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Jada Pinkett Smith appears to be seeking to change the narrative regarding her hair loss since the recent issue surrounding the 2022 Academy Awards.
The 51-year-old mother is on a mission to fight her raging battle with alopecia, a medical ailment that causes hair loss.
Pinkett Smith took to her Instagram account to post two pictures of herself; the first shows herself bald and the second shows some dark hair sprouting on her head.
“This here hair is act’n like it’s try’n a make a comeback,” the actress wrote in the caption. “Still have some trouble spots but — we’ll see.”
Her family has not been amused by jokes regarding her medical condition. Will Smith struck comedian Chris Rock last year at the Academy Awards after he made a joke about Pinkett Smith’s hair loss. The incident drew criticism, but it raised awareness of Pinkett Smith’s medical condition. Will Smith has apologized for his behavior, but he has been barred from attending the Oscars for the next ten years.
Pinkett Smith has been open about her battle with alopecia. She discussed her unpleasant experience of discovering clumps of hair falling out and how it motivated her to cut her hair in a Facebook Watch talk show episode.
Despite medical tests, the root cause of her alopecia remains elusive, though stress is a suspected factor.
