Bald truth about my hair loss

CELEBRITIES such as Lady Gaga talking about hair loss highlight the suffering of women and children who have alopecia.

Bald truth about my hair loss

Alopecia is an auto-immune hair-loss disease and while research proves it is largely genetic — in 2009, Japanese researchers identified the responsible gene, SOX21 — overuse of hair products, like extensions, and increased stress can contribute to hair loss.

A recent survey by Viviscal found an astonishing 57% of Irish women and men suffer from hair-thinning because of stress.

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