Sometimes it's easy to underestimate how much something means to us until we're about to lose it.
And while it's true that we don't necessarily need hair, it's pretty common to feel some degree of sadness or anxiety when it starts falling out. And it's even more worrying when you're not sure why it's happening since it could be a sign of another health problem that's more difficult to detect.
But when there's no reason to think that this hair loss is going to stop or even slow down, some people might find themselves making the decision to just shave it all away and at least take back some control over how they look.
And a recent Instagram post gives us reason to suspect that this is precisely what Jada Pinkett Smith is doing.