Black women with alopecia often struggle between concealing their hair loss and protecting their fragile scalps, all while seeking to express their cultural identity and build self-confidence. A ...

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Imagine being a child, enjoying the simple joys of growing up, only to start losing your hair without explanation. It's an experience that, for many, can be disorienting and unsettling. And it was the ...

Here's how a year without braids helped one writer recover from traction alopecia and find healthy protective styles.

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — A local hair salon aims to help women with hair loss regain their confidence. Her Glory owner Tiffany Combs opened her uptown salon in 2017, inspired by a client she worked with ...

I used to cut hair. Now I sell it. The transition began 23 years ago, when I was a busy hairdresser with an ironic condition: I developed alopecia areata, an autoimmune skin disease where the body’s ...

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CLARSKVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — We place great importance on how we look; when we don't like how we look, our self-esteem takes a hit. For women experiencing hair loss, feeling confident can be hard. With ...

Traction alopecia is a type of hair loss caused by hairstyles or other things that pull on your hair. This is most often due to wearing tight hairstyles, but it can also come from wearing caps or ...

Christala Fletcher, Faiza Zeria, Laura Mathias, and Nikki Vontaya all have alopecia. These four women experienced issues with their self-confidence from a young age due to hair loss. They recognize ...