Journalist Ranvir Singh, who typically presents on Good Morning Britain, revealed her hyper-pigmented skin can “look very noticeable”. “If I don’t keep my hyperpigmentation under control, I feel it can look very noticeable,” Ranvir told Prima. The 45-year-old also spoke about her alopecia. “I have a few little bald patches along my parting,” she shared.
Opening up what triggered alopecia, Ravir said: “It started when my dad had a heart attack and… died… [my hair] never come back.”
While Ranvir has been dealing with alopecia for decades, it still impacts her self-confidence.
“We were at Thorpe Park on Mother’s Day and I feel dreadful about the photographs because your hair is going backwards,” she revealed.
In everyday life, Ranvir has “found ways” to cover her bald patches, such as “coloured sprays” and having a fringe.
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Skin hyperpigmentation
The UK’s leading skin clinician Sk:n explained that the skin “contains a pigment called melanin, which determines the colour of your skin”.
Hyperpigmentation occurs when extra melatonin is produced due to damaged skin cells.
While the skin condition becomes more obvious with age, if left untreated, it can get much worse.
Common causes of hyperpigmentation include:
- Overexposure to the sun
- Genetics
- Hormonal changes
- Medical conditions
- Trauma to the skin, such as burns or picking spots.
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Depending on whether hair loss is temporary or permanent, treatments differ.
Temporary hair loss could be because of an illness, stress, cancer treatment, weight loss or an iron deficiency.
“Hair loss caused by a medical condition usually stops or grows back once you’ve recovered,” the NHS explains.
Female and male pattern baldness, on the other hand, requires constant application of minoxidil.
As a precaution, though, the NHS warned minoxidil doesn’t work for everyone.
And, for those who it does work for, the treatment only works to prevent hair loss as long as it’s being used.
For alopecia, for example, the bald patches can be covered up via coloured sprays, like what Ranvir does.
If the bald patches are more extensive, then wearing a wig can be a good option.
Ranvir Singh features on James Martin’s Saturday Morning, ITV, at 9.30am.
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