Alopecia Awareness

We all know about charities. Charities are everywhere and come in many forms. Ones that are based around raising money for cancer treatments, ones that are based on raising awareness for a certain disease, ones raising money for a cause like air ambulances or hospitals. There are so many charities. One of these charities that I have recently become very aware of, is Alopecia UK. 

This charity focuses on raising money for awareness and the research into treatments for the prevention of Alopecia. It is an amazing charity and I encourage you all to have a look at their website.

The reason that I have become so aware of this cause is because of my friend Anna, who writes for the blog A Fabulous Feminist. She recently did a post on her blog about her trip to Glasgow. This was for an Alopecia event, in which she went to workshops and activities which gave a better insight into the different types of Alopecia. She told me last weekend that she had a type of Alopecia, Alopecia Areata. This event is an auto-immune condition which means that the immune system, instead of attacking viruses and bacteria, it attacks the hair follicles, causing hair loss. 

When Anna went to Glasgow, she bought the most amazing wig, which looks amazing, as seen below. 

I think that Alopecia is not talked about enough and for that reason, I am writing that post and encourage you and anyone you talk to, to go and research Alopecia because it affects 12% of men ages 18–29 years, 38% of men in their 30s, 45% of men in their 40s, 52% of men in their 50s, and 65% to 70% of men over 60 years old. 

Anna's mum is raising money for the charity by shaving her hair off and you can donate by clicking on this link.

I hope you have learnt a few things from this post and I encourage you to look at Alopecia UK's website and donate to this amazing charity.

Stay happy,

Katie xx