Why rowsell bald

Having lived with the hair loss condition alopecia since childhood, the year-old has not flinched from speaking about her condition. Indeed she says her hair loss has helped drive her on to greatness. And her win in the women's cycling team pursuit at the velodrome could not have come at a better time - it fell on International Alopecia Day which seeks to raise awareness of the condition. She said a fan contacted her on Twitter on Saturday to tell her about the special day: "I thought, 'Wow, that's a bit spooky that our Olympic final is the same day'.

She added: "I hope I can be an inspiration to other girls with the condition and help raise awareness of it. The worlds largest collection of hair loss success stories, with photos and comments from patients who are using our treatment programmes. Wherever you live, submit an online consultation to receive a diagnosis and effective treatment recommendations. Ask A Question. Success Stories. Online Consultation Wherever you live, submit an online consultation to receive a diagnosis and effective treatment recommendations.

Submit Online Consultation. Meet the authors Ask a Question Got a question? Ask one of our hair loss experts Submit Online Consultation Now. Welcome to The Belgravia Centre website. You don't have to pay to go to a stadium. When the Tour de France rolls through Yorkshire next month, Rowsell plans to be by the roadside watching.

She'll probably be up Cragg Vale, Britain's longest continual hill, a five-mile slog from Mytholmroyd, on one of her regular training routes. Rowsell loves the six days a week she spends training, especially riding in the hills near the home in Rochdale she shares with her boyfriend, trainee accountant Dan Shand. He once dreamed of getting paid to ride his bike and has no truck with her whingeing.

You don't know how easy you've got it,'" she says. Dan isn't bothered about her alopecia and nor, it would seem, is she. But she concedes it was very hard when her hair first started to fall out, back when she was Really, the brave thing was learning to deal with it when I was young — going to my first training camp when nobody knew me or about my condition.

That was brave. Alopecia is a general term used for hair loss; this can be anything from a small bald patch on the head to the loss of all the hair over the entire body. According to Alopecia UK , it affects approximately 1.

The exact cause is still not known, but it is generally agreed that it is a disease of the immune system, which attacks affected hair follicles by mistake. It doesn't affect the sufferer's physical health, though it can certainly cause psychological scars. Rowsell has lost almost all her hair, hence not having to shave her legs and having to pencil in her eyebrows each morning.