{"id":986,"date":"2011-03-11T15:48:09","date_gmt":"2011-03-11T15:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/?p=986"},"modified":"2021-06-18T13:20:10","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T13:20:10","slug":"you-are-not-alone-with-alopecia-universalis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/hair-loss-general\/you-are-not-alone-with-alopecia-universalis.php","title":{"rendered":"You are not alone with alopecia universalis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alopecia universalis is an advanced for of alopecia areata, a condition where the hair falls out in patches. It causes hair loss all over the body, including eyebrows, eyelashes and even pubic hair.<\/p>\n<p>The condition is extremely rare, affecting only approximately 1 in 100,000 people. However, those people who do have alopecia universalis can often feel alone in their predicament as they believe no one else knows what they are going through.<\/p>\n<p>It may give alopecia universalis sufferers some comfort to know that there are people all over the world with the condition, some of whom are very well-known.<\/p>\n<p><strong>High-profile figures with alopecia universalis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>John D. Rockefeller<\/strong> \u2013 the oil magnate and businessman often thought of as the richest man in history<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Duncan Goodhew<\/strong> \u2013 the former Olympic swimmer<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Matt Lucas<\/strong> \u2013 comedy actor most famous for the Little Britain TV series<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Art Harris<\/strong> \u2013 CNN reporter and journalist<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Dave McPherson<\/strong> \u2013 the lead singer and guitarist for InMe, the British rock band<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Charlie Villanueva<\/strong> \u2013 the professional basketball player who plays for the Detroit Pistons<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Dean Canto<\/strong> \u2013 the Australian racing driver<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Pierluigi Collina<\/strong> &#8211; a referee with the Italian Football Referees Association (AIA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alopecia universalis is an advanced for of alopecia areata, a condition where the hair falls out in patches. It causes hair loss all &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=986"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1598,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986\/revisions\/1598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}