A mum who has hid behind the hair loss condition alopecia for the last 20 years has bravely revealed a secret compulsion to tear out her own hair that has tormented her since she was a child. For more than two decades, Zena Williams has allowed anyone who noticed her bald patches to believe that she has the auto immune condition that causes her hair to fall out on its own. But in the wake of No Pulling Week, the mum-of-one has now bravely revealed that she has been pulling out her own hair since she was a child. At various stages in her life, Zena has been left almost completely bald by her compulsive addiction to hair-pulling - a little understood psychological condition called trichotillomania. When age 11, having removed most of her hair over the course of a single summer, she returned to school wearing a wig, cruel classmates soon spread the rumour she had cancer, calling her 'cancer face' and subjecting her to relentless bullying. But still Zena refused to reveal the truth about her condition, believing no one would be sympathetic to the compulsion which has blighted her life ever since.
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
COULD this £5,000 auction of Paul McCartney’s Liverpool front door be the most bizarre celebrity sale yet? The door, which looks-like it may have been knocked – and possibly kicked – very hard during its past, was used by members of Britain’s most famous band to visit lead-singer Paul McCartney when he lived at the address from 1955 to 1964 .
A woman with a fear of flying claims she was humiliated after an Emirates airline staff member told her she could ‘go to prison for four years’ for possessing diazepam medication .
Two people have been arrested after a man and woman were shot dead at a house in the Midlands in the early hours of this morning .
A stunning ice cave in Iceland is illuminated by sunlight as the bright blue ice appears glow inside .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
A former size 30 comfort-eater ditched her husband and lost over 10st after he called her a 'fat cow' .
A diving mad couple have finally taken the plunge, having tied the knot 30ft underwater .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
An obese woman has lost 9st after an addiction to junk food left her £1 .
Thousands of people are gathering at a stadium in Johannesburg for a memorial service for Nelson Mandela .