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Ayanna Pressley said that 'as a Black woman, The Personal is political'

US Congressman Ayanna Pressley has revealed she is completely bald, because the hair-loss condition alopecia.

The Massachusetts Democrat said, The root, to notice that she started, her hair fell out last autumn.

they eventually went completely bald in December, The Night before the Congress voted to indict Donald Trump .

Ms Pressley said later: "As a Black woman, The Personal is political. My hair story is no exception. "

Ms Pressley, 45, is a member of the so-called "team" of the four progressive Democratic women in the Congress was the color.

In, Ms Pressley said that for the First Time , her signature hairstyle - Senegalese Twist - four years ago.

"I was very conscious of this hairstyle could be filtered and interpreted by some as a Political Statement , it was militant", "the said people:" the people will think that you're angry', and I said: 'Well, you already think that. '"

over The Years , She Said , it was a symbol of representation and power for young African-American girl.

Ayanna Pressley added, removed her Wig for the First Time in public,

Ms Pressley added: "My phrases is a Synonym and sealing the end part of not only my personal identity, and how I in The World , but my political brand.

"That's why I think it is important that I be transparent about this new normal and live with alopecia. "

Later in the video she took of her Wig revealing her bald head for the First Time in public.

After the video was released, viewers, activists, and colleagues tweeted and gave their support to Ms Pressley - including your colleagues, "cadres" of women in Congress, Ilhan Omar , of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rashida Tlaib .

Ms Omar said Ms. Pressley, while Ms Tlaib.

Ms Ocasio-Cortez: "Could you imagine losing all of your hair on the eve of an enormous public day? And Then so strong and intimate ordeal of turning, in order to create space for others? Ayanna, you are the living blessings are. "

alopecia affects about a third of women, of African descent, according to a study published in the medical journal Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology. Another study, published in the Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology last year found that African-Americans experience hair loss were more likely than any other Ethnic Group in the United States.

The Most common form of the disease, the black women caused by traction alopecia due to hair, stressed at The Roots .

Other forms of the disease include alopecia areata, resulting in patches of hair loss; alopecia totalis, effectively, caused the total loss of hair on The Head ; and alopecia universalis, which leads to complete hair loss all over the body of a person.

About 6. 8 million people in the U.S. have believed that alopecia, according to the U.S. National Alopecia Areata Foundation .

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Source of news: bbc.com