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Female alopecia: What happens to Jada Pinkett, Will Smith's wife?

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  Jada Pinkett Smith shared her hair loss on social media - Reuters The 2022 Oscars will go down in history as the edition in which actor Will Smith slapped gala presenter Chris Rock after joking about his wife's alopecia, Jada Pinkett Smith . At the end of 2021, the actress acknowledged on her social networks that she has alopecia and that she has decided to accept it: "This alopecia and I are going to be friends... period!" Although hair loss is a circumstance that has always affected men more, female cases have increased significantly for a long time . It is estimated that 30% of women will suffer from some type of alopecia throughout their lives. There are more than a hundred types, although the most common in women is androgenic alopecia , of hormonal and genetic origin. Those affected lose capillary density, the line becomes wider and the scalp is visible. Another type of alopecia that also affects women is frontal fibrosing alopecia , a type of cicatricial baldness...

What is alopecia, the disease suffered by Jada Pinkett Smith?

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  Jada Pinkett Smith drank too much in her teens The actress Jada Pinkett Smith has been characterized by her honesty and courage to reveal intimate episodes of her life, including the open relationship she has with her husband, actor Will Smith , her addictions to alcohol and drugs and the reason why decided to shave his head. But what she was not prepared for was to be the center of jokes by comedian Chris Rock , precisely because of her baldness, during the Oscars. As millions of people attested, Rock said he couldn't wait to see the "GI Jane 2" version, referring to the shaved head of the actress, who rolled her eyes at her comment. Her husband then got up to hit Rock and demanded that he not mention Jada's name. Moments later, Smith had to take the stage to receive the Best Actor award for his performance in King Richard and apologized for his behavior to the Academy and the audience, but not to Rock. The episode has been the most talked about at the Oscars due t...