'Freed From The Secret': Rep. Ayanna Pressley Opens Up About Living With Alopecia
The freshman lawmaker says she felt that it was particularly important for her to speak out about her condition because her hairstyle, Senegalese twists, has become a part of her political brand.
"I've only been bald in the privacy of my home and in the company of close friends," Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts says at the beginning of an emotional video in which she revealed she is living with alopecia.
"I do believe going public will help," she says in the video . "I'm ready now, because I want to be freed from the secret and the shame that secret carries with it. Because
