‘It takes a thick skin to rock a bald head’ via guardian
Barbara Williams didn’t get married just to change her name – of course not. But the opportunity to have a new surname was certainly an attractive proposition. Williams has had trichotillomania, a condition that causes her to pull out her hair compulsively, since she was nine – and her original name was Balde. Well, it wasn’t ideal.
Other celebrities have spoken out about female hair loss. The British TV presenter and 90s lads’ mags regular Gail Porter was diagnosed with alopecia in her 30s and has talked about her experience openly. After winning gold at the London Olympics in 2012, the cyclist Joanna Rowsell Shand, who also has alopecia, appeared on the podium jubilant and bald.
Female hair loss can happen for a variety of reasons. “The most common reason is a disturbance in the hair cycle,” says Dr David Fenton, a London-based dermatologist and spokesman for the British Association of Dermatologists. “More follicles enter the resting phase as a reaction to something that’s happened in your life, whether it’s fever, weight loss, illness, stress or thyroid dysfunction.” This condition is called telogen effluvium.
Christala Fletcher, who is 27 and from west London, has alopecia. She decided to shave her head when she was 19, after experiencing near-total hair loss. “It’s a mess, being a bald woman in our society,” she says. “People judge women without hair. Hair is so important in the media. It’s supposedly what makes you a woman.”
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