Alopecia kept footballers wife and model Danielle Lineker from realizing her dream of one day becoming an actress, she recently stated. When she was sixteen, her hair began falling out and she felt that she might soon die, she said.
The condition initially perplexed doctors and left the young girl believing that she was going to die because people with cancer have their hair fall out. It was difficult to convince her otherwise, she continues.
She says that eventually, through support from family and friends, she stopped worrying about her hair falling out. She admitted, however, that she still did stress from the condition, which recurs repeatedly. Funny, she might tell you, because experts now believe that stress is one of the contributing factors to the condition.
After some time she found ways to adjust her hairstyle to compensate for the loss, which she says mostly happens on top, so she can comb it over like a bald man. The wind would blow it open as if it were some sort of trap door when she was young and her friends would help her make a joke of it. She says that she gets a patch now and then, but it always comes back.
She also commented that since it is now believed to be stress related, being married to Gary Lineker, former international striker, is really a blessing because he is so calm and relaxed.
In fact, one of her latest efforts is to get back on track with her acting. To that extent, she has recently completed training with London’s Guildhall School.