Jada Pinkett Smith Embraces Hair Loss: “Me and This Alopecia Are Going to Be Friends”

Over the years, Jada Pinkett Smith has been very open about her suffering from alopecia, an autoimmune disease that causes bald spots and hair loss. 

The actress and Red Table Talk host recently shared a video on Instagram showing off one of the bare scalp patches that she’s embracing. She captioned the post saying: “Mama’s gonna have to take it down to the scalp so nobody thinks she got brain surgery or something😜 Me and this alopecia are going to be friends … period!😆.”

“Now at this point, I can only laugh,” Pinkett Smith said as she ran her finger across a bald line patch along the center of her scalp. “Y’all know I’ve been struggling with alopecia and just all of a sudden one day, look at this line right here. Look at that.”

“So it just showed up like that and this is going to be a little bit more difficult for me to hide. So I thought I’d just share it so y’all are not asking any questions,” the 50-year-old shared candidly and with a laugh. “But you know mama’s going to put some rhinestones in there. I’m going to make me a little crown. That’s what mama’s going to do.”

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