Alopecia Doesn’t Hold Back Olympic Medallist

Olympic gold medallist, Joanna Rowsell, beat the United States in the 3,000m pursuit final last week in front of an ecstatic velodrome crowd.
Along with team mates, Laura Trott and Dani King, Roswell smashed three world records en route to the gold medal.
Joanna suffers from alopecia areata, a condition that causes the hair to fall out when the immune system becomes confused and attacks the body’s hair follicles.  She was nine years old when her hair started to fall out and was almost completely bald due to the condition.
Since then, the 23 year old has lost and regained her hair three times, but her condition hasn’t stopped her from fulfilling her dream as an Olympic cyclist.

Her success on the cycling track has given her the confidence to face her condition and now she hopes her Olympic gold medal will help other sufferers do the same.
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