'I was diagnosed with alopecia at 16 - but now I'm proud of my look'
A MAKE-UP artist who was diagnosed with alopecia as a teenager has learned to embrace her new look after years of hiding the condition with dry shampoo and wigs.
After the hairdresser told her about the hair loss in that area, Emily said: "I was completely unbothered by the statement and just carried on with my life, until I noticed it had got bigger."She added: "I'd say when I first found it, it was the size of a £2 coin.Emily shaved the last of her wispy hair in October 2018 to normalise alopecia"Then from there it gradually kept getting worse.
"He was staring at a patch that I didn't cover properly on my head," Emily said. "He said so loudly in front of everyone, 'Emily, what did you do to your hair, you've got a bald patch right there?' Explaining how she would style it, Emily said: "At first, I had a hair piece in, so whatever hair I had left was plaited, then the hair piece was sat on top and sewn into the plaits with a needle and thread.
She added: "Thankfully, I got an appointment with the NHS to try on wigs and ended up getting my wig a week before my twenty-first birthday, so I was very happy about that.
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