alopecia universalis, a severe form of hair loss; it’s unlikely that it will ever grow back. (The cause is unknown but it’s an autoimmune condition.) Eventually, I shaved off what was left of my hair and, after six months at home, I returned to school wearing a wig.
Back then, wigs were terrible synthetic things, marketed at older women, and there was little advice or support available. It was all incredibly isolating.
My friends were amazing but there were lots of questions from classmates about why I’d been off school. Today, at 29, I’ve been bald longer than I had hair and, for most of that time, I’ve been completely dependent on my wig.
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