Hediye Garcia, from Ashford, has launched a business to support women with hair loss after being diagnosed with alopecia
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00:00 It started off with a small patch at the top of my head and this is the latest where it is.
00:05 So I still have got a bald patch at the back.
00:08 I am actually fully aware of what it feels like to have experienced hair loss.
00:14 Obviously I haven't lost all of my hair but I am aware of all the emotions that you go through.
00:21 So the embarrassment, you don't really want to talk about it or you feel like you're being judged.
00:28 You don't know why it's happened to you.
00:30 You know, seeing it in the shower when you're washing your hair,
00:34 when you grab your clothes out of the washing machine, it's there, it's just covered around you all the time.
00:41 And I completely get it.
00:42 I have got autoimmune diseases as well which is probably, you know, the link to the hair loss.
00:48 But I just want everyone to know that this is the reason why I've chosen my future
00:55 to go further into the wig and topper industry.
00:58 It's because I've experienced hair loss myself.