A judge has made a landmark ruling that female baldness is a disability as it ‘adversely affects the ability to carry out everyday activities’ – and it has sparked a much-needed conversation about how women experience hair loss, writes Radhika Sanghani I was 13 years old when my hairdresser found the first bald patch at the back of my head,” says Laura Mathias, now 34. “It was the size of a 50p piece. Within weeks, there were more patches and they all started joining up. “I thought about it all