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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Miyo Padi

Student who lost his hair from GCSE stress reveals the beauty treatment that brought his confidence back

PA Real Life/Tracie Giles Londo

A student who lost the hair on his head and body at the age of 15 from what he believes to have been GCSE stress-triggered alopecia drew inspiration from his mother’s beauty treatments to get eyebrow tattoos the envy of his female friends.

Now 19, Sam Taylor’s early bald patches were first noticed by a barber when he was 15, who suggested he may be suffering from the hair loss condition alopecia, which was confirmed when he saw a GP.

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