Coping with the curse of alopecia

From: Evening News - Scotland | Date: March 13, 2006| Author: JUDY VICKERS | Copyright information

PAM THOMSON was only 14 when she noticed a chunk of hair, about the size of a 20 pence piece, had fallen out, leaving her with a small bare patch on her head.

She was just about to enter her second year at Lasswade High School - by the time she got into the second term, the following January, she was completely bald.

"It came out in patches, some larger, some smaller," says the 45- year-old mother-of-two. "The worst moment was when I rolled over one morning and left the left si...