Hair loss boy, 6, has to wait year for help

'IT'S A JOKE' SAYS MUM TRYING TO RAISE CASH FOR PRIVATE TREATMENT

- HELENA VESTY

A LITTLE boy is being forced to wait almost a year for treatment on the NHS for sudden alopecia that has seen him lose 80 per cent of his hair.

Six-year-old Ollie always had "such beautiful hair", says worried mum Helen Smith and has even been signed to a modelling agency since he was a baby.

But in October 2023, Helen, from Cheadle, noticed a small patch of hair missing on her son's head. Since then, it has spread to the point where Ollie is now missing 80 per cent of his hair.