Will Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, has alopecia.
Alopecia areata is a medical term for “baldness.”
In 2018, she recalled a “terrifying” experience in the shower when she lost “handfuls of hair.”
In July 2021, she completely shaved her head to avoid the frightening ordeal.
A 2018 peer-reviewed study found that Black and Hispanic woman had “significantly greater” risk at developing alopecia.
Many people with alopecia are otherwise healthy and lead normal lives.
However, there is a greater risk for children to develop the disease if a parent has it.
A rare condition called alopecia universalis is when a person loses all hair on their entire body.
There are numerous studies being done to cure alopecia, but no definitive treatment or cure.
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