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A HILLARYS resident has shaved off her long hair in support of a friend who has a hair loss condition. Kam Waihi shaved her hair on May 12 in recognition of her friend Kathi Tait, who has been dealing with alopecia areata (斑秃)【小题1】 she was nine years old.
“It all happened very quickly. I started getting large bald patches and 【小题2】 no time I lost 40 percent of my hair. ” Ms. Tait said. “My sister passed away from blood cancer the year before, so it was an 【小题3】(extreme) tough time. I managed to get through primary school. However, high school was a different story. It was terrible; I got bullied (被欺负) because of my alopecia. “
Ms. Tait 【小题4】(wear) a wig (假发) for the first year of high school and her hair grew back, only【小题5】(fall) out again after a year and a half. This pattern of growth and loss was frequent until her 30s when most of her hair fell out and didn’t grow back.
A few years ago she shaved off 【小题6】 small amount of【小题7】(remain) hair, stopped wearing wigs and started living a life as a bald woman-calling【小题8】(her) the “bald warrior”.
Miss Waihi, 【小题9】 has known Ms. Tait for more than 12 years, said her friend still faced【小题10】(judge) every day. “I want more people to know about the condition and to send out the message that it is OK to be bald.