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'Kind of ironic' Hairy Bikers star Dave Myers details health battle with alopecia
Dave Myers, 64, appeared on Comfort Eating with Grace Dent two weeks ago.The star makes up one half of the famous travelling chef duo, the Hairy Bikers, alongside fellow food enthusiast and friend Si King, 55.MasterChef regular Grace, 48, has hosted plenty of famous guests on her podcast with The Guardian, where they discuss their favourite comfort foods before delving a bit deeper into their personal lives.After sharing some tinned tomatoes on toast, the pair went on to have a heartfelt discussion about Dave’s tough adolescence.The podcast presenter spoke to Dave about his experience as a young carer and about his alopecia.Alopecia is a medical term for balding, where patchy baldness can develop anywhere on the body, including the scalp, beard area, eyebrows, eyelashes, armpits, inside your nose, or ears, according to the American Academy of Dermatology Association.Grace remarked: “So you were always really a carer? And going into your teenage years, you’ve never really been carefree. You’ve always been caring for someone.