A woman with alopecia who lost all her hair when she was just eight years old has been left overwhelmed after her cousins grew out their own hair and chopped it off – just so they could make a wig for her.

Chloe Marie Bean, 22, from Scottsdale, Arizona, was diagnosed with the autoimmune illness as a child when she started noticing bald spots on her scalp.

She was initially diagnosed with alopecia areata – the mildest form of the condition – but this soon developed into alopecia universalis, which sees the affected person lose all their body and facial hair including eyebrows, lashes, leg and arm hair.

The full-time student, who has taken to TikTok to lift the stigma around baldness and has over one million followers, has now gone viral after sharing a story of how her cousins, Grant 25, and Carson, 18, rallied to make her a wig of their own locks.

One clip has racked up 9.3 million views, 830,000 likes and over 7,000 comments.

"My two cousins knew how much I missed having my hair so after growing it out for two years, I was finally able to shave it off and have a wig made for me with family hair,” she said.

"I am so blessed.

"It was so heartwarming knowing I have family willing to do basically anything to put a smile on my face.

"I also prefer a wig from them since human hair is very expensive to get so knowing I have a human hair wig from my family beats any other wig I have ever had.

"I absolutely love it, it reminds me of the hair I had before it fell out.

"The curls are absolutely beautiful!"

The cousins first started growing their hair out in 2019 and chopped the locks off two years later, in May 2021 – it was handed over to Chloe in December 2021, just in time for Christmas.

She now frequently shows off her glossy new wig on social media, and users love her honest approach to living life with alopecia.

A woman with alopecia who lost all her hair when she was just eight years old has been left overwhelmed after her cousins grew out their own hair and chopped it off – just so they could make a wig for her.

Chloe Marie Bean, 22, from Scottsdale, Arizona, was diagnosed with the autoimmune illness as a child when she started noticing bald spots on her scalp.

She was initially diagnosed with alopecia areata – the mildest form of the condition – but this soon developed into alopecia universalis, which sees the affected person lose all their body and facial hair including eyebrows, lashes, leg and arm hair.

The full-time student, who has taken to TikTok to lift the stigma around baldness and has over one million followers, has now gone viral after sharing a story of how her cousins, Grant 25, and Carson, 18, rallied to make her a wig of their own locks.

One clip has racked up 9.3 million views, 830,000 likes and over 7,000 comments.

"My two cousins knew how much I missed having my hair so after growing it out for two years, I was finally able to shave it off and have a wig made for me with family hair,” she told Jam Press.

"I am so blessed.

"It was so heartwarming knowing I have family willing to do basically anything to put a smile on my face.

"I also prefer a wig from them since human hair is very expensive to get so knowing I have a human hair wig from my family beats any other wig I have ever had.

"I absolutely love it, it reminds me of the hair I had before it fell out.

"The curls are absolutely beautiful!"

The cousins first started growing their hair out in 2019 and chopped the locks off two years later, in May 2021 – it was handed over to Chloe in December 2021, just in time for Christmas.

She now frequently shows off her glossy new wig on social media, and users love her honest approach to living life with alopecia.

“Wow, I’ve always been so insecure about my hair thinning and this video got to me! Thank you for being an inspiration, So beautiful!," wrote one person.

“From women to women. I'll be honest with you: I have never seen such a beautiful human like you, you are a real queen” said another user.

Someone else added: “I have the alopecia too and see u i feel good and i feel amazing