Ricki Lake Shows Off New Look While Revealing Struggle With Hair Loss & Depression
#Socialite, do you guys remember Ricki Lake? The former talk show host and “Hairspray” star? well, she has come out with a whole new look to bring in the new year, and it appears that there’s a story behind the big change.
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While embracing her new buzz, the 51-year-old actress took to social media, revealing decades-long struggle with hair loss. Before explaining, Lake made it clear that she is not sick and is not having a mid-life crisis, although she’s been “suffering in silence” for most of her adult life and has even felt suicidal over her struggles.
“It has been debilitating, embarrassing, painful, scary, depressing, lonely, all the things,” Lake wrote in a post shared Wednesday on Facebook and Instagram. She went on to say, “I’ve been to many doctors, gotten steroid shots in my head, taking all the supplements and then some,” she said. “My hair would recover and then shed again. It was maddening.”
After decades of struggle, Lake said she just had enough, and thanks to the love and support from her good friends, she decided to cut her hair off.
“This time, I say no more. I have to be set free,” she said. “I am liberated. I am free. I am releasing and letting go. I am brave. I am beautiful. I love it. For 2020 and beyond, I want to be real.”
Lake’s post has since gone viral, with many social media users commending her for speaking out and making such as brave move.
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