TV presenter Melanie Sykes has revealed she is now completely bald, and the cause is a surprisingly common condition called alopecia.
Believed to affect more than 100,000 people in Britain, alopecia can range from mild hair loss to complete baldness.
There are various kinds of alopecia, which is a general term for hair loss, but one of the most common types is alopecia areata – an autoimmune condition which causes the body to mistakenly attack its hair follicles.
In minor cases alopecia areata causes small, round bald patches on the scalp and can also affect the eyebrows and eyelashes. But in more severe instances
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