When I was young, traction alopecia from tight hairstyles caused me to experience some hair loss. I started treatment for it, but it took awhile for me to change my mindset about my hair. Finally, I ...

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 ...

For more than twenty years, I’ve worked as a makeup artist — my job is literally to make women feel beautiful on one of the most important days of their lives. But when my own daughter began to lose ...

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 ...

Hair can mean many things to a person. It can be a way to express a mood or vibe. It can be a connection to your ancestors or a means of making a statement (political or personal). At the very least, ...

My first memory of alopecia is wearing a wig to preschool. At 2, I was diagnosed with alopecia universalis, a condition characterized by the complete loss of hair on my scalp and body. It is estimated ...

Hair can mean many things to a person. It can be a way to express a mood or vibe. It can be a connection to your ancestors or a means of making a statement (political or personal). At the very least, ...

For more than twenty years, I’ve worked as a makeup artist — my job is literally to make women feel beautiful on one of the most important days of their lives. But when my own daughter began to lose ...

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 ...

A woman who noticed her hair falling out in the shower is embracing her new bald look – after being diagnosed with alopecia. Wayde Cadogan, 25, started noticing clumps of her blonde locks getting ...