Popular rapper Raftaar cut down his workload, limited his public appearances after he suffered from Alopecia Areata, also known as spot badlness. Having gone through a successful surgery, he shared images with a powerful message for youth. By Divyani Raghav
In the world of glamour (and the age of social media) where there’s no place for weakness, celebrities discussing their insecurities is a welcome change. First, Deepika Padukone broke the mould by talking openly about her depression which even led to much required attention to the epidemic, and now, it is popular rapper Raftaar, who has put out his pictures of ‘bald patches’ on his head resulting from Alopecia Areata.
In an incredible caption, the rapper has confessed he suffered from this autoimmune disorder in which hair is lost from some or all parts of the body. Raftaar, who has undergone a surgery successfully, said it was a challenge to defeat it psychologically due to societal pressures and he was even ashamed of ‘baldness’. He had even cut down on his work. “I had to do the surgery because today society judges you more by your appearance and not by your work or character,” he wrote on Instagram.
However, shedding his inhibitions, he decided to create awareness about Alopecia, now a common thing among youth. “You don’t need to lose your confidence… My hair doesn’t make me less of a man,” he wrote.
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