human interest
This woman turned her struggles with a skin disease into a powerful, inspiring message
Brooke Brakeman is a 25-year-old woman who works in a bakery. She loves animals—her hedgehog, Hazel, in particular—has amazing tattoos and her favorite band ever is All Time Low. Brakeman is also diagnosed with alopecia areata. It’s an autoimmune skin disease that causes hair loss on the scalp, face and other parts of the body. […]
