MANILA, Philippines — Former Disney actress Ashley Tisdale has opened up about her struggle with alopecia, and offered some tips how to deal with it.
In a video posted on her Instagram accounts in partnership with her wellnessblog Frenshe, Tisdale shared how she first learned about the condition when she was still a young actress.
"In my young twenties, I noticed that there was a little bit of a bald spot right at my hair line,” said Tisdale. “And I asked my hair colorist, ‘What is that?’ And she was like, ‘Oh, that’s alopecia.’ I didn’t even know what that was."
She was then officially diagnosed with the autoimmune disase after a visit to her dermatologist, and while hair did grow back, there were times that Tisdale felt stressed and the bald spot would return.
As such, Tisdale gave a number of tips for other individuals who are suffering from alopecia.