Jada Pinkett Smith Shows Hair Growth Amid Alopecia Battle

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Jada Pinkett Smith is sharing some of her progress amid her ongoing battle with alopecia. The 51-year-old star took to Instagram to show some before and after photos of her hair growth. «This here hair is act’n like it’s try’n a make a come back.

Still have some trouble spots but — we’ll see✨» the actress captioned the photos. Noting that the image with her cropped platinum locks showed what her hair currently looks like, Pinkett Smith also shared a photo of herself bald from the past.

Pinkett Smith has been upfront in the past about her battle with alopecia, an autoimmune disorder that can cause hair loss to one's scalp or entire body and that can be temporary or permanent.

A post shared by Jada Pinkett Smith (@jadapinkettsmith)The mother of two went public with her condition in 2018. Then in September 2022, Pinkett Smith celebrated «Bald Is Beautiful» day on Instagram.Pinkett Smith's struggles with alopecia came to the forefront of the pop culture conversation in March 2022 when comedian Chris Rock cracked a joke at the 2022 Oscars about her shaved head, prompting her husband, Will Smith, to rush the stage and slap the comedian across the face.