Jada Pinkett Smith says it was his first sign of alopecia

She says she "trembled with fear" when it happened.


Jada Pinkett Smith seemed superb at the Academy Awards Ceremony Sunday, but when Chris Rock fell a joke about her shaved head, she headed under her husband nearly 25 years old,Will Smith the skin. The comment may have seemed harmless to some, but it has won instant smuggling and leads to one alreadyinfamous slap.The whole situation was shocking to say the least, but knowing a little more about what Pinkett Smith spent in recent years in recent years, it is clear that Smith's emotions were so close to the surface.

A few years ago, the actor, the Host of Talk-Show, and the mother of Jaden and Willow took to wrap his hair in turbans. Last summer sheshaved his head, explaining in an Instagram post, it was "time to leave". The reason? Back in May 2018, Pinkett Smith revealed that she suffers from alopecia, a self-immune disturbance that causes hair loss. By saying, "It's not easy to talk about" on an episode of his Facebook Talk-Station show,Redboard,An emotional pinket smith open to his struggle. "I had problems with hair loss. And I tell you it was terrifying when he started." Read it to know which symptom had "literally shaken with fear" and how its attitude towards its condition has changed since.

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She first noticed that she lost her hair in the shower.

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AtRedboardPinkett Smith said that the first sign of his alopecia became obvious as she washed her hair. "I was in the shower a day, then just hair handles, just in my hands, and I was like: 'Oh, my God, I'm going to bald?" To say that it was "one of those times in my life when I had literally shake fear," she explained that she was starting to cut her hair and eventually kiss turbans. "When my Hair are wrapped, I feel like a queen, "she said.

His hair was a large part of his identity.

Jada Pinkett Smith during 2005 BET Awards
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While Pinkett Smith seemed seeming to be the picture of self-confidence and pressure under pressure, losing his hair was not something she took the stride. "My hair was a big part of me. Take care of my hair was a beautiful ritual and having the choice to have hair or not, then one day like being like, Oh, my God, I could have the choice . '"

Despite taking "every type of test," said doctors did not know why she lost her hair.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

About two percent of the population has this type of alopecia.

Portrait of a woman examining her scalp and hair in front of the mirror, noticing hair loss
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ALOPECIA AREATA is a self-immune disorder that causes what doctors call "non-cicatricial" hair loss. This means that the follicle is preserved, can hair loss come and go over time. It can be unparalleled and, in some cases, total baldness occurs. Ontwo percent of the general population will experience ALOPECIA AREATA at some point in their lives, said a study published in the newspaperNature Review of the Primers of the Disease In 2017.

ALOPECIA AREATA is the second most common type of non-cicatricial alopecia, with an alopecia of male and female patterns being the most common. (You may be more familiar with the term "male baldness" that affectsMore than half of the menAccording to the National Library of Medicine.) Researchers call Alopecia Areata "complex" and "polygenic", which means that it can be caused by several genes or factors.

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Pinkett Smith says she "can only laugh" from his condition now.

Jada Pinkett Smith at the Los Angeles premiere of 'Gemini Man' held at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, USA on October 6, 2019.
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In an Instagram video posted at the end of last year, Pinkett Smith seemed to beFind humor in his struggle with alopecia. "At this point, I can only laugh," she said, stroking her bald head. Saying that "suddenly one day" appeared, she pleasant, "mama will put rhinestones out there. I will make a little crown. That's what moms will do." In the legend, she wrote: "Me and this alopecia will be friends ... period!"

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