Por mucho tiempo, la joven modelo Lara Kitchen fingió tener una larga cabellera rubia, hasta que un día se cansó y contó su realidad: es completamente calva.

La bella australiana de 20 años, perdió su cabello cuando tenía 14, lo que fue un golpe duro para ella, pues se sentía observada por sus compañeros de colegio, quienes constantemente le preguntaban por el tema

“En el colegio era la chica de la peluca. Todos me preguntaban si tenía cáncer. Eso me provocaba mucha ansiedad y mis papás no sabían bien que hacer”, relató en una oportunidad.

Luego de visitar a diversos especialistas, finalmente tuvo un diagnóstico: alopecia extrema.

“Vimos médico tras médico y algunos dijeron que era el estrés y luego un dermatólogo nos dijo alopecia, recuerdo estar sentada llorando en la oficina del médico”, indicó

Aunque se sometió a varios tratamientos, éstos no dieron resultado, por lo que debió acostumbrarse a vivir así.

Pero su vida volvió a iluminarse cuando una mujer, Francesca de Mori, le ofreció las pelucas de pelo natural que ella fabricaba. “A partir de ese momento pude volver a hacerme una cola de caballo, una trenza u otros peinados. Mi cabello parecía real y yo estaba feliz”, comentó.

“Franchesca hizo largas pelucas de cabello humano, fue tan emocionante”, indicó.

Si bien usa pelucas frecuentemente, Lara no tiene problemas en mostrarse tal cual es en fotos y por lo mismo, de vez en cuando publica imágenes donde se aprecia su calva cabeza.

“No hay ninguna duda de que el cabello es muy importante físicamente. Pero mis amigos y mi familia me quieren por como soy y no me tengo por qué avergonzar de ello”, indicó en uno de los videos que suele compartir en redes sociales.

Doing this is was the scariest thing I have ever done in my entire life and something I don't speak about to anyone! So a little story to get this all started When I was 14 I started to loose my hair in clumps and as you can imagine being a 14 year old girl starting high school with new people, you want to make a good impression but for me I became and felt like I was the girl that "wore a wig" or as nasty rumors went around such as "I had cancer" and these words were spread not just through my own school but through other school and already suffering anxiety made things very tough. My parents had no Idea what was going on, why was I loosing my hair? We saw doctor after doctor and some said stress and then one of perths top dermatologists told us alopecia, I remember sitting there and just crying in the doctors office and taking my wig off as he looked at my head and began to tell me and my mum that the follicle off the hair was still there but the chances of it growing back were slim but determined to get my hair back we started treatments (which were not cheap, and involved very strong steroids going onto my head) eventually after trying and trying I gave up and had to accept that nothing was working so for the mean time stick to wigs And I can tell you now wigs 6-7 years ago were not what they are today! And one day a gorgeous soul who I will forever be great full too for this told me about franchesca this young lady that was making wigs/ weaves. So my mum and i went and visited franchesca and my god my life changed instantly, Franchesca made long human hair wigs, which was so exciting for me, I could straighten my hair!! I could have a long pony tail! My "hair" looked more real. And from then on kept hush about my hair. Over the past years me and franchesca have spoken about doing something like this video and a few months ago, I agreed! Because I have nothing to be ashamed off in my words "I'm bold (literally) and strong" and yes hair is a major physical aspect to my appearance but my friends and family love me for me, my personality the person and was raised to be, I shouldn't have anything to feel ashamed off! *continue reading in the comments section

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La chica, que se declara “valiente y fuerte” cuenta con más de 22 mil seguidores en Instagram.