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Thank you so much for teaching about this auto-immune disease that affects millions of people, I was completely shocked when Chris Rock humiliated her and made fun of her about her disease publicly and in front of her husband and I just don't get it why for the majority of people it is not a big deal knowing that the hair for a woman represents her femininity and her attraction for a man.
I love how fluid the information was delivered. Interesting the whole way through. Epic how you ironically showed Jada with a wig and in black face/body! hahaha You are a very handsome person. Your face has amazing symmetry...
When I was a hairstylist in Beverly Hills a lot of my clients had this scar, in the exact that spot. It's surgical. He's right. Brow lift. Older face-lifts created very thick scars.
Cosmetologist over 30 years, that's a surgical scar... I've seen it on many clients. Furthermore, there's at least 8 types of alopecia and at least 30% of women suffer from this. Dr. Linkov, you're right on point.
@@MsLouisVee Very true.. The Dr. I worked with went into the "depths of D.C." and found a very talented tattoo artist, who created nipples for cancer patients, fixed difficult scarring and pigmentation issues. We always camouflaged scars in the hair, because every hairdresser in town will know who has had "procedures"...
Well said Jada’s scalp,scar appears to be surgical related and not related to alopecia . She shaves her hair and perpetuates a lie to play on the sympathy of her audience who lack true knowledge of the different types of alopecia. Jada’s narcissist personality won’t allow herself to be honest and truthful because she’s constantly deflecting blame on everything else.
I had a facelift a few years before my occasional dime-sized alopecia spots really kicked into gear in 2008 and became totalis. I’ve got a scar on each side of my head. Although I now have extremely limited hair growth - maybe 30 hairs on my head, 1/4” long eyebrows, very thin eyelashes, and a few hairs in various other places, I know better than to expect any substantial change. I tried a wig, but I live on the coast in Mexico. It’s much too hot for wigs. I figure if someone doesn’t like seeing a bald woman, they can just look the other way. I forget I’m bald until I unexpectedly see myself in a mirror. And I have to say, there are many advantages in avoiding hair care time and expenses.
She's lying and saying her scar is alopecia?! Girl, that's from cosmetic surgery! These celebs need to quit with the lies. I'm glad you pointed it out to others who wouldn't have a clue. Lying on alopecias name? Not in this neighbourhood! You can be a positive role model spreading awareness for alopecia, but don't forget about being a positive role model about cosmetic surgery too. Edit: After a few replies I gave them the benefit of the doubt and double checked my conclusion. I even tried researching 'Linear presentation of alopecia' and got nowhere. The only line like presentation regarding alopecia are wide bands of hair loss that travel across the entire scalp. Hers starts and stops in a way alopecia just doesn't present as. I know a scar and I know how alopecia presents, her story is not adding up. I then researched 'cosmetic surgery incision locations' and hers resembles a Brow Lift, I then tried 'brow lift incision locations' and found this.. '' Your surgeon will make an incision behind your hairline across the top of your head, from ear to ear or primarily on the top of your head. '' Her scar is consistent with the incision made during a brow lift procedure. Its a SCAR NOT ALOPECIA. Sorry Jada fans, your queen is unfortunately being untruthful.
How you know she lying ? I have two scars on the side of my head and my alopecia is hereditary. I shaved my head Jan 2nd because my sides just refuse to grow. My scars are huge and my mom, aunt, and sister have them as well. Don’t be too quick to judge a situation.
Yup. Wow. This is amazing. I had no idea about her “alopecia” issue before the oscars and said to myself why does she have full stubble. I know what alopecia is all too well. I thought she was lying to take the focus off whatever other scandals she has “admitted” to. Bunch of sh$t!
You confirmed my thoughts. Just looked like a shaved head with a scar on top. You can see all her intact hair follicles on her shaved head. When i think alopecia i think the circular balding or traction balding. Her hair might be thinning and extremely damaged from all the bleaching, but i was definitely scratching my head trying to see where the alopecia was.
Elvira@@jaebeablessings1005 I love & I am very appreciative of Real People like Will & Jada. People who are transparent, (who share their own struggles). We need more Real People like Will & Jada who are not just jumping on social media sites to boast about their greatness. We need people like them to encourage other people, One never knows these transparencies encourage & support others. This is love!!💯❤❤❤❤ We need so much more of it.💯🌹
She wants to shave her hair, that's ok, but then realized that her browlift scar can be seen...well she needed to find a reason to have a scar and why not say it's alopecia. The problem is people are too scared to call her a liar because I know people who have alopecia and believe me I've never seen it like that. She had a brow lift people, plain and simple.
It’s amazing that Jada thinks she’s fooling people with that statement. It’s probably safe to say she has lied enough that she’s still doing it because no one is publicly challenging her lies about that scar. I’m not saying she doesn’t have alopecia. I’m saying she’s a bad liar. She lies so much she believes herself. She doesn’t seem like one to ever admit her faults. Meanwhile we can now see and know she’s had a cosmetic procedure with scars to show for it. And we now know she’s a bad liar. Maybe the Smiths also lied for Jordan and her cheating ways that Khloe K. had previously revealed. They also lie about not being Scientologists. Oh the list is only beginning with how they’ve lost a lot of credibility in one night.
As soon as I saw Jada's scar on her scalp, I knew it was from a Coronal brow lift. What a disappointment that she is trying to blame it on hair loss instead of owning that she had a cosmetic procedure. I have the same scar from a Coronal brow lift and associated hair loss in the area of the scar. My cosmetic surgeon never warned me of the risk of having permanent hair loss at the scar site. If I had been informed of this risk, I may have elected a different form of brow lift or not done one at all. As I age and my hair thins, I have become self-conscious that my scar is noticeable. Right at the top of my head, front and center. Dark hair with a white scar. Nice. Thank you doctor for your suggestions to correct or cover the scar.
Just like how she essentially blamed Will for her own "entanglement." I know that the word narcissism is overused, but I do think she has a high degree of it.
yet he cannot nor will not take OLUMIANT which can bring back his hair/suppress the scenario. my younger sister has this condition. i know enough about it to know "Doctors" western ones in particular, dont know shit when it comes to the body/mind/essence unit as a whole. just a small small percentage of homeostasis within prokaryotic sapien sapiens
Except for maybe Jada because she’s the one dealing with what she’s dealing with and she’s one of the only people who would know how that ever got there, if not naturally. He even says what he’s saying about her scar is speculative, so what he said is actually open for dispute, even as an expert dealing with alopecia himself. Now it’s very possible he’s right, but it’s still an educated opinion, and he would probably even tell you that
@@atheistleopard618 that’s none of your business. You don’t get to tell someone how to manage their health. That’s his choice. Maybe he’s allergic or he just doesn’t fucking want to.
I knew it! I kept telling people she don’t have Alopecia!!! I have been dealing with hair loss for the last few years, but mine is from stressing over the loss of my fiancé plus I’m going through menopause like most women my age go through. Some go through losing hair some don’t. I’m 51 and I just happen to be the some. Thank you❤️
As soon as I saw her scar, I knew it was from a procedure. You described the situation perfectly. She's very beautiful and whoever her surgeon was did a GREAT job because she still looks like herself even though there was a small change. She's not fooling anyone with that "I don't know how that happened" explanation. But that's Hollywood 😎😉
I never realized how many celebrities get a lot of plastic surgery until I started watching Lorry Hills channel! I just wish more of them were honest about it
@@laurac86 lol same I love Lorry’s channel, it’s raw but non judgemental…to think Rihanna and Gigi Haddid are the only celebrities that Lorry Hill has reviewed and analysed for surgery that she couldn’t find any signs and proof of any surgery on their faces…makes me love Riri even more…certified natural beauty💕
@@olliealger-obelia6842 I’m talking about those 2 as those were the only fully analysed celebrities last year each with their own video, who showed no signs of surgery…saw the list she did recently of various celebrities without traces of plastic surgery
@@laurac86 Laura C ... Yes , I know what you mean , I started watching Lorry Hill about 2 years ago and I just could not believe what women put themselves through . The most mind-blowing one was the 2nd video about Bella Hadid and all the surgery she had . She doesn't even look like the person she originally was ... at all . It's a very good channel .
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I am so relieved to find this because now she has brought so much attention to alopecia, which caused a lot of us to research people that actually have it, as opposed to a narcissist who is trying to claim they have it when they don't.
@@Will-nb8qk not proud - evil, sucking empathy from people for something that's (allegedly) fake. This makes it harder for us with autoimmune diseases to get recognitiom
Wow you are so ignorant and disgusting for putting a woman down. You don't know her personally and meanwhile she doesn't even know you exist so who are you to say her disease isn't real?
She’s definitely a narcissist but where does he say she doesn’t have alopecia? He’s guessing the scar isn’t due to alopecia but by the way your comment is written, I would have thought he outright said she didn’t have it. Which ain’t the case at all.
This is amazing. I thought the video was made after Oscar, but it turns out to be before. Great to see this type of expert insight from a qualified person.
I’m 35 and have had massive hair loss in the past 2 years. But I’m so self conscious because I literally look like a balding man right at the front of my hair and I just don’t have the money to be able to treat it. I live paycheck to paycheck. I appreciate the video because it does feel good to be heard and be acknowledged. Hoping for better days 🥲
Not sure if this will help but vitamins loke Biotin if you don't already take it may be helpful. Also try massage oils that may benefit the scalp like extra virgin pressed coconut oil and lavender.
Agreed plus massage in rosemary oil which is like minoxidil minus itchy side effects. Cheap. Mix with castor or olive oil. Helps me along with biotin since I stopped minoxidil
I don’t take biotin because it breaks me out. What has helped me is reducing stress. I also do a homemade deep conditioner and then I put my hair in a protective style for two to three months, no wigs. When I take out my protective style I do the conditioner and start all over. Oh I forgot to say I am anemic, I’ve had 5 strokes, and a heart aneurism. I also take prenatal vitamins, iron, and zinc.
My first guess (as a black woman) would be that she had traction alopecia from wigs. I had a similar, but much smaller scar on my head from wearing an install too long and that spot still has no hair. It would explain why it's so linear as well but past surgery makes a lot of sense too.
@@ZEBEEtheoriginal some people are embarrassed by balding so I understand some people might feel ashamed to share how their hair was lost. Luckily for me I feel no shame in my teeny tiny bald spot! I don't think @Abbeyroad meant any harm, I think they just meant that they were thankful that I would put out that information for educational reasons maybe?
Every since Jade came out saying “ I have alopecia” I’ve been hearing people with natural hair loss saying they have alopecia. I’m glad you specify the types of hair loss and the medical differences.
I don't believe her alopecia claim. I believe she just has female pattern baldness/a receding hairline. She isn't showing any signs of alopecia. No patches, no nothing. Btw, yes I know females pattern baldness is TECHNICALLY a form of alopecia but y'all get what I'm saying. She's just regular balding
I'm 27 and I've been dealing with PCOS-related AGA for at least seven years... Minoxidil really helps the situation a lot, thankfully, but I'm glad there are professionals like you spreading awareness and making us alopecia sufferers feel less alone!
@@sundazed2975 Well, I'm not exactly positive on this (so take it with a grain of salt), but I think Minoxidil is the generic name for the substance (used for both men and women, but in different concentrations), while Rogaine is one of the brands that produce it
@@marinazappettini Marina ... I left you a fairly long reply here and regretfully it vanished after I sent it and that is just very aggravating . Lugol's type of iodine which means it cannot be swallowed , but is rubbed into the fatty part of the skin helps reverse PCOS very well . It helps with a lot of other things and slowly reverses aging and dry skin ... and , over time that helps reverse graying hair . I have been using OJIO brand ... I just rub it into my belly . Iodine is also good at fighting viruses . Please look at the channel of Doctor Group and see his video about the importance of iodine .
@@gardensofthegods I've noticed that if I include a link in a comment and then make an edit, I will often get a small "error" notice and it won't save my comment. Don't know if it applies here, but it needs to be fixed all the same. Not that they will bother, they're too busy censoring and reinventing their policies.
Chris Rock had no business singling her out for ridicule. He wasn't even hosting and it wasn't funny. No he shouldn't have been punched but he had been ridiculing Jada for 30 years. He'll stop now, won't he?
@@bebevee4253 that's interesting, so it's not the first time Chris Rock singled out Jada? That goes a way to explain why such sensitivities over it, because it seemed mental when viewing as a single event.
@@bebevee4253 I thought it was funny and cute and a compliment in disguise. And I thought Will Smith should have jumped at the idea and produced a GI Jane 2 film with his wife playing the main role.
Cheers to Alopecia Warriors! 💪🏻 I also have Alopecia Areata. It comes and goes, but we’re beautiful whether we have full head of hair or we have bald spots 💛
@@drgarylinkov But as someone pointed out, even the hair loss on brow lift scars is technically alopecia. So is she really lying or just being truthful? She knows her adoring fans wouldn't think twice about her being untruthful, she's saying this linear scar is alopecia? Technically it is. It's just very disingenuous to lump the hairloss on her browlift scar in with her all over shedding and harloss saying Its all technically alopecia, so technically she's not lying. That's even worse than straight up lying! That type of misinformation is so insidious and damaging.
Since what happened at the Oscars this has been everywhere with ppl defending Will due to her "autoimmune disorder" and that "she's actually really sick and worse off than we know"...and it's driving me crazy. I'm prob triggered because I have pretty advanced diffused alopecia and SLE. I saw this video from Inside Edition and a similar one from ET, they both had me fuming. It's like they can't even google anything to do minimum research. Jada laughing in the video about this "autoimmune disorder" she keeps saying she has is the worst. The Dr in the IE video says he thinks "it's really courageous that she publicized it and talks about it, gives a lot of hope to other women who are out there maybe experiencing something similar." I think the key thing in what he said was "publicized it". She sure did! It was everywhere. Her and her "struggle with an autoimmune disorder" that she says constantly. She wore a turban everywhere. She had her full head of hair shaved live on IG. She needs attention and faking having an autoimmune disorder does not give anyone hope. Hope for what? To not have it? Like she doesn't? Yeah. I'm really triggered. Peace out. ✌️
I don’t blame you one bit. It’s insulting to people like yourself who are suffering legitimate emotional pain from the actual condition. She’s always been an attention seeking drama queen but this is just disgusting.
Yes, I have SLE too and I had hair loss after my last flare-up. I had round bald patches on my scalp and the majority of my hair fell out. Thankfully, with medication, my hair grew back. I still have some small patches that my hair covers up now. It didn't look like that scar on Jada's head though. In fact, that scar looks like the scar I have on my abdomen from prior surgery. I don't know her situation but actually having an autoimmune disorder is no laughing matter.
I feel the same way about Amber showing the few photos she has of her Botox and filler injections bruises to try and justify severe physical assault - taking back the metoo mouvement into the dark ages. Narcissism and other cluster B issues is the condition we should be talking about - the douche-ess of Sussex is another infamous example! 🤨🤔🧐🤥😡🤬
This really triggers me as well. I also suffer from SLE and have had significant hair loss and she really just pisses me off with her poor me I'm sick bs knowing she's just a damn narcissist and just wants attention.
My daughter has such thin hair in the front and top of her head. She gets her hair dyed a darker color from her natural blonde. I think she should go natural as her light color against her scalp would not make the thinness look so visible.
@@MrsB7491 If she had a brow lift and lied about having alopecia just to cover up having the scar, then yes she should be mocked for it. That's insulting to people who are actually dealing with severe alopecia. Again, like Dr. Linkov mention, it's all speculative.
Based on the body language of Jada, when she points to the scar, she smiles shyly and uncomfortably, some might say it's because she doesn't like the scar, but to me that makes zero sense, her uncomfortableness speaks more to her being caught for a facelift when maybe she has denied it. Scars do not just appear out of nowhere; some form of trauma occurs first. She wanted to share it because she knows everyone knows what this kind of scar comes from, and wants to divert attention from it. I mean who cares if she has had a facelift. She looks way to young and flawless, to not have had one.
Bingo! You nailed it. No offense to Jada, but she has a history of spinning her truth in the media. That Red Table show is practically ground zero for her public relations campaigns.
I often have bruised and scars that I have no idea how I got them. My mom will ask what happened there? and I will usually not remember. Some of us bruise and scratch easily and don’t always realize what has happened at the moment it happens. Matter of fact I was washing my hair and found a scab on my scalp. I remember bumping my head on a cabinet door in the bathroom but that is just a guess as to how and when the injury occurred.
@@anndeecosita3586 Come on Ann. That would have to be one Hell of a bump to split her scalp like that. That is an incision at best or an attack with an axe handle at worst. In that case we have a possible case of domestic abuse going at at the Smith house! lol She’s got the spin game down enough without your well meaning help. Vanity, thy name is Celebrity.
Where her scar is, It has literally nothing to do with a face lift, Watch more of this channel.. You do not need anything on the top of your head to do a face lift often the scars will be behind around the ears and the in the hairline.. Unless you mean a brow lift.
@@jeanine0125 Please watch his video carefully. He says that he thinks the likely reason for that scar is a lift. I’m not going to respond anymore to you Jada fans who want to be naive. Buh bye 👋🏾
Thank you, Doctor for politely and respectfully calling her out by educating the social media masses of this condition so thoroughly and clearly. There are so many people who are really suffering from this condition and many very severely. Shame on her for thinking her vanity was above the truth. Hollywood is truly spineless, like Jim Carrey so eloquently said. With so much going on in today’s world, here us a platform about this narcissistic woman, who happens to be married to a famous actor and is her way to stay relevant instead if doing something more meaningful and make a true and real change in the world. Pathetic!
Immediately after The Slap, too many accounts started to claim they had cancer or a friend had cancer and alopecia was almost the same thing. It was so wrong and so many accounts at once points to a paid PR attempt at reputation management. That made me dislike both of them, they deserve each other
When she first said her condition I was confused because I said to myself "Where is the hair loss pattern?" There is none, she's just hiding behind a common natural hair loss problem a lot of people have just to hide her unnatural eyebrow lift
My Sister gradually lost the top, front and the entire edges do to Alopecia. When she finally showed me I wanted to cry. She had such beautiful hair. My grandmother lost all of hers as well.
Years ago, I was in college with a woman who had beautiful curly hair. Turns out it was a wig, because she had some form of alopecia, but none of us realized it. We found out years later, because her story, with her real name, was published in a popular fashion magazine. So there are good wigs out there, if that is a direction you want to go in.
I'm started losing a tremendous amount of hair in November and it hasn't stopped. Went to my family doctor had blood work done and came back as Lupus. Wish I knew more information about this.
I’m so sorry to hear this, Kelley. Lupus sucks! (I was diagnosed with it until they realised it was Lyme disease and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome) Make sure you start treatment as soon as possible so that you slow the progress down. There are tons of info out there on the net. I found that the Mayo Clinic website was the easiest to understand. Few people know about Lupus but you can gently educate them… and if they tell you it’s all in your head, then remind them of that not all serious illnesses are visible. It doesn’t mean they are less painful or less devastating Sending you a big yet gentle hug.
Me too. I had what everyone thought was a really, REALLY bad flu ; it just took 8-12 weeks for me to get over it. So when I got over that, I had lost about half my hair in patches. I began to wear a scarf always but a friend suggested I see a dermatologist, which I did. After a punch biopsy, he told me that I had lupus. Before that discovery, the skin on my face had all peeled off twice in the 6 months prior. After the DX, it was discovered I had issues with my heart and kidneys, extreme internal bleeding, now my spine is having /making a lot of trouble in our world. I was terrified with the lupus dx because i had a friend who died from lupus. Get the best rheumatologist you can, someone you can trust and who can work well with your GP; these guys will be your team captains and can do what needs to be done, like write orders for blood tests, meds, whatever. The rheumatologist will be captain; the GP the co-captain. Your family will have to get in behind you, there will be times you just have to STOP everything. BOUNDARIES!!!If you are tired and you really just can't do anymore, then protect yourself: if they want dinner, laundry, whatever, they can do it for themselves. My daughter was 13 when it began, she took such good care of me until my husband began to understand that this was/is serious. She's grown up to be so empathetic and just understanding, and wise. Don't be afraid, with the right healthcare partners and good support from family and friends, you can/will have a terrific life.
Wishing you the best, just always remember that you are beautiful with and without hair :) Edit: Some commenters misunderstood my comment and I just wanted to explain better. Losing hair is one of the most emotionally painful things a woman can go through. A lot of pressure is placed on us to always have gorgeous hair and to value it when it comes to appearance and so you may feel ugly and awful when you begin to lose hair, but there is a lot of help now in the medical field and, if you have the money, custom wig industry. I hope any research you do can benefit you, but I will double-down on my message that if all else fails- you can feel beautiful again. I’d recommend custom wigs (they can be made to cover hairloss in certain areas), therapy to help you through this rough time and any negative thoughts, hair treatments containing castor oil, protective hair styles and very gentle scalp massage where possible. But best of all, listen to yourself and professionals.
@@gremlinjerky8462 I understand I worded it incorrectly, but I lost over half of the hair on my head from an immunity issue. I just wanted to remind people that it is not the end and beauty can be found regardless.
@@lindatannock Read above reply, I lost over half my hair and ended up shaving it off. I am a woman. I was trying to give some kind words in support. Edit: Also, NEVER tell me how I should feel. I feel beautiful regardless as can every woman.
What do you think happens if you keep repeatedly pulling on hair? That's what extensions and weaves do, they are very heavy, and a strain on the follicle. You are preventing the hair follicle from functioning properly so hair falls out. What do you think happens when you regularly put straightening chemicals on your hair that burn skin? Or bleach the shit out of it? Yes, it becomes brittle and breaks off! She doesn't have alopecia, and shame on her for her pretense. She has a rather bad case of over-inflated importance and chronic narcissism. Just my opinion as a hair stylist.
What she has also is “narcissistic supply” if you can’t give her enough to make her happy …so she will create it if she’s not receiving it from somebody…
It's still called alopecia, i.e. traction alopecia - the loss of hair from braiding and wearing tight hair styles. But it's not an autoimmune disease , of course. 99% of Congolese women here in Africa have that. Many become partially bold in their late 50s.
Thank you so much for the clarification. I've had alopecia areata since I was 8 years old and I was wondering what type of alopecia she had, plus she didn't seem to have real bald spots.
It’s possible it’s both. Plastic surgeons would certainly use a scar vs putting two next to each other. Her genes are great but she can not deny she’s had surgery.
My son was killed and I lost over half of my hair. It shed so bad I could no longer wear it down. Severe grief and depression caused whatever hair loss I had. It’s better now since time has passed, but jeez! I just grew it back after chemo, and tragedy hit
So sorry for all your traumas, my heart goes out to you, what little remains. I lost a son too and 10 years later I still miss and pine for him every day.
i feel like she acts like she's so open and honest, but then she has this straight line and says it just popped up?... i saw iot and was right away like "surgery" and "brow lift"... be honest girl
Well I feel vindicated. I've seen people with severe alopecia, (no eye brows, full bald) but her hair follicles confused tf out of me. She can clearly grow and style around the scar.
I am so glad you posted this video. I knew when I saw Jada Pinkett Smith's hair, I couldn't understand why the hair loss was a perfect straight line. Now I know it was a surgical scare.
Honestly, my first thought in seeing her head..."something happened" in that area ...and the rest of the head was shaven. I've had (and seen) alopecia areata and can say that the hair loss leaves smooth...hairless skin. Not a scar. It breaks my heart for those who truly do suffer from alopecia.
That straight line across her head (1:01) does not look like alopecia. It looks like balding caused from the GLUE , combs, clips or braid (9:32) when attaching a Wig. Alopecia usually causes PATCHES of bald areas -- not a straight line.
I was diagnosed with Scarring Alopecia over 10 years ago, I have head scars from biopsies and chicken pox but I don’t have any scars from Scarring Alopecia. Thank you Dr Gary for your informative videos 😊
The field of womens hair loss is bare like the hair we are losing! I’m grateful Jada shared this and hopefully we can hear more. When I started losing my hair I only found mens options. Weird to be on a site called hims for my hair loss. I had some major hair loss after a henna treatment and have always had fine hair. I’m surprised there’s not more out there specifically for women as we are sensitive to any little hair loss and we are good customers for beauty care. I’m just shocked but glad now hopefully I’ll have more options.
Yep TOOK YRS BEFORE ROGAINE FOR WOMEN ARRIVED. WE ARE NOT SAME. ROGAINE ACTUALLY CAUSED MY HAIR TO SHED...I GET INJECTIONS & A TOPICAL MADE FOR ME @ COMPOUND PHARMACY. GREAT UNTILL MOVED 2K , DERM HERE ...LACKING DERM BK ATL COULDNT CONTINUE PRESCRIBING BECAUSE U HAVE TO BE MONITERED....THO HERE DID BIOPSY... . NOT SAME SKILL FOR TREATING. 🎉
Thank you for covering this topic, Dr. I’ve had a lot of hair loss from Covid & the stress it has created. I’m glad Jada has brought this situation to life & discussed it. She has such a beautiful shaped head & she looks good with it that short. She’s basically always has her hair short anyway.
I've been experiencing hair loss since my teens & this was very informative. I had no idea that there were so many different types & causes until watching your video.
Thank You very much for the video! As an LPP sufferer myself I appreciate every person talking about types of hair loss in women and ways of treating them. Even as in case with Jada it could be for publicity in some way...
This was extremely educational. Thank you so much! I used to have a very full and healthy head of hair but after 18 months of antibiotics for Lyme disease + a genetic disorder (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome) that also requires heavy medication + turning 50 in a few months 😫, I now have a receding hairline and very sparse hair… I used to cover my bald patches with brown powder since I used to be a brunette (when I could be bothered)… until I finally stopped covering the greys and the baldness and embraced my Silver Foxiness. But then my hair thinned even more and you can see my scalp quite dramatically (I think)…. So: now I wear wigs! There are amazing wigs out there, ladies! Check Raquel Welch or Bell Tress wigs. They look so real no one will ever detect anything + you look like you’ve just stepped out of the salon with a very expensive cut and a very expensive colour with highlights and low lights. I hope this helps too. Keep your head high, you’re beautiful 🫂
For goodness sake, scars have stories and rarely is the story "UHM, I dunno..." Also I respect her right to privacy, so more honest would have been "I'd rather not talk about this scar" or "this scar is deeply personal and private" (I have scars all over my head from an accident, and I definitely recall how they occurred)
Do you realize that you are making a definite conclusion based on assumptions. What if Jada is like other women who have the same scar but have never gone under the knife? What if she is telling the truth? What if it was your truth that people were making assumptions about?
@@SammySam316 she had a plastic surgeon look at her hair and said it looked like it was the result of a facelyft. Its a long thin scar. This doctor is a hair balding expert. He is saying he that it looks like a scar and she has plenty of hair Nd that he hS never seen a case if alopecia lthat looked like that. This is what he does!! And he has the worst case of alopecia himself a far cry from what jada looks like!
@@ZEBEEtheoriginal you are talking about traction alopecia. Thats not the case with jada. . Its a scar. As you age your hair naturally gets thinner. She probably just noticed it more . I had stitces on the side of my head as a child . I never even knew till a hair dresser pointed it out to me . As my hair thinned with age . I can lift my hair and find it easy now.
I've had Alopecia Universalis for over 40 years. I consider myself to be hair free as apposed to being bald. To my way of thinking it is more positive way to embrace my unique look.
@@atomaticbillt3532 It's VERY obvious to professionals. Your argument is like saying "from this photograph, you can't say that person is missing an arm, you're not his doctor".
@@rieyuki No, I'm saying he hasn't properly diagnosed her, he's only going off of a picture, her doctor knows more about her condition because he checked it out in person and analyzed it properly.
@@Soulful_Chaos I'm not judging her, I'm listening to her because she went to a professional and THEY diagnosed her, so this is a matter of if you believe her doctor or a random one on UA-cam who never seen her in person.
Thank you so much for this important video Dr. Gary! My mom has FFA (frontal fibrosing alopecia) and it was impossible to any help from Drs. I was the one who figured it out after doing hours of research… she’s lost all her eyebrows and has the very distinctive pattern of frontal hair loss, she’s a textbook case but no doctor wanted to help figure her problem out, they just kept dismissing her saying she was stressed... it’s frustrating. Her scalp is completely smooth with no hair follicles on the front and sides. She wears wigs now and microbladed brows. She did wear sunscreen daily for much of her adult life, after getting a basal cell carcinoma on her nose in her 30’s. I personally struggle with chronic telogen effluvium from hypothyroidism, it’s been over 10 years now. I was told to use Rogaine foam and take iron and biotin, but not much more than that. I did buy a LLLT helmet back in 2013. With telogen effluvium I don’t think I’m a candidate for hair restoration unfortunately. I got my sweatshirt and it looks great! Happy to support your channel and the Alopecia foundation. They’re not oversized, so I recommend going one size up if you like wearing a shirt underneath.
For years, advertising and media has worked HARD to normalize balding and bald men. Rightfully so. The generally accepted trope now is that a bald man (perhaps accentuated with facial hair) is “virile.” You see this everywhere, in TV ads, print ads, movie stars, etc. It’s time to normalize bald women. Not all women have the financial resources, emotional support or time to invest in surgical hair replacement options. But we do suffer from the SAME emotional and psychological side effects that men have discussed for years in conjunction with their hair loss. We need to release the stigma that a bald woman is somehow less than feminine, or less than a full woman. I’ve been bald for 3 years now, and honestly, wouldn’t return to hair even if I could. I hope this video reaches other women and helps them to feel seen and recognized.
Wish I had the ability to share this video 1 million times over. Thank you for both your expert and personal experience explanation of what I’ve been questioning concerning Jada TRULY having alopecia In the form of which she would like people to believe.
Thank you for making this content and educating the world on AA. I have AA/AT/(was AU). So many misconceptions. Love your content and keep sending the positivity!
I had a co-worker who would say the rudest things to his fellow co-workers; with me he would insult my husbands race, but it was especially disturbing when he would make fun of a female who was losing a lot of her. I addressed my concern with my boss, stating that I didn’t care for his callous way he spoke to myself and my co-worker(s). But sadly, my boss made it seem as if I was the one being too sensitive. Was I? I don’t think this type of behavior would be accepted in the workplace nowadays.
In most actual HR depts that would be absolutely unacceptable. I had a manager who was just like that, saying offensive stuff constantly about us, his team, re ppls religion, their appearance, race etc etc but presenting it as harmless jokes, eventuality the whole office got so fed up with him, we went to HR and he was gone that afternoon. It seemed a bit harsh but the company didn’t want to get sued if someone felt they were allowing a potentially hostile work environment to go unaddressed, and it was so immediate due to the volume and highly problematic nature of the statements he made . One of the HR reps told us that in the long run we probably did him a favor as it’s better to learn the lesson now, and walk away from it, rather than come across the wrong person or group in the future and have something much worse happen to him. Also it’s particularly cruel to make fun of a woman who’s balding as for many women they’re hair is their “crown” so to speak.
Not in most work places. You could definitely take legal action. Nobody should have to feel uncomfortable at work because somebody discriminatory behavior. I'm sorry you have to go through that
You simply stop talking to a person like that. Or you tell him directly what you don't like. He is insensitive but it's childish to go tell your boss. This is not serious to envolve anyone else.
@@jeanine0125 Absurd. No legal action should be taken. You people are so weak and fragile. Being rude is not a crime. You should at least have the backbone to say " I don't like your conversation"
I really wish that the Smith’s would stop milking the alopecia and go see a holistic specialist already. They’ve got the money to manage and or heal the condition compared to so many others that don’t. There are different instances of alopecia and most are impacted by inflammation in the body or strain or stress internally or externally on the hair or hormone related. I’m sure she’s already aware of what’s to come for her with the restoration
My sister has very thin, fine hair. When she was a baby, my mum put her hair up in a pigtail, and it just fell out. So it is something she's always been a little ashamed of. I also have very thin and fine hair, but I have a ton of it (hair stylists hate me), so it looks very thick. Unfortunately, my sister also has trichotillomania, which has caused pretty severe damage and thinning over time. For a brief time when I was younger, I'd also pick at my split ends, so I get how satisfying it is. And after 30 years of doing it, I'm sure it's incredibly difficult to stop the compulsion. I have my own OCD tendencies, so I feel for her. With naturally thin hair and a compulsive disorder, it's just a bad time for her. She also has hair that is naturally thinning, just normal aging things. For her birthday, our family agreed to pool together and pay for hair restoration of some kind, but the only clinic nearby (halfway across the state, too) said she was not a candidate for any of their procedures. It's really frustrating. I feel they could at least address the natural thinning and overall health of her hair, perhaps with supplements or some kind of therapy to help restore the health of what she has and slow the thinning that comes with age. But they didn't really help. She's a very beautiful person, and this is one area she's so self-conscious about. It really stops her from thriving. There's a ton of research into male hair loss, but very little I could find on female hair loss, so I appreciate this video greatly. Especially breaking down all the different types of hair restoration options.
love your videos. this was a perfect example of using something in the news as a transition into a more in-depth explanation of a common, yet often misunderstood condition (even by those who have it). also a great overview of the topic of female hair loss in general. kudos! 👍❤
3 days ago, at a haircut appointment, my hairdresser pointed out a circular one inch bald patch at the back of my head. I had no idea it was there, and it wasn't there at my previous appointment. Thank you for explaining the different types of hair loss so well. Interestingly, I am gluten/ dairy and a host of other things intolerant, but my diet has been horrific of late and I have been making myself unwell consuming many foods that I shouldn't. I also had covid this year, then broke out in strange spots, all over my hands, that stayed for about 3 months, thankfully now.gone. Hoping if I take better care of myself, my hair loss won't become worse.
Thank you for the informative video! I’ve had hair loss for years. Ive always had a fear that it could become a “serious condition like alopecia.” I had no idea that alopecia was simply a general term meaning hair loss. I also have severe dandruff that’s gotten worse in my adulthood. I think that could be the cause of my hair loss. Thank you for educating me!
Sounds like yeast . You could have insulin resistance. Ypu could try cutting out sugar. Imcluding alcohol..Also try supplements for yeast or candida. I know this helped my daughter with her dandruff tremendously.
Thank you Dr Gary for providing hair loss information for women. These days people don't want to speak about things that are going to make you look different especially a woman not having her own hair!!
Great information Dr. I was completely Bald until I was 7yrs old...my hair grew but was so fine and wispy it could not even hold a Bobby pin, it slid of. I started getting Bald patches in random areas aged 11 to 38. I suffered alot of childhood trauma so put it down to that. It stopped for a few years then started falling out again,, an all over thinning since getting covid. I now wear individual micro bond hair extensions.
Hi Cassandra..I have never been referred to a specialist or trichologist just given a lotion to rub in to Bald areas. This is the first I have heard of this type/name of hair loss alopecia..I have googled it and now researching. Thank you xx
The BEST video ever on female hair loss!. So informative! Thank you so much for mentioning lichen planopolaris. I rarely hear anyone mention that type of hair loss. My dream is to one day get that taken care of. 💕👍🏻 Thank you Dr. Linkov!! There is hope out there for everyone and so many options to choose from.
Thanks Doc. I needed to hear this from an actual subject expert. I’ve known many people with alopecia, and none of their heads looked like a smooth peach; it was always patchy with smooth hairless spots throughout the scalp; Jada’s hair simply looks shaved. Jada Pickett has ALWAYS rocked short hair…like she has never been known for long flowing locks; plus she has the perfect head, neck, and bone structure for shaved hair…kinda like Demi Moore in GI Jane. 🤔 OMG was THAT why Chris Rock told that joke?!? 😑
@@judylloyd7901The joke was very soft and sounded more like a compliment! I honestly never understood why so many women got offended by it and defended Will Smith's rage! 🙄
"Before people see my scar and start asking questions I decided to lie about it to preserve my inflated celebrity ego" is what she really meant. It's disappointing she chose to outright lie because I like her.
She cheated on Will and lied about it keeping it a secret until he found out so her saying a lie about her scar means nothing to her. When she first said her condition I was confused because I said to myself "Where is the hair loss pattern?" There is none, she's just hiding behind a common natural hair loss problem a lot of people have just to hide her unnatural eyebrow lift
You do realize the man said at 1:56 that she has a scar in her scalp…not alopecia. He further goes on to question the authenticity of her alopecia by saying that “that linear line, it appears something happen”…not alopecia from a condition. I’m glad to see so many of y’all were paying attention, smh.
Human anxiety over hair loss is a strange thing, I’m a man with hair loss concerns, so no different. But the whole time Jada was showing her scar, I was looking at her gorgeous eyes and skin. I had to rewind and play several times before I could focus on the ‘terrible ordeal’ scar nonsense 😂
The answer is she got a brow lift and is pretending not have had one. I love that you posted this out. It’s so misleading to get work done and pretend it’s something else…and or deny you’ve any work done.
I think PCOS also contributes to female hairloss. I don't have PCOS myself, but have observed women who have been diagnosed with this, suffering from hairloss too. I have Alopecia, and have been diagnosed with Hashimoto's. I do take thyroid medication, but my hair and eyebrows are thinning more and more. I've finally made peace, and now fill in my brows and rock my wigs. Never a Bad Hair Day for me anymore!
Wow, I didn't know spironolactone treats hair loss - I know it as a diuretic treating HTN. Now I can cheer my HTN patients up by telling them what it will do for their hair! Alopecia is tough; my father had alopecia generalis and I can remember how careful he had to be to guard against sunburn in summer, and how cold he got in winter. Sweat is a problem, too, when you have no eyebrows or eyelashes. It looks quite beautiful, showing off the bone structure, but is hard to live with.
thanks for addressing women's hair loss! I know you touched on it, but could you do a video devoted to scarring alopecia: CCCA, LPP etc.? I still don't quite understand it and viable treatment options
the major cause of alopecia in black women are hair relaxers and perm products. The chemicals in those products are very toxic, they even cause cancer, fibroid and trigger hormonal imbalance in our bodies. Stop using those products, treat your hair with organic coconut oil, shea butter, essential oils, natural aleo vera etc
Oh man. This makes the whole situation so much better. If she's faking a hair loss condition to explain away her plastic surgery scar.... Bombshell. You need to get on the news and do interviews about this. Hilarious.
@Crazy Dave, So I guess this back story is why Will acted a fool. Since he knows what the real deal is. But they both made it worse, giving Chris that work. A very bad look.
@@goodmeasure777 think about how vain she is, so obsessed with her appearance. Jada and Will need to get roasted. They take themselves WAY too seriously.
I have significant hair loss from Androgenic Alopecia and it's really depressing. Seems like I'm the only one struggling with this, so it's nice to hear about other people dealing with the same thing. Almost time to shave my head (again, already did that once) and wear a wig full time. Sigh.
I feel your pain. I had people commenting when it started in my 20’s. Calling me 4” part etc. You envy all those women sitting in the salon choosing what style and colour they’d like. I’ve been wearing the same (female comb over equivalent), boring bloody ponytail for over 20 years. I have no fringe to speak of & cannot stand having my photo taken, especially standing with other women. I want to get a nice wig but lucky me also tends to pour sweat from my scalp! Yay me!
@@HighTideSoaps it’s such crap isn’t it? Still socially unacceptable for a white woman to walk around bald. My luck my noggin would get sunburned and get freckles 🤮😩😆
Alopecia does not occur in strips like that. It occurs in circles. This is a scar from a facelift or wig clips for too many years. Are we all supposed to cry for her? She’s just another shill and an actress.
@@Harleywayne Because she’s lying and this whole thing was fabricated to bring up ratings and push the new alopecia product that’s coming on the market. Look around at the commercials and check out UA-cam. You should notice a sharp uptick and people with alopecia
The merch is "beautiful" and I will be ordering. This was very informative, I did not know traction alopecia was real, I recently got braids and I was like all this traction is going to pull my hair out and then I came across this... I also wanted to know if you thought Jada had any plastic facial surgery and you took the opportunity to enlighten us, so thank you.
many years ago My hair was thinning from wearing braids. I started working on my head and it grew. Then I got Covid and it broke all off. Now after intense care it’s back thick and long.
Traction alopecia is very real. I live in Congo and women here wear tight braids from a very young age. By the time they are 50, one third of their hair is permanently gone, esp. around the forehead and the ears.
A brilliant video Dr Gary, thank you! I learned a lot about Alopecia I never knew before. Purely an observation about Jada: Other than the scar, the folacles/stubble is not absent anywhere else!!! I'm now off to learn more about you, and how Alopecia changed your life! Best wishes, John UK
Thanks for watching! I’m overwhelmed by the interest in this video! If you want to learn about *how Alopecia Areata changed my life* please watch the following video: ua-cam.com/video/jKSu31vAqCY/v-deo.html
I didn't know much about alopecia but looking at Jada's full head of stubble...I had questions. Thank you for the informative video!
Thank you so much for teaching about this auto-immune disease that affects millions of people, I was completely shocked when Chris Rock humiliated her and made fun of her about her disease publicly and in front of her husband and I just don't get it why for the majority of people it is not a big deal knowing that the hair for a woman represents her femininity and her attraction for a man.
Can you do a video on Will Smiths mind loss next? Thanks.
HALF WIGS. Secured by adhesives. or a brow lift. Not truly alopecia areata.
I love how fluid the information was delivered. Interesting the whole way through. Epic how you ironically showed Jada with a wig and in black face/body! hahaha You are a very handsome person. Your face has amazing symmetry...
When I was a hairstylist in Beverly Hills a lot of my clients had this scar, in the exact that spot. It's surgical. He's right. Brow lift. Older face-lifts created very thick scars.
Gosh I wonder what it is though , very odd!
@@inkaacrowe8429 It's a face lift or a brow lift. She knows that.
@@bsdetective1500 yep
Interesting!
Facelift Scar was my thought too at first glance 💯✅ She has clearly been under Plastic Surgeon procedures for other facial modifications as well.
Cosmetologist over 30 years, that's a surgical scar... I've seen it on many clients. Furthermore, there's at least 8 types of alopecia and at least 30% of women suffer from this. Dr. Linkov, you're right on point.
True, and a good surgeon would have "micro-tattooed" the scar to disguise it...
@@1953childstar Yes but no one figured she would shave her head usually that surgical scar is covered by hair
@@MsLouisVee Very true.. The Dr. I worked with went into the "depths of D.C." and found a very talented tattoo artist, who created nipples for cancer patients, fixed difficult scarring and pigmentation issues. We always camouflaged scars in the hair, because every hairdresser in town will know who has had "procedures"...
Well said Jada’s scalp,scar appears to be surgical related and not related to alopecia . She shaves her hair and perpetuates a lie to play on the sympathy of her audience who lack true knowledge of the different types of alopecia. Jada’s narcissist personality won’t allow herself to be honest and truthful because she’s constantly deflecting blame on everything else.
I had a facelift a few years before my occasional dime-sized alopecia spots really kicked into gear in 2008 and became totalis. I’ve got a scar on each side of my head. Although I now have extremely limited hair growth - maybe 30 hairs on my head, 1/4” long eyebrows, very thin eyelashes, and a few hairs in various other places, I know better than to expect any substantial change. I tried a wig, but I live on the coast in Mexico. It’s much too hot for wigs. I figure if someone doesn’t like seeing a bald woman, they can just look the other way. I forget I’m bald until I unexpectedly see myself in a mirror. And I have to say, there are many advantages in avoiding hair care time and expenses.
She's lying and saying her scar is alopecia?! Girl, that's from cosmetic surgery! These celebs need to quit with the lies. I'm glad you pointed it out to others who wouldn't have a clue. Lying on alopecias name? Not in this neighbourhood! You can be a positive role model spreading awareness for alopecia, but don't forget about being a positive role model about cosmetic surgery too.
Edit: After a few replies I gave them the benefit of the doubt and double checked my conclusion. I even tried researching 'Linear presentation of alopecia' and got nowhere. The only line like presentation regarding alopecia are wide bands of hair loss that travel across the entire scalp. Hers starts and stops in a way alopecia just doesn't present as. I know a scar and I know how alopecia presents, her story is not adding up.
I then researched 'cosmetic surgery incision locations' and hers resembles a Brow Lift, I then tried 'brow lift incision locations' and found this..
'' Your surgeon will make an incision behind your hairline across the top of your head, from ear to ear or primarily on the top of your head. ''
Her scar is consistent with the incision made during a brow lift procedure. Its a SCAR NOT ALOPECIA.
Sorry Jada fans, your queen is unfortunately being untruthful.
100% a facelift scar.
😂😂😂
She might not necessarily be lying because it is still a form of alopecia, She's just omitting the type and cause.
@@twinklefire7241 His face lift scars are not on your head! A brow lift scar and a face left are different.
How you know she lying ? I have two scars on the side of my head and my alopecia is hereditary. I shaved my head Jan 2nd because my sides just refuse to grow. My scars are huge and my mom, aunt, and sister have them as well. Don’t be too quick to judge a situation.
So, this aged splendidly. I’ve shown it to multiple people in light of the Oscar drama about her alopecia
Been looking for this comment lol 😂
So did I. 😂😂
Same haha
Yup. Wow. This is amazing. I had no idea about her “alopecia” issue before the oscars and said to myself why does she have full stubble. I know what alopecia is all too well. I thought she was lying to take the focus off whatever other scandals she has “admitted” to. Bunch of sh$t!
No idea how this video hasn't gone viral since... someone posted to reddit and it was immediately downvoted
You confirmed my thoughts. Just looked like a shaved head with a scar on top. You can see all her intact hair follicles on her shaved head. When i think alopecia i think the circular balding or traction balding. Her hair might be thinning and extremely damaged from all the bleaching, but i was definitely scratching my head trying to see where the alopecia was.
Thanks, I was right didn't believe the big lie JS has told the world about her having Alopecia!
Yes I said that too
Right on most of the time it comes in spots
That's exactly 💯 what I was thinking
Hair can also sometimes thin due to being underweight or having eating disorders…
It’s a shame people keep talking about “female hairloss” and mixing up a bunch of different conditions, spreading misinformation. Great video doc!
Right, hair loss caused by all the plastic surgeries and treatments she got.
Very informative. The more life "transparencies" Jada & Will share is really smh worthy 😪
Jada had hair loss from shaving, not alopecia, to get attention.
@@jaebeablessings1005 why is there no cure for this?
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I love & I am very appreciative of Real People like Will & Jada. People who are transparent, (who share their own struggles). We need more Real People like Will & Jada who are not just jumping on social media sites to boast about their greatness. We need people like them to encourage other people, One never knows these transparencies encourage & support others. This is love!!💯❤❤❤❤ We need so much more of it.💯🌹
She wants to shave her hair, that's ok, but then realized that her browlift scar can be seen...well she needed to find a reason to have a scar and why not say it's alopecia. The problem is people are too scared to call her a liar because I know people who have alopecia and believe me I've never seen it like that. She had a brow lift people, plain and simple.
YUP!
Your logic is faulty. She DOES have Alopecia. Too bad you have to bash her, to make yourself feel better..Shameful.
We're in a culture where many people want to be seen as victims who are overcoming some struggle, so they can be seen as heroes. This is such a case.
It’s amazing that Jada thinks she’s fooling people with that statement. It’s probably safe to say she has lied enough that she’s still doing it because no one is publicly challenging her lies about that scar. I’m not saying she doesn’t have alopecia. I’m saying she’s a bad liar. She lies so much she believes herself. She doesn’t seem like one to ever admit her faults. Meanwhile we can now see and know she’s had a cosmetic procedure with scars to show for it. And we now know she’s a bad liar. Maybe the Smiths also lied for Jordan and her cheating ways that Khloe K. had previously revealed. They also lie about not being Scientologists. Oh the list is only beginning with how they’ve lost a lot of credibility in one night.
The way yall so confidently attack women without medical degrees.
As soon as I saw Jada's scar on her scalp, I knew it was from a Coronal brow lift. What a disappointment that she is trying to blame it on hair loss instead of owning that she had a cosmetic procedure. I have the same scar from a Coronal brow lift and associated hair loss in the area of the scar. My cosmetic surgeon never warned me of the risk of having permanent hair loss at the scar site. If I had been informed of this risk, I may have elected a different form of brow lift or not done one at all. As I age and my hair thins, I have become self-conscious that my scar is noticeable. Right at the top of my head, front and center. Dark hair with a white scar. Nice. Thank you doctor for your suggestions to correct or cover the scar.
Jada is clearly a malignant narcissist. Lying is part of the gig. I find Jada to be mean to the core.
Thank you for that perspective. I didnt know that.
Just like how she essentially blamed Will for her own "entanglement." I know that the word narcissism is overused, but I do think she has a high degree of it.
I worked with a plastic surgeon… You can have the scar tattooed in a "micro-pigment" manner to hide it...
@Richard Beman Wow! That's a great suggestion! I hadn't thought about that option. Maybe tone it down a bit. Thank you so much!
Let’s be real. NO ONE can dispute Dr. Linkov’s word. Being a hair transplant professional AND having the condition himself.
yet he cannot nor will not take OLUMIANT which can bring back his hair/suppress the scenario. my younger sister has this condition. i know enough about it to know "Doctors" western ones in particular, dont know shit when it comes to the body/mind/essence unit as a whole. just a small small percentage of homeostasis within prokaryotic sapien sapiens
Except for maybe Jada because she’s the one dealing with what she’s dealing with and she’s one of the only people who would know how that ever got there, if not naturally. He even says what he’s saying about her scar is speculative, so what he said is actually open for dispute, even as an expert dealing with alopecia himself. Now it’s very possible he’s right, but it’s still an educated opinion, and he would probably even tell you that
i can. he's baldus supremus!
@@atheistleopard618 that’s none of your business. You don’t get to tell someone how to manage their health. That’s his choice. Maybe he’s allergic or he just doesn’t fucking want to.
@@KennyBucketz her head is literally shaved bald
I knew it! I kept telling people she don’t have Alopecia!!! I have been dealing with hair loss for the last few years, but mine is from stressing over the loss of my fiancé plus I’m going through menopause like most women my age go through. Some go through losing hair some don’t. I’m 51 and I just happen to be the some. Thank you❤️
Amen me too that's a scar
Thank you, I had been telling folks as well, that she didn't have Alopecia a few months before she caused that big mess at the Oscars last Sunday!
He's not her Dr. So doesn't know her condition!
@@MrsB7491 Yes, but he is a doctor that knows the condition.
It is enough to know.
@Agata Nakonieczny But he's not her personal doctor! So.her doesn't know her specific condition; he just explains the condition in general!
As soon as I saw her scar, I knew it was from a procedure. You described the situation perfectly. She's very beautiful and whoever her surgeon was did a GREAT job because she still looks like herself even though there was a small change. She's not fooling anyone with that "I don't know how that happened" explanation. But that's Hollywood 😎😉
I never realized how many celebrities get a lot of plastic surgery until I started watching Lorry Hills channel! I just wish more of them were honest about it
@@laurac86 lol same I love Lorry’s channel, it’s raw but non judgemental…to think Rihanna and Gigi Haddid are the only celebrities that Lorry Hill has reviewed and analysed for surgery that she couldn’t find any signs and proof of any surgery on their faces…makes me love Riri even more…certified natural beauty💕
@@thandisilec835 not just those 2, for new years she made a list of 10 of them (or five cant remember exactly)
@@olliealger-obelia6842 I’m talking about those 2 as those were the only fully analysed celebrities last year each with their own video, who showed no signs of surgery…saw the list she did recently of various celebrities without traces of plastic surgery
@@laurac86 Laura C ... Yes , I know what you mean , I started watching Lorry Hill about 2 years ago and I just could not believe what women put themselves through .
The most mind-blowing one was the 2nd video about Bella Hadid and all the surgery she had .
She doesn't even look like the person she originally was ... at all .
It's a very good channel .
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I am so relieved to find this because now she has brought so much attention to alopecia, which caused a lot of us to research people that actually have it, as opposed to a narcissist who is trying to claim they have it when they don't.
She is obviously too proud to admit her issue is as a consequence of wearing wigs and cosmetic surgery 🤦♂️
@@Will-nb8qk not proud - evil, sucking empathy from people for something that's (allegedly) fake. This makes it harder for us with autoimmune diseases to get recognitiom
Wow you are so ignorant and disgusting for putting a woman down. You don't know her personally and meanwhile she doesn't even know you exist so who are you to say her disease isn't real?
She’s definitely a narcissist but where does he say she doesn’t have alopecia? He’s guessing the scar isn’t due to alopecia but by the way your comment is written, I would have thought he outright said she didn’t have it. Which ain’t the case at all.
@Budget Sneakerhead Her not having alopecia is the reason for this whole video. It was a covert way of saying she's lying about it.
This is amazing. I thought the video was made after Oscar, but it turns out to be before. Great to see this type of expert insight from a qualified person.
I’m 35 and have had massive hair loss in the past 2 years. But I’m so self conscious because I literally look like a balding man right at the front of my hair and I just don’t have the money to be able to treat it. I live paycheck to paycheck. I appreciate the video because it does feel good to be heard and be acknowledged. Hoping for better days 🥲
Not sure if this will help but vitamins loke Biotin if you don't already take it may be helpful. Also try massage oils that may benefit the scalp like extra virgin pressed coconut oil and lavender.
Try biotin and check your iron levels
Agreed plus massage in rosemary oil which is like minoxidil minus itchy side effects. Cheap. Mix with castor or olive oil. Helps me along with biotin since I stopped minoxidil
@@ladyl4147 I'll give it a try, thank you. I'm losing a lot of hair.
I don’t take biotin because it breaks me out. What has helped me is reducing stress. I also do a homemade deep conditioner and then I put my hair in a protective style for two to three months, no wigs. When I take out my protective style I do the conditioner and start all over.
Oh I forgot to say I am anemic, I’ve had 5 strokes, and a heart aneurism. I also take prenatal vitamins, iron, and zinc.
I’m with you doctor. That scar is from her brow lift. She needs to get real. She’s seriously got one of the tightest brows on the planet.
My first guess (as a black woman) would be that she had traction alopecia from wigs. I had a similar, but much smaller scar on my head from wearing an install too long and that spot still has no hair. It would explain why it's so linear as well but past surgery makes a lot of sense too.
Thank you Arianna for telling the truth, it helps other people when someone is honest.
@@Anywhooo There’s literally no shame involved in what she described. I'm not sure why she wouldn't be honest?
@@ZEBEEtheoriginal some people are embarrassed by balding so I understand some people might feel ashamed to share how their hair was lost. Luckily for me I feel no shame in my teeny tiny bald spot! I don't think @Abbeyroad meant any harm, I think they just meant that they were thankful that I would put out that information for educational reasons maybe?
That's what I thought, traction alopecia.
@@ariannamcfarlane9175 My initial question mark was intended to show a soft tone... Have a good day.
Every since Jade came out saying “ I have alopecia” I’ve been hearing people with natural hair loss saying they have alopecia. I’m glad you specify the types of hair loss and the medical differences.
I don't believe her alopecia claim. I believe she just has female pattern baldness/a receding hairline. She isn't showing any signs of alopecia. No patches, no nothing. Btw, yes I know females pattern baldness is TECHNICALLY a form of alopecia but y'all get what I'm saying. She's just regular balding
Gary I hope you are doing well, I always knew you would do big things since highschool! Was shocked to see you are a huge youtuber. Keep it up!
Hahha thanks John! Hope all is well man.
I'm 27 and I've been dealing with PCOS-related AGA for at least seven years... Minoxidil really helps the situation a lot, thankfully, but I'm glad there are professionals like you spreading awareness and making us alopecia sufferers feel less alone!
Is that rogaine for women?
@@sundazed2975 Well, I'm not exactly positive on this (so take it with a grain of salt), but I think Minoxidil is the generic name for the substance (used for both men and women, but in different concentrations), while Rogaine is one of the brands that produce it
@@marinazappettini Marina ... I left you a fairly long reply here and regretfully it vanished after I sent it and that is just very aggravating .
Lugol's type of iodine which means it cannot be swallowed , but is rubbed into the fatty part of the skin helps reverse PCOS very well .
It helps with a lot of other things and slowly reverses aging and dry skin ... and , over time that helps reverse graying hair .
I have been using OJIO brand ... I just rub it into my belly .
Iodine is also good at fighting viruses .
Please look at the channel of Doctor Group and see his video about the importance of iodine .
@@gardensofthegods Thank you so much for taking the time to reply (twice!), I will definitely look into what you’ve recommended!
@@gardensofthegods I've noticed that if I include a link in a comment and then make an edit, I will often get a small "error" notice and it won't save my comment. Don't know if it applies here, but it needs to be fixed all the same. Not that they will bother, they're too busy censoring and reinventing their policies.
As someone who also suffers from hairloss, sometimes its caused by entanglements and the universes reaction to it
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Haha! Love it.
Trolls be trolling
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Im not a Jada fan but I will say with her face she will look good with hair or without hair. She is lucky to have those type of looks.
I know. She's become a target in men's spaces which is very odd.
@@ZEBEEtheoriginal No It's odd after openly discussing her affair with that singer. That doesn't make her look good.
@@Liz-ic6jb I'm pretty sure she wouldn't have spoken about it publicly if the "singer" had not used it as a marketing tool for his upcoming album.
Apparently plastic surgery induced looks😏
@@sharrellwyatt5850 surgery can only do so much… I think she’s beautiful, surgery has nothing to do with it. She doesn’t look fake to me.
Everybody would've forgot that joke in 15 seconds but will Smith just made everyone remember it forever
Chris Rock had no business singling her out for ridicule. He wasn't even hosting and it wasn't funny. No he shouldn't have been punched but he had been ridiculing Jada for 30 years. He'll stop now, won't he?
@@bebevee4253 that's interesting, so it's not the first time Chris Rock singled out Jada? That goes a way to explain why such sensitivities over it, because it seemed mental when viewing as a single event.
@@bebevee4253 I thought it was funny and cute and a compliment in disguise. And I thought Will Smith should have jumped at the idea and produced a GI Jane 2 film with his wife playing the main role.
Cheers to Alopecia Warriors! 💪🏻
I also have Alopecia Areata. It comes and goes, but we’re beautiful whether we have full head of hair or we have bald spots 💛
I love the polite and respectful way you called out Jada. It's a facelift scar honey! 😂
That's what it looks like.
A brow lift.
Who cares what these people do to their face? I don't!
Facelift scars are not at the top of a person's head. Try again...honey! 😂😂
@@drgarylinkov But as someone pointed out, even the hair loss on brow lift scars is technically alopecia. So is she really lying or just being truthful? She knows her adoring fans wouldn't think twice about her being untruthful, she's saying this linear scar is alopecia? Technically it is. It's just very disingenuous to lump the hairloss on her browlift scar in with her all over shedding and harloss saying Its all technically alopecia, so technically she's not lying. That's even worse than straight up lying! That type of misinformation is so insidious and damaging.
Since what happened at the Oscars this has been everywhere with ppl defending Will due to her "autoimmune disorder" and that "she's actually really sick and worse off than we know"...and it's driving me crazy. I'm prob triggered because I have pretty advanced diffused alopecia and SLE. I saw this video from Inside Edition and a similar one from ET, they both had me fuming. It's like they can't even google anything to do minimum research.
Jada laughing in the video about this "autoimmune disorder" she keeps saying she has is the worst. The Dr in the IE video says he thinks "it's really courageous that she publicized it and talks about it, gives a lot of hope to other women who are out there maybe experiencing something similar." I think the key thing in what he said was "publicized it". She sure did! It was everywhere. Her and her "struggle with an autoimmune disorder" that she says constantly. She wore a turban everywhere. She had her full head of hair shaved live on IG. She needs attention and faking having an autoimmune disorder does not give anyone hope. Hope for what? To not have it? Like she doesn't? Yeah. I'm really triggered. Peace out. ✌️
I don’t blame you one bit. It’s insulting to people like yourself who are suffering legitimate emotional pain from the actual condition. She’s always been an attention seeking drama queen but this is just disgusting.
That entire family is disgusting and as far as I’m concerned cancelled! She is wrong on so many levels!
Yes, I have SLE too and I had hair loss after my last flare-up. I had round bald patches on my scalp and the majority of my hair fell out. Thankfully, with medication, my hair grew back. I still have some small patches that my hair covers up now. It didn't look like that scar on Jada's head though. In fact, that scar looks like the scar I have on my abdomen from prior surgery. I don't know her situation but actually having an autoimmune disorder is no laughing matter.
I feel the same way about Amber showing the few photos she has of her Botox and filler injections bruises to try and justify severe physical assault - taking back the metoo mouvement into the dark ages.
Narcissism and other cluster B issues is the condition we should be talking about - the douche-ess of Sussex is another infamous example!
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This really triggers me as well. I also suffer from SLE and have had significant hair loss and she really just pisses me off with her poor me I'm sick bs knowing she's just a damn narcissist and just wants attention.
Thank you Dr. Gary, hair loss is very devastating. I really didn’t realize how many women suffer from hair loss.
My daughter has such thin hair in the front and top of her head. She gets her hair dyed a darker color from her natural blonde. I think she should go natural as her light color against her scalp would not make the thinness look so visible.
Lol 😂
Jada: look at my alopecia scar. Oh poor me…
Doctor: this is a scar from a coronal brow lift
So does that mean she is supposed to be mocked for it?
@@MrsB7491 she is a vain liar. It is what it is.
@Jesus Jones Are you her Doctor??
@@MrsB7491 I'm not a Dr but I did sleep at a holiday inn last night
@@MrsB7491 If she had a brow lift and lied about having alopecia just to cover up having the scar, then yes she should be mocked for it. That's insulting to people who are actually dealing with severe alopecia. Again, like Dr. Linkov mention, it's all speculative.
It’s amazing that you have used you’re condition to make it you’re life’s work! I have so much respect for you😀
Based on the body language of Jada, when she points to the scar, she smiles shyly and uncomfortably, some might say it's because she doesn't like the scar, but to me that makes zero sense, her uncomfortableness speaks more to her being caught for a facelift when maybe she has denied it. Scars do not just appear out of nowhere; some form of trauma occurs first. She wanted to share it because she knows everyone knows what this kind of scar comes from, and wants to divert attention from it. I mean who cares if she has had a facelift. She looks way to young and flawless, to not have had one.
Bingo! You nailed it. No offense to Jada, but she has a history of spinning her truth in the media. That Red Table show is practically ground zero for her public relations campaigns.
I often have bruised and scars that I have no idea how I got them. My mom will ask what happened there? and I will usually not remember. Some of us bruise and scratch easily and don’t always realize what has happened at the moment it happens. Matter of fact I was washing my hair and found a scab on my scalp. I remember bumping my head on a cabinet door in the bathroom but that is just a guess as to how and when the injury occurred.
@@anndeecosita3586 Come on Ann. That would have to be one Hell of a bump to split her scalp like that. That is an incision at best or an attack with an axe handle at worst. In that case we have a possible case of domestic abuse going at at the Smith house! lol She’s got the spin game down enough without your well meaning help. Vanity, thy name is Celebrity.
Where her scar is, It has literally nothing to do with a face lift, Watch more of this channel.. You do not need anything on the top of your head to do a face lift often the scars will be behind around the ears and the in the hairline.. Unless you mean a brow lift.
@@jeanine0125 Please watch his video carefully. He says that he thinks the likely reason for that scar is a lift. I’m not going to respond anymore to you Jada fans who want to be naive. Buh bye 👋🏾
Thank you, Doctor for politely and respectfully calling her out by educating the social media masses of this condition so thoroughly and clearly. There are so many people who are really suffering from this condition and many very severely. Shame on her for thinking her vanity was above the truth. Hollywood is truly spineless, like Jim Carrey so eloquently said. With so much going on in today’s world, here us a platform about this narcissistic woman, who happens to be married to a famous actor and is her way to stay relevant instead if doing something more meaningful and make a true and real change in the world. Pathetic!
I’m so disgusted by Jada! She is a deranged narcissist.
You don't have to be totally hairless to suffer from hair loss AND years of diffuse shedding!
Immediately after The Slap, too many accounts started to claim they had cancer or a friend had cancer and alopecia was almost the same thing. It was so wrong and so many accounts at once points to a paid PR attempt at reputation management. That made me dislike both of them, they deserve each other
When she first said her condition I was confused because I said to myself "Where is the hair loss pattern?" There is none, she's just hiding behind a common natural hair loss problem a lot of people have just to hide her unnatural eyebrow lift
will Smith WAS a famous actor. His career is OVER, by his own hand. No pun intended, well maybe. 😉
Please don't insult people's intelligence. That "scar" is from a brow lift.
My Sister gradually lost the top, front and the entire edges do to Alopecia. When she finally showed me I wanted to cry. She had such beautiful hair. My grandmother lost all of hers as well.
Years ago, I was in college with a woman who had beautiful curly hair. Turns out it was a wig, because she had some form of alopecia, but none of us realized it. We found out years later, because her story, with her real name, was published in a popular fashion magazine. So there are good wigs out there, if that is a direction you want to go in.
I'm started losing a tremendous amount of hair in November and it hasn't stopped. Went to my family doctor had blood work done and came back as Lupus. Wish I knew more information about this.
I’m so sorry to hear this, Kelley. Lupus sucks! (I was diagnosed with it until they realised it was Lyme disease and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome)
Make sure you start treatment as soon as possible so that you slow the progress down. There are tons of info out there on the net. I found that the Mayo Clinic website was the easiest to understand.
Few people know about Lupus but you can gently educate them… and if they tell you it’s all in your head, then remind them of that not all serious illnesses are visible. It doesn’t mean they are less painful or less devastating
Sending you a big yet gentle hug.
Me too. I had what everyone thought was a really, REALLY bad flu ; it just took 8-12 weeks for me to get over it. So when I got over that, I had lost about half my hair in patches. I began to wear a scarf always but a friend suggested I see a dermatologist, which I did. After a punch biopsy, he told me that I had lupus.
Before that discovery, the skin on my face had all peeled off twice in the 6 months prior. After the DX, it was discovered I had issues with my heart and kidneys, extreme internal bleeding, now my spine is having /making a lot of trouble in our world.
I was terrified with the lupus dx because i had a friend who died from lupus.
Get the best rheumatologist you can, someone you can trust and who can work well with your GP; these guys will be your team captains and can do what needs to be done, like write orders for blood tests, meds, whatever. The rheumatologist will be captain; the GP the co-captain. Your family will have to get in behind you, there will be times you just have to STOP everything. BOUNDARIES!!!If you are tired and you really just can't do anymore, then protect yourself: if they want dinner, laundry, whatever, they can do it for themselves. My daughter was 13 when it began, she took such good care of me until my husband began to understand that this was/is serious. She's grown up to be so empathetic and just understanding, and wise.
Don't be afraid, with the right healthcare partners and good support from family and friends, you can/will have a terrific life.
I have this too.
My mom has lupus too. She became aware from two round spots where her hair was completely gone.
Check out Dr Brooke Goldner, you will get your life back …. Promise…..
Thank you for this! I'm a woman who's losing her hair so this was useful to me and gave me some hope I can mitigate the damage
Wishing you the best, just always remember that you are beautiful with and without hair :)
Edit: Some commenters misunderstood my comment and I just wanted to explain better. Losing hair is one of the most emotionally painful things a woman can go through. A lot of pressure is placed on us to always have gorgeous hair and to value it when it comes to appearance and so you may feel ugly and awful when you begin to lose hair, but there is a lot of help now in the medical field and, if you have the money, custom wig industry. I hope any research you do can benefit you, but I will double-down on my message that if all else fails- you can feel beautiful again.
I’d recommend custom wigs (they can be made to cover hairloss in certain areas), therapy to help you through this rough time and any negative thoughts, hair treatments containing castor oil, protective hair styles and very gentle scalp massage where possible. But best of all, listen to yourself and professionals.
@@gremlinjerky8462 I was about to say the same thing.
@@ghoultooth women DON'T feel beautiful when they start losing their hair. Ever.
Are you mansplaining, or just a woman whose never lost it??
@@gremlinjerky8462 I understand I worded it incorrectly, but I lost over half of the hair on my head from an immunity issue. I just wanted to remind people that it is not the end and beauty can be found regardless.
@@lindatannock Read above reply, I lost over half my hair and ended up shaving it off. I am a woman. I was trying to give some kind words in support.
Edit: Also, NEVER tell me how I should feel. I feel beautiful regardless as can every woman.
What do you think happens if you keep repeatedly pulling on hair? That's what extensions and weaves do, they are very heavy, and a strain on the follicle. You are preventing the hair follicle from functioning properly so hair falls out. What do you think happens when you regularly put straightening chemicals on your hair that burn skin? Or bleach the shit out of it? Yes, it becomes brittle and breaks off! She doesn't have alopecia, and shame on her for her pretense. She has a rather bad case of over-inflated importance and chronic narcissism. Just my opinion as a hair stylist.
I agree with you! I’m also a hairdresser and I see this same scar on my clients . She just wants the attention .
What she has also is “narcissistic supply” if you can’t give her enough to make her happy …so she will create it if she’s not receiving it from somebody…
It's still called alopecia, i.e. traction alopecia - the loss of hair from braiding and wearing tight hair styles. But it's not an autoimmune disease , of course. 99% of Congolese women here in Africa have that. Many become partially bold in their late 50s.
Thank you so much for the clarification. I've had alopecia areata since I was 8 years old and I was wondering what type of alopecia she had, plus she didn't seem to have real bald spots.
She definitely has traction alopecia like all the rest of the black women who tightly braid their hair from young age.
I’ve seen women of colour with the exact same linear scar across the scalp from having sew in weaves in for too long or too often
It’s possible it’s both. Plastic surgeons would certainly use a scar vs putting two next to each other. Her genes are great but she can not deny she’s had surgery.
My son was killed and I lost over half of my hair. It shed so bad I could no longer wear it down. Severe grief and depression caused whatever hair loss I had. It’s better now since time has passed, but jeez! I just grew it back after chemo, and tragedy hit
So sorry for all your traumas, my heart goes out to you, what little remains. I lost a son too and 10 years later I still miss and pine for him every day.
Ladies, God bless you both 🙏.
So so sorry to hear
May you find peace and healing 💜
Oh so sorry.
i feel like she acts like she's so open and honest, but then she has this straight line and says it just popped up?... i saw iot and was right away like "surgery" and "brow lift"... be honest girl
Well I feel vindicated. I've seen people with severe alopecia, (no eye brows, full bald) but her hair follicles confused tf out of me. She can clearly grow and style around the scar.
I am so glad you posted this video. I knew when I saw Jada Pinkett Smith's hair, I couldn't understand why the hair loss was a perfect straight line. Now I know it was a surgical scare.
Honestly, my first thought in seeing her head..."something happened" in that area ...and the rest of the head was shaven. I've had (and seen) alopecia areata and can say that the hair loss leaves smooth...hairless skin. Not a scar. It breaks my heart for those who truly do suffer from alopecia.
That straight line across her head (1:01) does not look like alopecia.
It looks like balding caused from the GLUE , combs, clips or braid (9:32) when attaching a Wig.
Alopecia usually causes PATCHES of bald areas -- not a straight line.
Jada wore her hair short for 20 years then grew it out long. I seriously doubted she had glue on her scalp or even tight braids
Thank you Dr. Gray. People need to be educated in this area. Be Blessed.
I love how soft and monotone this doctor's voice is this is the kind of asmr I need
I was diagnosed with Scarring Alopecia over 10 years ago, I have head scars from biopsies and chicken pox but I don’t have any scars from Scarring Alopecia. Thank you Dr Gary for your informative videos 😊
The field of womens hair loss is bare like the hair we are losing! I’m grateful Jada shared this and hopefully we can hear more. When I started losing my hair I only found mens options. Weird to be on a site called hims for my hair loss. I had some major hair loss after a henna treatment and have always had fine hair. I’m surprised there’s not more out there specifically for women as we are sensitive to any little hair loss and we are good customers for beauty care. I’m just shocked but glad now hopefully I’ll have more options.
Yep TOOK YRS BEFORE ROGAINE FOR WOMEN ARRIVED. WE ARE NOT SAME. ROGAINE ACTUALLY CAUSED MY HAIR TO SHED...I GET INJECTIONS & A TOPICAL MADE FOR ME @ COMPOUND PHARMACY. GREAT UNTILL MOVED 2K , DERM HERE ...LACKING
DERM BK ATL COULDNT CONTINUE PRESCRIBING BECAUSE U HAVE TO BE MONITERED....THO HERE DID BIOPSY... . NOT SAME SKILL FOR TREATING. 🎉
Thank you for covering this topic, Dr. I’ve had a lot of hair loss from Covid & the stress it has created. I’m glad Jada has brought this situation to life & discussed it. She has such a beautiful shaped head & she looks good with it that short. She’s basically always has her hair short anyway.
Another great video! Sorry to say, I don't believe anything Jada says! Thank you for providing an informed and unbiased perspective Dr. Gary!
You nailed it. That’s a brow lift scar.
BINGO!
I've been experiencing hair loss since my teens & this was very informative. I had no idea that there were so many different types & causes until watching your video.
Thank You very much for the video! As an LPP sufferer myself I appreciate every person talking about types of hair loss in women and ways of treating them. Even as in case with Jada it could be for publicity in some way...
This was extremely educational. Thank you so much!
I used to have a very full and healthy head of hair but after 18 months of antibiotics for Lyme disease + a genetic disorder (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome) that also requires heavy medication + turning 50 in a few months 😫, I now have a receding hairline and very sparse hair…
I used to cover my bald patches with brown powder since I used to be a brunette (when I could be bothered)… until I finally stopped covering the greys and the baldness and embraced my Silver Foxiness. But then my hair thinned even more and you can see my scalp quite dramatically (I think)…. So: now I wear wigs! There are amazing wigs out there, ladies! Check Raquel Welch or Bell Tress wigs. They look so real no one will ever detect anything + you look like you’ve just stepped out of the salon with a very expensive cut and a very expensive colour with highlights and low lights.
I hope this helps too. Keep your head high, you’re beautiful 🫂
For goodness sake, scars have stories and rarely is the story "UHM, I dunno..." Also I respect her right to privacy, so more honest would have been "I'd rather not talk about this scar" or "this scar is deeply personal and private" (I have scars all over my head from an accident, and I definitely recall how they occurred)
...but it may be from hair manipulation from braids or wigs. When that is the case, she would not know when it happened.
Do you realize that you are making a definite conclusion based on assumptions. What if Jada is like other women who have the same scar but have never gone under the knife? What if she is telling the truth? What if it was your truth that people were making assumptions about?
@@SammySam316 What other women said that they have that scar from something other than an injury or surgery?
@@SammySam316 she had a plastic surgeon look at her hair and said it looked like it was the result of a facelyft. Its a long thin scar. This doctor is a hair balding expert. He is saying he that it looks like a scar and she has plenty of hair Nd that he hS never seen a case if alopecia lthat looked like that. This is what he does!! And he has the worst case of alopecia himself a far cry from what jada looks like!
@@ZEBEEtheoriginal you are talking about traction alopecia. Thats not the case with jada. . Its a scar. As you age your hair naturally gets thinner. She probably just noticed it more . I had stitces on the side of my head as a child . I never even knew till a hair dresser pointed it out to me . As my hair thinned with age . I can lift my hair and find it easy now.
I've had Alopecia Universalis for over 40 years. I consider myself to be hair free as apposed to being bald. To my way of thinking it is more positive way to embrace my unique look.
May I ask Are you female or male? Did you tried any medications for getting you hair back?
This video needs to go viral. Jada lied. That’s a brow lift. Not alopecia!
He's not her doctor, you can't judge her based on another persons opinion.
@@atomaticbillt3532 It's VERY obvious to professionals. Your argument is like saying "from this photograph, you can't say that person is missing an arm, you're not his doctor".
@@atomaticbillt3532 But you can when he actually has what she’s lying about having.
@@rieyuki No, I'm saying he hasn't properly diagnosed her, he's only going off of a picture, her doctor knows more about her condition because he checked it out in person and analyzed it properly.
@@Soulful_Chaos I'm not judging her, I'm listening to her because she went to a professional and THEY diagnosed her, so this is a matter of if you believe her doctor or a random one on UA-cam who never seen her in person.
I use this video to fall asleep. Doctor's very pleasant and soothing voice and tons of medical terms do the magic. Thank you, Doc!
Thank you so much for this important video Dr. Gary! My mom has FFA (frontal fibrosing alopecia) and it was impossible to any help from Drs. I was the one who figured it out after doing hours of research… she’s lost all her eyebrows and has the very distinctive pattern of frontal hair loss, she’s a textbook case but no doctor wanted to help figure her problem out, they just kept dismissing her saying she was stressed... it’s frustrating. Her scalp is completely smooth with no hair follicles on the front and sides. She wears wigs now and microbladed brows. She did wear sunscreen daily for much of her adult life, after getting a basal cell carcinoma on her nose in her 30’s.
I personally struggle with chronic telogen effluvium from hypothyroidism, it’s been over 10 years now. I was told to use Rogaine foam and take iron and biotin, but not much more than that. I did buy a LLLT helmet back in 2013. With telogen effluvium I don’t think I’m a candidate for hair restoration unfortunately.
I got my sweatshirt and it looks great! Happy to support your channel and the Alopecia foundation. They’re not oversized, so I recommend going one size up if you like wearing a shirt underneath.
For years, advertising and media has worked HARD to normalize balding and bald men. Rightfully so. The generally accepted trope now is that a bald man (perhaps accentuated with facial hair) is “virile.” You see this everywhere, in TV ads, print ads, movie stars, etc.
It’s time to normalize bald women. Not all women have the financial resources, emotional support or time to invest in surgical hair replacement options. But we do suffer from the SAME emotional and psychological side effects that men have discussed for years in conjunction with their hair loss. We need to release the stigma that a bald woman is somehow less than feminine, or less than a full woman. I’ve been bald for 3 years now, and honestly, wouldn’t return to hair even if I could. I hope this video reaches other women and helps them to feel seen and recognized.
Wish I had the ability to share this video 1 million times over. Thank you for both your expert and personal experience explanation of what I’ve been questioning concerning Jada TRULY having alopecia In the form of which she would like people to believe.
Thanks for addressing hairloss in women, Dr. Gary
Thank you for making this content and educating the world on AA. I have AA/AT/(was AU). So many misconceptions. Love your content and keep sending the positivity!
Omg. So she has a scar from a brow lift. It was so obvious. I'm glad he told the truth.
If it looks like a duck, walks duck.........
I had a co-worker who would say the rudest things to his fellow co-workers; with me he would insult my husbands race, but it was especially disturbing when he would make fun of a female who was losing a lot of her.
I addressed my concern with my boss, stating that I didn’t care for his callous way he spoke to myself and my co-worker(s).
But sadly, my boss made it seem as if I was the one being too sensitive.
Was I? I don’t think this type of behavior would be accepted in the workplace nowadays.
In most actual HR depts that would be absolutely unacceptable. I had a manager who was just like that, saying offensive stuff constantly about us, his team, re ppls religion, their appearance, race etc etc but presenting it as harmless jokes, eventuality the whole office got so fed up with him, we went to HR and he was gone that afternoon. It seemed a bit harsh but the company didn’t want to get sued if someone felt they were allowing a potentially hostile work environment to go unaddressed, and it was so immediate due to the volume and highly problematic nature of the statements he made . One of the HR reps told us that in the long run we probably did him a favor as it’s better to learn the lesson now, and walk away from it, rather than come across the wrong person or group in the future and have something much worse happen to him.
Also it’s particularly cruel to make fun of a woman who’s balding as for many women they’re hair is their “crown” so to speak.
Not in most work places. You could definitely take legal action. Nobody should have to feel uncomfortable at work because somebody discriminatory behavior. I'm sorry you have to go through that
I am sorry this happened to you and your teammates. It is unacceptable from him ánd your boss not to intervene 😑
You simply stop talking to a person like that. Or you tell him directly what you don't like. He is insensitive but it's childish to go tell your boss. This is not serious to envolve anyone else.
@@jeanine0125 Absurd. No legal action should be taken. You people are so weak and fragile. Being rude is not a crime. You should at least have the backbone to say " I don't like your conversation"
I really wish that the Smith’s would stop milking the alopecia and go see a holistic specialist already. They’ve got the money to manage and or heal the condition compared to so many others that don’t. There are different instances of alopecia and most are impacted by inflammation in the body or strain or stress internally or externally on the hair or hormone related. I’m sure she’s already aware of what’s to come for her with the restoration
Just love you Doctor. Thank you so much for being so thorough as well. Keep up the great work!
Thank you for talking about this topic. Hardly anyone talks about this but a lot of us suffer from that. Thank you so much.
My sister has very thin, fine hair. When she was a baby, my mum put her hair up in a pigtail, and it just fell out. So it is something she's always been a little ashamed of. I also have very thin and fine hair, but I have a ton of it (hair stylists hate me), so it looks very thick. Unfortunately, my sister also has trichotillomania, which has caused pretty severe damage and thinning over time. For a brief time when I was younger, I'd also pick at my split ends, so I get how satisfying it is. And after 30 years of doing it, I'm sure it's incredibly difficult to stop the compulsion. I have my own OCD tendencies, so I feel for her. With naturally thin hair and a compulsive disorder, it's just a bad time for her. She also has hair that is naturally thinning, just normal aging things.
For her birthday, our family agreed to pool together and pay for hair restoration of some kind, but the only clinic nearby (halfway across the state, too) said she was not a candidate for any of their procedures. It's really frustrating. I feel they could at least address the natural thinning and overall health of her hair, perhaps with supplements or some kind of therapy to help restore the health of what she has and slow the thinning that comes with age. But they didn't really help. She's a very beautiful person, and this is one area she's so self-conscious about. It really stops her from thriving. There's a ton of research into male hair loss, but very little I could find on female hair loss, so I appreciate this video greatly. Especially breaking down all the different types of hair restoration options.
She should discover wigs.
love your videos. this was a perfect example of using something in the news as a transition into a more in-depth explanation of a common, yet often misunderstood condition (even by those who have it). also a great overview of the topic of female hair loss in general. kudos! 👍❤
awesome job. diplomatic, respectful, well done.
3 days ago, at a haircut appointment, my hairdresser pointed out a circular one inch bald patch at the back of my head. I had no idea it was there, and it wasn't there at my previous appointment. Thank you for explaining the different types of hair loss so well. Interestingly, I am gluten/ dairy and a host of other things intolerant, but my diet has been horrific of late and I have been making myself unwell consuming many foods that I shouldn't. I also had covid this year, then broke out in strange spots, all over my hands, that stayed for about 3 months, thankfully now.gone. Hoping if I take better care of myself, my hair loss won't become worse.
Thank you for the informative video! I’ve had hair loss for years. Ive always had a fear that it could become a “serious condition like alopecia.” I had no idea that alopecia was simply a general term meaning hair loss. I also have severe dandruff that’s gotten worse in my adulthood. I think that could be the cause of my hair loss. Thank you for educating me!
Have you visited a dermatologist to see if you have a scalp fungus/yeast on your scalp? A shampoo with ketoconazole may help to clear it up.
Sounds like yeast . You could have insulin resistance. Ypu could try cutting out sugar. Imcluding alcohol..Also try supplements for yeast or candida. I know this helped my daughter with her dandruff tremendously.
Thank you Dr Gary for providing hair loss information for women. These days people don't want to speak about things that are going to make you look different especially a woman not having her own hair!!
Love your voice! I suffer from alopecia areata (round patches) since 2020 after getting Covid. Great content. Thank you!!
the most entertaining Doctor/UA-camr I've been watching your videos for 3 days and they are really interesting
I just found you accidentally. I am now a subscriber. Great information.
Great information Dr. I was completely Bald until I was 7yrs old...my hair grew but was so fine and wispy it could not even hold a Bobby pin, it slid of. I started getting Bald patches in random areas aged 11 to 38. I suffered alot of childhood trauma so put it down to that. It stopped for a few years then started falling out again,, an all over thinning since getting covid. I now wear individual micro bond hair extensions.
Do you happen to have short anagen syndrome or loose anagen syndrome?
Hi Cassandra..I have never been referred to a specialist or trichologist just given a lotion to rub in to Bald areas. This is the first I have heard of this type/name of hair loss alopecia..I have googled it and now researching. Thank you xx
The BEST video ever on female hair loss!. So informative! Thank you so much for mentioning lichen planopolaris. I rarely hear anyone mention that type of hair loss. My dream is to one day get that taken care of. 💕👍🏻 Thank you Dr. Linkov!! There is hope out there for everyone and so many options to choose from.
Thanks for vídeo, informative as always. Hair loss is tough, people shouldn't hide it, people should be supportive!
Thanks Doc. I needed to hear this from an actual subject expert.
I’ve known many people with alopecia, and none of their heads looked like a smooth peach; it was always patchy with smooth hairless spots throughout the scalp; Jada’s hair simply looks shaved.
Jada Pickett has ALWAYS rocked short hair…like she has never been known for long flowing locks; plus she has the perfect head, neck, and bone structure for shaved hair…kinda like Demi Moore in GI Jane.
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OMG was THAT why Chris Rock told that joke?!?
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Haha. Finally, someone else who doesn't think Chris Rock was trying to humiliate Jada for her shaved head!
@@judylloyd7901The joke was very soft and sounded more like a compliment! I honestly never understood why so many women got offended by it and defended Will Smith's rage! 🙄
"Before people see my scar and start asking questions I decided to lie about it to preserve my inflated celebrity ego" is what she really meant. It's disappointing she chose to outright lie because I like her.
This is exactly what’s going on.
I did like her too but her real character has revealed itself.
Agreed!!!!
BB Spot on. I’ve never liked Jada, my narc ex is exactly like Jada, so conceited, supercilious & look how she treats Will, she’s insufferable.
She cheated on Will and lied about it keeping it a secret until he found out so her saying a lie about her scar means nothing to her. When she first said her condition I was confused because I said to myself "Where is the hair loss pattern?" There is none, she's just hiding behind a common natural hair loss problem a lot of people have just to hide her unnatural eyebrow lift
You do realize the man said at 1:56 that she has a scar in her scalp…not alopecia. He further goes on to question the authenticity of her alopecia by saying that “that linear line, it appears something happen”…not alopecia from a condition. I’m glad to see so many of y’all were paying attention, smh.
Human anxiety over hair loss is a strange thing, I’m a man with hair loss concerns, so no different. But the whole time Jada was showing her scar, I was looking at her gorgeous eyes and skin. I had to rewind and play several times before I could focus on the ‘terrible ordeal’ scar nonsense 😂
Valid point and all but not everyone looks drop dead enchanting like Jada. I’d look like a hard boiled egg head if I was bald lol.
@@Voyeurrrr 😂😂😂😂😂
I am other way around. Mostly, when i watch videos or pics of celebs , first my notices the hairline. Is it not funny?😅😅
The answer is she got a brow lift and is pretending not have had one. I love that you posted this out. It’s so misleading to get work done and pretend it’s something else…and or deny you’ve any work done.
I think PCOS also contributes to female hairloss. I don't have PCOS myself, but have observed women who have been diagnosed with this, suffering from hairloss too. I have Alopecia, and have been diagnosed with Hashimoto's. I do take thyroid medication, but my hair and eyebrows are thinning more and more. I've finally made peace, and now fill in my brows and rock my wigs. Never a Bad Hair Day for me anymore!
Love the zoom effect on "I'm not saying she's misleading people". It's perfect unintentional shade throwing
I’ve seen this same scare on other women of a certain age, it’s clearly a scare from a brow lift. You are very kind Dr.
Dr Gary you have really showed such caring doing this video to help women having these issues, dispelling shame with good intentions and information .
Wow, I didn't know spironolactone treats hair loss - I know it as a diuretic treating HTN. Now I can cheer my HTN patients up by telling them what it will do for their hair! Alopecia is tough; my father had alopecia generalis and I can remember how careful he had to be to guard against sunburn in summer, and how cold he got in winter. Sweat is a problem, too, when you have no eyebrows or eyelashes. It looks quite beautiful, showing off the bone structure, but is hard to live with.
only treats androgen dependent alopecia !
thanks for addressing women's hair loss! I know you touched on it, but could you do a video devoted to scarring alopecia: CCCA, LPP etc.? I still don't quite understand it and viable treatment options
the major cause of alopecia in black women are hair relaxers and perm products. The chemicals in those products are very toxic, they even cause cancer, fibroid and trigger hormonal imbalance in our bodies. Stop using those products, treat your hair with organic coconut oil, shea butter, essential oils, natural aleo vera etc
Oh man. This makes the whole situation so much better. If she's faking a hair loss condition to explain away her plastic surgery scar.... Bombshell. You need to get on the news and do interviews about this. Hilarious.
@Crazy Dave, So I guess this back story is why Will acted a fool. Since he knows what the real deal is. But they both made it worse, giving Chris that work. A very bad look.
He’s not her doctor. 🙄
@@goodmeasure777 think about how vain she is, so obsessed with her appearance. Jada and Will need to get roasted. They take themselves WAY too seriously.
@@flblackbutterfly1 yes he is
@@davethenerd42 smh 4:37 secs in. "I'm not her doctor".
Dr. LINKOV, you're Awesome! I will loosen up my ponytails.
I have significant hair loss from Androgenic Alopecia and it's really depressing. Seems like I'm the only one struggling with this, so it's nice to hear about other people dealing with the same thing. Almost time to shave my head (again, already did that once) and wear a wig full time. Sigh.
I feel your pain. I had people commenting when it started in my 20’s. Calling me 4” part etc. You envy all those women sitting in the salon choosing what style and colour they’d like.
I’ve been wearing the same (female comb over equivalent), boring bloody ponytail for over 20 years. I have no fringe to speak of & cannot stand having my photo taken, especially standing with other women. I want to get a nice wig but lucky me also tends to pour sweat from my scalp! Yay me!
@@Rigbycat123 They're SO HOT and quite uncomfortable. But the options are limited to wigs, comb over styles and baldness. :S
@@HighTideSoaps it’s such crap isn’t it? Still socially unacceptable for a white woman to walk around bald. My luck my noggin would get sunburned and get freckles 🤮😩😆
Alopecia does not occur in strips like that. It occurs in circles. This is a scar from a facelift or wig clips for too many years. Are we all supposed to cry for her? She’s just another shill and an actress.
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You sound racist. If it was a white women then you would probably all cry for her.
Pathetic.
He's a Doctor.
my word...calm down lady. she is a human being going through hairloss. why are you so angry about this?
@@Harleywayne Because she’s lying and this whole thing was fabricated to bring up ratings and push the new alopecia product that’s coming on the market. Look around at the commercials and check out UA-cam. You should notice a sharp uptick and people with alopecia
The merch is "beautiful" and I will be ordering. This was very informative, I did not know traction alopecia was real, I recently got braids and I was like all this traction is going to pull my hair out and then I came across this... I also wanted to know if you thought Jada had any plastic facial surgery and you took the opportunity to enlighten us, so thank you.
many years ago My hair was thinning from wearing braids. I started working on my head and it grew. Then I got Covid and it broke all off. Now after intense care it’s back thick and long.
Traction alopecia is very real. I live in Congo and women here wear tight braids from a very young age. By the time they are 50, one third of their hair is permanently gone, esp. around the forehead and the ears.
A brilliant video Dr Gary, thank you! I learned a lot about Alopecia I never knew before.
Purely an observation about Jada:
Other than the scar, the folacles/stubble is not absent anywhere else!!!
I'm now off to learn more about you, and how Alopecia changed your life!
Best wishes, John UK
I’ve been telling people about her scar too. I’m glad you’ve done a video about this I’m going to refer this video to others.