Melanie Sykes proudly shows off her bald head days after admitting she had lost 'two-thirds' of her hair during distressing alopecia battle

has shown off her completely bald head days after revealing she had lost 'two-thirds' of her hair.

The star, 55, has been battling alopecia and gave an update on Friday after the distressing condition.

On Sunday Mel flashed a smile as she posted a selfie of herself with a completely bald head and wrote: 'Loss + Gain = Life.'

She added the hashtags: '#wise #tistime # #yogi #smile.'

The TV presenter first opened up about her battle with alopecia back in April last year and on Friday she showed the extent of her hair loss on either side of her head. 

Lying on her back the star turned her head from side to side to show the impact of the alopecia as she captioned the Instagram clip '#Liberty'. 

Melanie previously told fans last December: 'I am not well, as you know, I've been ill all year. I've got a condition. I'm losing my hair. I keep having crazy, like, all over everything, and I'm working on healing.'

She revealed she had been struggling with alopecia as well as suffering from a heart condition which causes palpitations and has inflammation all over her body. 

In an update in March she told fans: 'Hey strumps, My crown is pretty much what's left of my hair now and how healthy it is.

'I do get cold however, hence my beanie and various headwear, but I'm learning to live with 'loss' and counting my blessings instead.

'It's not always easy to be grateful, but it is the key to happiness and takes daily, moment-to-moment practice. Practice love.'   

Melanie shared a positive health update to end 2025 and revealed she was suffering from 'Post-Traumatic Growth'.

She took to Instagram and told fans how she was 'vibrating high' after 'transcending trauma' amid her battle with the autoimmune condition that's left her 'two-thirds bald' and with excessive inflammation all over her body.

Post-Traumatic Growth is the positive psychological change that some individuals experience after a life crisis or traumatic event.

She said: 'Even the most difficult times do pass, they do, and I just want to use this term post traumatic growth, it's real, you can be suffering from PTSD but still at the same time be experiencing post traumatic growth.'

'I'm in both camps because you can be both things at once, as long as I attend to myself and what makes me happy and feel grief about whatever has gone on and process it and move on from it'.

Before adding: 'We can transcend all trauma, we can be changed, and I am living f***ing proof of that!'.