For context, alopecia is an autoimmune skin disease that causes hair loss. It affects about two in every 100 people and typically involves patchy (but sometimes complete) hair loss on the scalp, face, and body.
In an Instagram caption, Ashley wrote, “Alopecia and hair loss are fairly common, but a lot of people feel embarrassed to talk about these issues. Any type of hair loss can affect your self-esteem, especially if you feel like you’re the only one going through it.”
“That’s why I want to talk about it openly —because it’s nothing to be ashamed of. Sometimes it’s connected to hormones, other times to heredity, and for me, it’s connected to stress overload,” she continued.
“In my young 20s I had noticed that there was a little bit of a bald spot, right at my hairline,” Ashley said in the attached video, describing how she was then diagnosed with alopecia by a dermatologist.
“A lot of it’s triggered by stress and I was going through a really stressful time. The hair grew back and it always does, thankfully,” she continued, describing she was currently experiencing hair loss on a section near the back of her neck.
“There’s been a couple of times in my life where I’ve had very stressful events and I’ve noticed that it will come back,” she added. “It can be stressful just even having it and being like, ‘Oh my gosh, what if it gets worse?'” Ashley ultimately credited stress management techniques, platelet rich plasma treatment, and her diet for helping her manage the autoimmune disease.
You can read Ashley’s blog post here.
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