Alopecia

Neighbours star Alan Fletcher has addressed his recent hair loss after fans shared concern over his health. The Australian actor, best known for playing silver fox Karl Kennedy on the long-running soap for almost three…

Governors are discussing what, if any, other actions will be taken against Will Smith after he assaulted Chris Rock during a live global broadcast, stunning audiences and overshadowing both the…

A lot is being said about Hollywood actor Will Smith slapping comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars over a joke about Will’s wife, actor Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head. But actor Sameera Reddy wonders why there is a lack of focus on the…

An influencer who has lost 80 per cent of her hair in five years has claimed the alopecia community is facing backlash online following Will Smith's explosive Oscars scandal.   Procurement administrator Chloe Sheehan, 29,  from Cork,…

Oscars have become the talk of the town this year, and not for the celebrations of movies and filmmakers but due to the slapgate. Will Smith slapping Chris Rock on stage left everyone in shock. When Chris Rock made a joke about Will’s wife…

Alopecia is an autoimmune disorder that affects millions of people around the world. But to many women — and to Black women, in particular — it is much more. It’s about beauty and race, about culture and about the uncertainty that the…

While Will Smith's outburst at the Academy Awards has undoubtedly overshadowed the good things to come out of the ceremony - indie film CODA's triumph over the big-hitters, for example, plus his own win - one thing it has done…

Up until this point, my appearance had never been a concern: growing up in the rural Suffolk countryside, I had little interest in anything other than climbing trees and drawing pictures—I was completely naive to my visual identity and the…

Other people lose hair because their immune system starts attacking their hair follicles in what is known as autoimmune alopecia. Autoimmune forms of alopecia can be caused by discoid lupus erythematosus, which can lead to sores and…

There’s no doubt the most talked-about Oscars moment was when Will Smith climbed up on stage to slap presenter Chris Rock after Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s shorn head. Smith stunned the Dolby Theatre crowd and viewers…