant. Jan. 5, 2011— -- Kayla Martell, crowned Miss Delaware in June, will have to prove she has the confidence and poise to ...

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I used to cut hair. Now I sell it. The transition began 23 years ago, when I was a busy hairdresser with an ironic condition: I developed alopecia areata, an autoimmune skin disease where the body’s ...

When Virtue Alexander decided to embrace herself as a woman living with alopecia, she opted for the “rip off the Band-Aid” model of self-revelation. Co-workers at Beaumont City Hall, where she works ...

Christala Fletcher, Faiza Zeria, Laura Mathias, and Nikki Vontaya all have alopecia. These four women experienced issues with their self-confidence from a young age due to hair loss. They recognize ...

A bride from Newcastle, who was diagnosed with alopecia at just two years old, decided to walk down the aisle as a “bald bride” on her wedding day “This moment, on this day, was so special and gave me ...