‘NO HAIR? NO WORRIES!’
Aug 24, 2022
3 minutes
AS TOLD TO OLIVE CLARK
Standing up at the front of the class, I peered out at my classmates. Aged eight, I was a confident little girl, but couldn’t help feeling slightly nervous.
Taking a deep breath, I said, ‘I have alopecia. My hair might fall out.’
A few weeks before, my mum, Pat, had taken me to a dermatologist after discovering a bald patch, the size of a 20-cent piece, on the crown of my head.
Officially diagnosing me, the specialist was unable to explain why
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