Sandra Bullock on dealing with alopecia

Alopecia is an autoimmune disease that causes hair loss. It occurs in men and women, but more often in women, and the disease is of great concern to patients for aesthetic reasons. Famous American actress Sandra Bullock (57) spoke about the problem of alopecia on the Red Table Talk show, and she believes that the burglary in her house was the reason she developed PTSD, and then alopecia.

"I was looking at my body and said 'It's going to break.'

- My house was broken into while I was in it. I was in the closet and I said to myself: 'This is not going to end well' - she said honestly.

She recalled that her son, whom she adopted in 2010 that evening, was fortunately not at home.

"It was the only night Louis wasn't with me." "The nanny told me, 'Let me take him to my apartment because you're going out late,'" Sandra said. She adds that she would certainly run to his room and that would change their destiny forever.

She also said that a burglar killed himself in her house when the SWAT team intervened in the burglary.

The American actress said that at about the same time she had a poisonous spider bite and her son had an epileptic seizure, all of which led to PTSD and stress, and ultimately hair loss.

- I looked at my body and said to myself 'It will break'. It did not respond well to what was happening. My hair started to fall out. I had alopecia spots everywhere - Sandra described.

She adds that she counted how much her hair fell out and realized that she had to make changes.

- If I don't come to my senses, I'll die. Something is going to happen to my body that I can’t control, and I can control everything, ”she said.

She said she visited a therapist and received an anti-PTSD treatment called EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization + Reprocessing Therapy) to cure these traumatic events.

- Literally, the therapist says: 'Start where you were during the burglary'. I said I was in the closet and heard him banging on the door. He said 'Keep that feeling', and then he started vibrating the balls - she said.

She adds that she dealt with burglary through treatment, but also with childhood problems, and noticed that she never knew how to ask for help. This therapy and learning how to seek help helped Bullock get out of negative thinking.

- I'm still not good at asking for help, but I'm getting better. It was my son who showed me that, unless I gather myself now, I will not be there to have the moments I wanted to have with him- she concluded.

How to recognize alopecia?

There are different types of this condition. Alopecia areata is most common in its main form, but there are other, less common types:

Total alopecia means you have lost all the hair on your head.

Universal alopecia is hair loss all over the body.

Alopecia areata creates single or multiple bald spots.

Ophthalmosis causes hair loss in the form of a band on the side and back of the head.

Symptoms of alopecia

The main and often only symptom of alopecia is hair loss. You may also notice:

• - Small bald spots on the scalp or other parts of the body
• - Faalouts can become larger and grow into a bald spot
• - Hair grows back in one place and falls out in another
• - You lose a lot of hair in a short time
• - More hair loss during cold weather
• - Fingernails and toenails become red, brittle and cracked