According to what the People en Español portal reported, Jada Pinkett Smith suffers from an autoimmune disease that causes alopecia, which attacks the hair follicles and causes baldness. According to the Merck’s Manual of the Materia Medica portal, this condition is better known as uncontrollable hair loss. This disease is known to be caused by:
Drugs (including chemotherapy agents)
infections
systemic disorders
Systemic lupus erythematosus
endocrine disorders
nutritional deficiencies
Primary abnormalities of the hair shaft
Autoimmune diseases (which would be the case of Pinkett Smith)
heavy metal poisoning
Rare dermatological conditions such as dissecting cellulitis of the scalp
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Jada Pinkett Smith revealed that she suffered from alopecia in 2018
Four years ago, Jada Pinkett Smith spoke, for the first time, about her condition, after recording an episode of “Red Table Talk”. She that time she wore a turban on her head. “I’m dealing with some hair loss issues,” she said in starting her message.
Later, he spoke about the details of how alopecia affected his life emotionally: “It was terrifying when it started. One day I was in the shower and suddenly I had entire strands of hair falling out in my hands. It was one of those moments in my life where I was left literally shaking with fear. My hair was always a big part of me. Caring for him was a beautiful ritual. I always had the option to have hair or not and one day, suddenly, I didn’t have it anymore.
What is the last thing Jada said about her illness?
Instead of hiding it with fear or shame, the celebrity has gone through the process of accepting her illness and respecting all the changes it can cause in her body.
In a short video that Jada uploaded to her social networks, the actress announced that her condition had worsened and that she decided to completely shave her hair: “Mom will have to talk about the scalp so that no one thinks that I have had brain surgery or something. Alopecia and I are going to be friends, period!”