A CZECH Republic woman who developed alopecia following cosmetic surgery shared how she embraced her baldness, inspiring millions of views on TikTok. At 28 years old, Barbora Krop , an orthodontic assistant and mom to a four-year-old son, first encountered alopecia areata years ago. 5 Barbora Krop is an orthodontic assistant from Czech Republic Credit: Cover Images 5 She decided to embrace her hair loss rather than fight it Credit: Cover Images It resulted in three small patches of hair loss that vanished during her pregnancy.
However, the condition returned with a vengeance in 2022, possibly triggered by breast augmentation surgery. "It started while I was on holiday with my mom in Mallorca. I woke up to find clumps of hair on my pillow," Krop recalled.
"Within two weeks, most of the hair on my scalp had fallen out. I had just a few strands left and looked like Gollum from The Lord of the Rings. "Over the next month, my eyelashes, eyebrows, and body hair also disappeared.
"I couldn't walk down the street without people staring at me, and watching the constant hair fall was incredibly stressful." GETTING DIAGNOSED Krop's doctor confirmed she had alopecia universalis, the most severe form of alopecia. Unlike other forms of the autoimmune disease, which may cause patchy hair loss, alopecia universalis leaves individuals entirely hairless.
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