Brave Scots eight-year-old gives talk to fellow pupils after shock Alopecia diagnosis

14.04.2022 - 20:39 / dailyrecord.co.uk

A brave Scots schoolgirl has been educating fellow pupils about Alopecia after she started to lose her hair.

Eight-year-old Freya Stevens has been taking the hair loss condition in her stride after being diagnosed three years ago.

The youngster, from Penicuik in Midlothian, stood before her peers to give a talk about the rare condition just weeks after starting at a new school.

Her proud mum, Nikki Stephens, said that the tot has adapted to the situation well after receiving a wig from the Little Princess Trust.

Speaking to Edinburgh Live, Nikki said: "She is quite aware of it and has adapted well.

"Freya changed school recently because we moved to a different area of Penicuik.

"She had done a talk at her old school in front of her class about the condition which was really brave.

"But just six weeks after moving to her new school she stood in front of her new peers and did a talk about it.

"She has taken it completely in her stride.

"On her own she will still get upset at times, but we speak openly about it as a family and she knows its purely cosmetic - she is okay and doesn't have to spend time in hospital."

Nikki originally thought that Freya had a scalp infection.

She began to notice whisps of her little girl's hair falling out and bald patches three years ago - but had no idea what was causing it.

The schoolgirl went through all sorts of tests to find out what was causing the hair loss including having skin from her scalp sent to labs to test for an infection and several blood tests.

Eventually Freya was diagnosed with the autoimmune condition Alopecia Areata, the disorder is the most common type of hair loss and can affect those at any age.

It usually causes small, coin-sized, round patches of baldness on the scalp,

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