Amy Dowden has told how she "cried more" over losing her hair than any other part of her cancer battle as she shares intimate details about the past 12 months for the first time.
The Strictly Come Dancing star underwent a mastectomy and chemotherapy after being diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2023.
She also contracted life-threatening sepsis while undergoing treatment, but she admitted nothing made her as emotional as shaving off her locks before she lost them as a side-effect of her treatment.
In an extract from her book 'Dancing in the Rain' published by the Mail on Sunday newspaper, she wrote: "My life away from Strictly was distinctly unglamorous.
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