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Jada Pinkett Smith has been very open with her fans about her journey with alopecia.

The 52-year-old actor – who recently released her bombshell memoir, Worthy – has spoken candidly about her struggle with hair loss, also known as alopecia.

While the term “alopecia” is commonly known as hair loss, there are nine different types of alopecia people can develop, according to Alopecia UK.

However, the most common are androgenetic alopecia and alopecia areata – an autoimmune disease that occurs when the immune system attacks its own hair follicles.

“And I’ll tell you it was terrifying when it first started. I was in the shower one day and then just handfuls of hair, just in my hands, and I was like: ‘Oh my God, am I going bald?’ It was one of those times in my life when I was literally shaking with fear.”

The Girls Trip star explained that maintaining a sense of perspective has helped her cope with her alopecia.

“People are out here with cancer, with sick children… I watch the higher power take things every day and if the higher power wants to take my hair? That’s it? God, you want my hair?

“When I looked at it from that perspective it did settle me,” Pinkett Smith added, before she credited turbans for helping her feel empowered as a result of her hair loss.

“When my hair is wrapped, I feel like a queen,” she said.

In July 2021, fans praised Pinkett Smith after she debuted a new buzz cut, saying it was “time to let go” after her struggle with hair loss.

The actor posted about the new style on her Instagram, where she uploaded a short video of herself posing against a backdrop of flowers and revealed that her daughter had been the one to encourage her to cut off her hair.

Pinkett Smith first revealed that she had alopecia in 2018, describing the sudden hair loss she experienced as “terrifying”.

Speaking to her mother, Adrienne Banfield-Norris, and her daughter, Willow Smith, on an episode of Red Table Talk at the time, she recalled losing “handfuls of hair” in the shower one day.

Pinkett Smith then explained how her condition prompted her to cut all her hair off.

“I’ve been getting lots of questions about why I’ve been wearing this turban,” she said. “Well, I’ve been having issues with hair loss.