84: Living with Alopecia

Appearance Matters: The Podcast!

For our February episode, Abbi finds out all about Alopecia. Alopecia means hair loss and it can affect any or all areas of the body, and can be temporary or permanent. We are joined by three guests. Firstly, from CAR, we have Research Fellow Dr Kerry Montgomery and Senior Lecturer – formerly Senior Research Fellow at CAR - Dr Fabio Zucchelli. We are also joined by Sue Schilling, CEO of Alopecia UK, a national charity aiming to improve the lives of those affected by alopecia. Alopecia UK: https://www.alopecia.org.uk/ Men's Chat Short Film: https://www.alopecia.org.uk/mens-chat-a-short-film Papers discussed: Men’s experiences of alopecia areata: A qualitative study https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20551029221121524 Patients' experiences of primary healthcare and dermatology provision for alopecia https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ski2.324 Establishing the financial burden of alopecia areata and its predictors https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ski2.301 Please share, subscribe, rate and review. It really does mean a lot. Thank you! x Music by Sian Evans & John Landau: toplinefilm.com Cover photo by Alopecia UK Episode developed & produced by Abbi Mathews