Night Owl Cinematics actress Nina Tan shared in an Instagram post that she was diagnosed with Alopecia, which causes hair loss, and is the same disease that Jada Pinkett Smith was diagnosed with.
Here is what she said
TW: Baldness/Needles/Blood/Bad English
I wanna thank the hundreds of you who dropped me a DM to encourage me. Some of you even shared your experiences and pictures which in a way brings me comfort. A lot of you asked for my progression thus far. I admit that I don’t really reply to DMs mainly because Im not good with words for now. Some days Im okay, some days Im not and I don’t wanna pretend to be all good. I loved my long hair and I even thought about shaving my whole head.
It has been 2 months since I found out that I had alopecia and it has been quite disheartening. I have been getting different doctor’s advise and receiving treatments. Yes, there are results but it’s still at a spreading stage. Having to go through the constant hairloss, swelling, throbbing headache and medications plus dealing with life is just…. I know it’s just hair…. But this entire period is just frustrating. Really thankful for my close circle who have been nothing but supportive esp on my down days 🥹
Wanna share that I did my jabs and treatments @cliffordaesthetics with @drgerardee who have been the most kind and gentle. I rmb him telling me to ‘focus on recovery’ and making monthly check-ins with me. He lightens up this whole nightmare for me. It’s has been two months now and the results surpass whatever I have read online. Baby steps baby hair ftw! Will continue to update on the progression since many of you is also going through it as well. Ok bye.