Ricki Lake Breaks Free From Years of Chronic Hair Loss

About a week ago, Talk show host legend Ricki Lake shared post of her new image. Face beat and a shaved head. If we want to be honest here, there’s so many different ways she could’ve styled a short hairdo. It’s 2020, you can shave your head and go platinum blonde or silver if you want to, or a lilac pixie cut. The point is, it's all how you style the problem. And in this day and age all is accepted.

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But I digress, Ricki was shaving her head to distinguish her internal battle with body image. I say this is a soft ode to having a Britney moment, which is fine! We all break down about different things. For Ricki, it was the constant pressure that Hollywood puts on all its stars to look pristine and non-human. Reality is, Ricki suffered from hair loss for 30 years. Imagine keeping that inside for that long with no one really knowing that insecurity.

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To quote her from an article on Healthline magazine, “ She felt suicidal.” That's how much weight image had been applied by the constant need to look a certain way. After the post on instagram and facebook, thousands of women reached out and responded to Ricki’s story; it resonated with a lot of them.  A new free Ricki may want to style the short-do later, but now she lives in a reality where there is absolutely no pressure to do so. Good for you Riki…. bold, bald, and beautiful.

cover image via Ricki Lake