
Alopecia and me: ‘I embrace it, but I’d love my old hair back’
Individuals residing with one of the frequent forms of alopecia might quickly have entry to remedy on the NHS in Scotland for the primary time.
The drug – referred to as Ritlecitinib – will go earlier than the Scottish Medicines Consortium this week after it was authorized for NHS use in England final month.
Though the each day capsule gained’t remedy the situation, it might present remedy to some who’ve extreme alopecia areata, like 21-year-old Megan McCready, from Clydebank.
Since her analysis on the age of 12, Megan has discovered to embrace her situation and now helps different younger individuals going by way of the identical factor.
Video by Morgan Spence and Hazel Martin