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September is Alopecia Awareness Month. As many of you know Natalie is currently experiencing a form of Alopecia called Ophiasis Alopecia Areata. In support of Natalie, I am looking to undertake a 'head shave' for charity………… if we raise £500 for our staff charity.

What is alopecia areata?

Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease that attacks your body’s hair follicles causing patchy hair loss anywhere on your body, it most commonly affects the hair on the skin that covers your head (scalp). “Alopecia” is a medical term for hair loss or baldness, and “areata” means that it occurs in small, random areas.

There are many different classifications of alopecia areata. The classifications depend on the amount of hair you’ve lost and where you’ve lost it on your body.

• Alopecia areata totalis: You’ve lost all your hair on your scalp.

• Alopecia areata universalis: You’ve lost all your hair on your scalp and all your body hair.

• Diffuse alopecia areata: Your hair is thinning rather than falling out in patches.

• Ophiasis alopecia areata: You’ve lost a band of hair at the back and sides of your scalp (occipitotemporal scalp)

Alopecia areata is common and anyone can develop this condition; it affects around 2.11% of the population. The form Natalie has, Ophiasis affects 0.02% of the population, we always knew she was special 😊

For more information of Alopecia please visit - https://www.alopecia.org.uk/

For more information on Tourettes please visit - https://www.tourettes-action.org.uk/

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