I lost 100% of my body hair in the space of 6 months - doctors still don't know why
26.09.2022 - 04:25
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London and I have Alopecia Universalis. Alopecia Universalis (AU) is the most severe form of Alopecia. It’s the complete or nearly complete loss of hair on the scalp, face, and rest of the body.
Alopecia is a disease in which your immune system mistakenly attacks hair follicles, causing hair loss. There is no cure for this disease, but there are treatments that may encourage regrowth. Many people have heard of Alopecia through celebrities with the condition such as Gail Porter or Matt Lucas – but in my experience most don’t know what those of us with the condition battle through.
I certainly didn’t at first. As I took my morning shower at the beginning of November 2021, I noticed a huge amount of hair in my hands. I felt numb, shocked, and extremely confused.
Panicking, I called my mum and explained what was happening. Without second thought, we both assumed it was this new shampoo I used that day, which led to a rabbit hole of googling reviews about the product. I stopped using it immediately, but my hair kept aggressively falling out even if I didn’t shower.
It clearly wasn’t the shampoo and the more I read up on numerous hair loss conditions the more stressed I became. I went to the GP and they told me it was male-patterned baldness. It definitely wasn’t – it wouldn’t have happened so suddenly.
I loved my hair, as most people do. It was light brown and short, and very thick in my early twenties. Of course, it slightly thinned over time and I knew I had a very gradual receding hairline but this was something completely different and unknown to me.
I would wake up with my bed sheets covered in hair, the shower drain clogged, and every few days it looked like I had a fresh haircut. It was awful. Across the next three
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