“I looked in the mirror and literally half my hair had just come out for no reason.”
1.Viola Daviswas 28 when she experienced hair loss due to alopecia.
Big splash of bald on the top of my head.
I was like, ‘What is this?’
Until I found out it was stress-related."
She wore wigs exclusively for years until debuting her natural hair at the 2012 Oscars.
I am telling you, I have spent so much of my life not feeling comfortable in my skin.
I am just so not there anymore."
3.On a 2018 episode ofRed Table Talk,Jada Pinkett Smithopened upabout her experience with alopecia.
It was one of those times in my life where I was literally shaking in fear."
Over the years, the actor has been candid about her journey on social media.
Look at that."
“I have dyed my hair virtually every color imaginable for different films.
It got so bad that my hair literally began to fall out of my head!”
She called wigs the “greatest thing thats ever happened” to her hair.
5.Tyra Banksspent five years working on a young adult book titledModelland.
While writing, she juggled a busy schedule and overworked herself.
“How can I say this without tearing up?”
sheaskedduring a 2011 interview with the Wall Street Journal.
“I got a little alopecia from the stress.”
6.In a powerful 2020Instagram post, Ricki Lake shared pictures of herself with a bald head.
People that don’t go through hair loss, they can’t really relate.
They don’t understand, but it was a big deal.
It was something that consumed my life."
7.In a 2021 interview withRefinery29, Khloe Kardashian recalled experiencing hair loss during the pandemic.
“When I got COVID, I actually lost a great deal of my hair.
It happened in chunks, and it was like two or three weeks after I had COVID.
I was really bummed you don’t feel good about yourself.”
“Emotionally, there is a huge drop in confidence,” she said.
“It’s a really disheartening experience.
The singer recalled driving around and looking for billboards about hair loss.
“I’d look for doctor billboards and infomercials.
I was checking everything out.
It was a panic within me.”
9.In 2020, Lea Michele welcomed her first child, son Ever Leo.
“The postpartum hair loss is REAL,” she wrote.
“My hair just was not what it used to be.
It was very fine, like it had gone away, there just was hardly any hair there.”
“male pattern baldness … aging is fun,” she wrote.
“I am more careful and I do different things.”
While filming a project in the US, she noticed hair clumps around the shower drain.
The whole thing took just three to four weeks.
I went to America, left my daughter with my ex-husband and came back completely bald.”
Gail continued, “So I just didn’t care what anyone else thought.
I just thought there are so many worse things in the world.
I’ve lost my hair, but my daughter loves me, end of story.”
