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942                        Still Living with Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia
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945                <p class="postSummary">
946                    Rosemary reflects on coping with frontal fibrosing alopecia after 10 years. Honest thoughts on self-acceptance, loss, and finding community.
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1025                    Rebecca's story of overcoming alopecia inspires people to embrace baldness, raise awareness, and win the war against stigma this International Alopecia Day.
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1095                    19-year-old Eden answers some questions about growing up with alopecia in this inspiring Q&A blog
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1230                    Alopecia UK's Communications Manager Amy reflects on her sixteenth anniversary of her first head shave
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1293                        Ups, Downs, Loops and Turns: My Alopecia Journey
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1296                <p class="postSummary">
1297                    Isaac shares his story of living with alopecia universalis for 10 years
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1362                    13-year-old Niam has recently delivered a powerful speech to educate and inspire others in his school
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1755                    <p>Alopecia areata is an autoimmune condition that causes sudden, patchy hair loss on the scalp, beard, eyebrows, eyelashes, or other parts of the body. It affects people of all ages and backgrounds and can vary in severity from small round patches to complete hair loss across the scalp and body.</p>
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1774                    <p>Pattern hair loss is the most common type of hair loss. It occurs in both men and women and becomes more common with increasing age. Around 50% of men over 50 and 50% of women over 65 are affected, though it can also start in younger adults and occasionally in early teen years.</p>
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