- JoJo Siwa mentioned {that a} bald patch on her head was the results of her time on “Dance Mothers.”
- Siwa starred on the present previous to signing a contract with Nickelodeon and turning into a pop star.
- In a follow-up, she mentioned the patch was a results of a stress rash, not her trademark excessive ponytails.
JoJo Siwa mentioned {that a} bald patch on her head was brought on by her time on “Dance Mothers” as a toddler — not the excessive ponytails that she wore for years.
Siwa, 19, appeared on the Lifetime actuality collection throughout her preteen years, becoming a member of the Abby Lee Dance Firm throughout its fifth season. She later left the corporate throughout the second half of the present’s sixth season, saying in a 2017 YouTube video that it was because of a brand new alternative with Nickelodeon.
In a TikTok video, she mentioned that her time on the present left her with a bald patch on her head.
“When somebody notices my bald spot and wonders what it is from…,” Siwa mentioned in an on-screen caption of a video flipping her now-short hair over her head, earlier than slicing to images of herself on the collection.
Siwa not too long ago lower her hair, posting a TikTok video in April displaying her shaking out a brand new, a lot shorter model. Beforehand, she had been identified for sporting her blonde hair in a decent, slicked again ponytail, usually accompanied by one in every of her trademark bows. As Vulture beforehand reported, individuals speculated on-line that Siwa’s ponytails had led to hair loss.
In a follow-up video, Siwa clarified that the spot was because of stress, not the ponytails that she used to usually put on.
“It’s because once I was little — you’ll be able to see I even have a little bit bit of 1 proper now — however once I was little I had a very unhealthy stress rash proper right here on ‘Dance Mothers,’ and I’d choose at all of it day lengthy,” Siwa mentioned. “And I broken each single hair follicle that has ever been proper there.”
Siwa instructed the New York Instances in 2021 that she did not remorse her time on “Dance Mothers,” saying that “nothing I’ve ever completed has been one thing I did not wish to do.”
She’s additionally spoken extremely of coach Abby Lee Miller, who ran the corporate on the middle of “Dance Mothers,” telling Us Weekly in 2020 that she and Miller nonetheless spoke.
“Despite the fact that you see her yelling and screaming at youngsters on TV, like Abby made seven stars,” Siwa instructed Us Weekly. “I would not be doing this if it wasn’t for her.”
