I LEARNT TO LOVE MYSELF
WOMAN'S OWN|August 05, 2024
When her hair fell out a second time, Kelly Birch, 32, no longer cared how she looked
KERRY HARDEN
I LEARNT TO LOVE MYSELF

Getting ready for my friend Sam’s hen weekend in September 2019, I should’ve been excited. I was going to Tenerife and it was the first time I’d left my kids, Macey, then seven, and Opie, two, for more than one night. But looking in the mirror, I noticed my hair was thinning at the front. I’d suffered from alopecia when I was pregnant, but my hair had grown back. Now, it was happening again.

I slapped on a smile for the weekend, but I felt rubbish. My hair continued to fall out and, by October, I ‘braved the shave’.

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