What is alopecia? Jada Pinkett Smith’s experience brings public awareness to disease

She at first wore a wig but said she knew she would eventually go public about her alopecia, because she felt as if she “owed all those little girls an explanation.”

Pinkett Smith’s openness about the disease has earned her praise both before and in the wake of the Oscars incident.

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