Jasmine first wore a wig after her hair gradually started to fall out in her early teens.
Her hair grew back and then fell out again and until three years ago she wouldn’t leave the house without a wig.
She said: “If I had told myself three years ago that I would be going about my life without wearing a wig, with no hair, I would have laughed and said, ‘don’t be ridiculous’. I could never have imagined being on the Bake Off, let alone doing it with no hair.”
Jasmine said she was now embracing life without a wig, but admits she is still in the process of learning to love it.
According to Alopecia UK, there are many different types of the condition and various medical reasons for hair loss.
One condition is known as alopecia areata which is an autoimmune disease where the body’s immune system attacks the hair follicles – causing the hair to fall out.
“I am getting to the point where more days than not I am actually really enjoying looking a bit different.
“Having alopecia has, and is, changing my perception of what beauty is. Being authentically yourself, the way you were made to be, is so much more beautiful than trying to look like everyone else around you.”
