This Tuesday, January 30, 2024, Lili Reinhart took to her TikTok account to talk about the disease from which she suffers: alopecia. A pathology with which the Riverdale star must now coexist, like other Hollywood personalities who suffer from the same illness. What is it about ?
Amazing revelations. This Tuesday, January 30, 2024, the actress Lili Reinhart seized her account TikTok to discuss a very personal subject with its subscribers. Sitting on her sofa with a red light installed above her head, the star of Riverdale indicates to its many subscribers TikTok suffer from alopecia. “I have just been diagnosed with alopecia as part of major depression”writes the interpreter of Betty Cooper In Riverdale on the social network.
And to add in the caption of this video already viewed by more than 2 million Internet users at the time of writing these few lines: “Red light therapy is my new best friend”. Red light therapy is a preferred method for countering the effects of alopecia by stimulating the hair follicles which ensure hair growth. Indeed, The main effect of this autoimmune disease is to cause hair loss in the person who suffers from it.
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Lili Reinhart, Jada Pinkett Smith…: these stars with alopecia
It is therefore a disease “aesthetic” which, apart from leading hair loss, does not imply any other effect on the patient’s health. A symptom which, however, can prove very difficult to cope with for many people, both women and men. Lili Reinhart is not the only personality who suffers from alopecia, a pathology today well known to Hollywood actors and actresses.
And for good reason, none of them have forgotten the monumental slap sent by Will Smith to Chris Rock during the 2022 Oscars ceremony. That evening, the hero of I’m a legend lost control following a joke made by Chris Rock about the alopecia his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, suffers from. In France, personalities like Edouard Philippe are also affected by this autoimmune disease that appears closely linked to stress. For her part, Lili Reinhart has never hidden her sensitivity to anxiety.
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In 2019, the Riverdale star had already spoken openly on the subject of the depressive episodes that she regularly faces. “Depression has affected me in many ways. It’s something that never leaves you. I have experienced depression and anxiety. Not constantly, but regularly. Sometimes I feel completely unmotivated, I don’t want to do nothing and I doubt myself. I don’t manage my stress very well. But talking about it, sharing my experience with others and realizing that I’m not the only one going through this is really therapeutic.”she confided on Instagram.
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