A mother has shared the heartbreaking emotional toll her young daughter faces after losing all of her hair - which has led to cruel name-calling and rejection from her peers. Maggie Grey, 27, from Manchester, says her seven-year-old daughter, Amelia Miah, has been relentlessly bullied by other children, who refuse to play with her, call her cruel names like "baldy" and joke that she looks like a cancer patient.
![[Pictured: Amelia Miah before losing her hair]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/16/94176007-14292591-image-a-20_1737046311498.jpg)
Amelia, who was diagnosed with alopecia in 2020, faces an ongoing battle with her confidence as her condition worsens, with all of her thick, glossy black hair - including her eyebrows - now gone. The journey began when Amelia was just three years old when Maggie was left 'horrified' at discovering small bald patches on her daughter's head.
![[Pictured: Amelia Miah, with her younger sister, now]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/16/94176009-14292591-image-a-19_1737046292822.jpg)
But what began with a few concealable patches quickly escalated to total hair loss over the years. In 2020, Amelia was officially diagnosed with alopecia, an autoimmune condition that causes the immune system to attack the hair follicles, leaving the scalp and other areas of the body bald.
![[Amelia, who was diagnosed with alopecia in 2020, faces an ongoing battle with her confidence as her condition worsens, with all of her thick, glossy black hair (pictured) now gone]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/16/94175987-14292591-image-a-23_1737046387620.jpg)
Since then, Maggie has watched her daughter's confidence plummet as she faces stares from strangers and cruel taunts from classmates each day. The emotional toll has been devastating for both Amelia and the family, as Maggie shared: 'It's breaking my heart and I'm at my wits end. I've tried everything and nothing seems to be working. At night, I lay there and just sob.'.
![[What began with a few concealable bald patches on Amelia's head quickly escalated to total hair loss over the years]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/16/94175979-14292591-image-a-24_1737046397750.jpg)
