25 Sep Russian Woman Who Once Had Alopecia Is Now Being Referred To As The “Real-Life Rapunzel”

I’ve always had insecurities about my hair because unfortunately it’s bushy, frizzy and gets tangled very easily. In fact, for a very long time it was my number one insecurity. It didn’t matter how many people tried to tell me that it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was, because I was convinced that everyone else would hate it as much as I did.

My mom would often ask me why I didn’t just shave it all off. Of course she didn’t mean it, and she knew that I would never seriously consider it. However, it did make me realize that I was more grateful for my hair than I originally thought.

In fact, I’m incredibly thankful for my hair, and can’t even begin to imagine what it must be like to have a condition which leads to tresses upon tresses of hair falling out.

However, this is a reality for millions of people around the world. One former sufferer of severe hair loss is 23-year-old Anastasia Sidorova. She was diagnosed with androgenetic alopecia as a teenager. The condition resulted in large chunks of her hair falling out to the extent that her head was completely covered in large bald patches.

The sudden hair loss which started when she was just 18, sabotaged Anastasia’s confidence so much so that she went to see a trichologist, an expert on hair-related conditions.

Against all odds, the treatment that Anastasia received from the trichologist allowed her hair to start growing again. She was so ecstatic to have her hair back that she began to take a deep interest in trichology and has even begun training to become a professional trichologist.

When Anastasia’s hair grew back, she couldn’t bring herself to cut it. In fact, as of 2017 her hair is a whopping 90 inches long and she’s now being referred to as the real-life Russian Rapunzel.

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