alopecia

The court heard of the impact McCartney’s abuse had on his young victims; some said they have suffered flashbacks, shame, alopecia, and trust issues.

In February this year, a new drug, ritlecitinib, was recommended on the NHS in England and Wales for the first time for patients aged 12 and over with severe alopecia.

Also called cicatricial alopecia, the condition causes permanent hair loss after the immune system attacks and destroys the follicles.

When Poppie Davies's hairdresser noticed a bald patch when she was just 16, it ended with her unable to look in the mirror as she lost her hair to alopecia.

Rock, the comedian who was hosting the Oscars, joked about the short haircut of Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who had spoken of her alopecia diagnosis.