TV star Ricki Lake has unveiled her new buzz cut after revealing she has been struggling with the "quiet hell" of hair loss for almost 30 years.
The US talk show host, 51, who recently competed on X Factor: Celebrity in the UK, said the ordeal had made her feel suicidal on a few occasions.
She wrote : "It has been debilitating, embarrassing, painful, scary, depressing, lonely, all the things."
Posting new photos, she added: "For 2020 and beyond, I want to be real."
Lake was praised on social media, including by many women who have experienced their own problems with hair loss.