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PODCAST: Going more than skin deep with BC MLA who lost her hair then took off her wig

Off the Page: Ronna-Rae Leonard talks about who encouraged her after alopecia took her hair
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Courtenay-Comox MLA Ronna Rae Leonard and Premier John Horgan. Photo submitted

Courtenay-Comox MLA Ronna Rae Leonard is used to the spotlight in her lengthy political career, but a recent diagnosis initially found her pulling away from the public eye.

About 10 years ago, she noticed hair loss around her scalp line and her hair receding from her forehead. She was diagnosed with frontal fibrosing alopecia — a form of scarring hair loss, which means hair will not grow back.

“I lost my eyebrows and all the hair on my arms and legs … and it was not a good thing,” she says as the next guest on The Record’s Off The Page podcast, set to be released July 20.

“You

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Erin Haluschak

About the Author: Erin Haluschak

Erin Haluschak is a journalist with the Comox Valley Record since 2008. She is also the editor of Trio Magazine...
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