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Alopecia areata led to Katie moving cities, but Instagram helps her talk about hair loss

A common complaint about social media is that it encourages negative body image — but for Katie Hale, it has helped her find a community of other "young women who also look like me". 

Indeed, it's not Instagram but her own subconscious that has a habit of confronting her in ways that "can be really, really distressing".

"I'll see myself in a dream — it probably happens every few months — and I'll have hair and I can't quite figure out what's wrong," she said.

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