rich 1.0 About 2% of people worldwide will experience alopecia areata at some point in their lifetime. In the U.S., an estimated 700,000 people currently have alopecia areata, according to a large population study. We spoke with Julie Rachel who shared her story about being diagnosed with Alopecia as a teenager and the importance of learning more about the auto-immune disease. To register for The Walk for Alopecia: Walk For Alopecia® - National Alopecia Areata Foundation | NAAF (https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.naaf.org%2Fwalk%2F&data=05%7C02%7CEric.Urbanowicz%40connmedia.com%7C162614d707db48a9f94e08defd302d7f%7Cd04886a6140c4129980a0f1eb38ba106%7C0%7C0%7C639226580539120147%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2B88WlOQIJTkubWKmHIMTHf6MJ9mdUR%2BWfuh9H%2FeIeMg%3D&reserved=0) To contact Julia: julia.rachel02@gmail.com WICC The Voice of Connecticut https://audioboom.com/channels/4994425-wicc-the-voice-of-connecticut Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/43796876/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8942492/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>