Faith Hawley, 14, said she was verbally abused, punched and even had her hair set on fire after starting at secondary school.
After three years Faith was diagnosed with alopecia, which doctors say was down to stress.
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Bullied: Faith Hawley believes the stress of being bullied made her lose her hair. Now she is taught at home and has a specially made wig
She is one of a growing number of children who are losing their hair due to the trauma of being bullied at school, according to a hairdresser who designed her special wig.
Now, high-achieving Faith is being taught at home to escape the pressure and panic she endured every day.
She said: "Nearly all of my class bullied me - there were only a couple of lasses who didn't say anything.
"The bullying started because I did judo and they didn't like that. Then I got a horse and they used to take the mick out of me for that.
"I was very good at school and got high marks and all my work was in on time, and they didn't like that either."
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'Her hair was so beautiful, with a lovely natural wave'. Faith had long hair before it fell out after three years of bullying
Faith, from Gateshead, Tyneside, hated going to school and soon the worry and stress was having a damaging effect on her health.
She lost weight, suffered stomach aches and tiredness, and was constantly on edge.
She said: "Sometimes when I walked to school, I would try to walk really slowly so I didn't bump into any of the people who were bullying me.
"At break times I wouldn't go out. I would just sit in the library."
Then one morning Faith and her family were shocked to discover a bald patch on her head.
Soon more and more hair started dropping out, including her eyebrows and eye lashes, and a doctor confirmed she was suffering from alopecia.
Her mum Carol said: "It was horrendous, absolutely devastating.
"Her hair was so beautiful, with a lovely natural wave."
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Faith is tutored at home after she says she was bullied for three years at Ryton Comprehensive
Faith tried a synthetic NHS wig but she became very self-conscious.
But then a teacher at her school saw an article about a local radio DJ called Sarah Knapper who suffered alopecia, and referred her to Sunderland hairdresser Neville Ramsay.
Neville created a wig especially for Faith made of 100 per cent human hair, coloured and cut to her specifications.
Neville, who is director of Ramsay and Johnson Hair and Beauty, said: "Ninety per cent of our wig clients have alopecia, and they're getting younger.
"Girls aged from 14 to 19 are coming in here after suffering bullying at school and stress. We've had hundreds of cases." Faith and her family are thrilled with the result.
Faith's Dad Shaw, 49, said: "Neville has recreated it beautifully. It's really superb. He's done so much for her self-esteem and confidence."
Faith, who is receiving steroid injections to help promote her own hair growth, is now home-tutored and is taking her GCSEs this summer. One day she hopes to become a vet.
Shaw added: "I don't think a lot of kids could sum up the courage that Faith has. She's so determined."
Faith was a pupil at Ryton Comprehensive School, Gateshead, when she was bullied and head teacher Steph Howarth said her claims had been investigated by the school.
"During her time at the school we did everything possible to act on the claims she made about bullying.
"She made a series of allegations about a group of pupils at the school which were all fully and properly investigated.
"We provided Faith with a lot of support and made sure that she was in different classes from the pupils she had made allegations about.
"We have supported her throughout her time at the school by offering a reduced timetable alongside other measures, but after meeting with the local authority and her parents we decided that the best course of action was to support her family's request for home tutoring.
"She has received regular visits and had additional support from staff at the school in conjunction with the home tutoring."
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