'This has been something that has plagued me for so, so long. It was my secret—and I'm an open book.'
Ricki Lake opens up about secret struggle with hair loss
"This was personal. I'm overwhelmed by the reaction," Lake said Friday on"GMA.""I was really scared people were going to say mean things."Former talk show host Ricki Lake tells "Good Morning America," on Jan. 3, 2020, she has been struggling with hair loss for nearly 30 years. MORE: Ricki Lake opens up about 'dark times' and healing after her husband's suicide: 'I now truly love myself the way he loved me'"I've been to many doctors, gotten steroid shots in my head, taking all the supplements and then some," Lake wrote on Facebook."My hair would recover and then shed again. It was maddening. I got used to wearing extensions, really just over the last decade.
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