Rumer Willis expressed her thoughts more extensively about her personal experience with hair thinning in an accompanying video clip. In the beginning, she greeted her viewers and mentioned her long-standing partnership with the wellness company Nutrafol. She then went on to explain that the company had launched a campaign called “Shedding the Silence” which aims to support individuals experiencing hair thinning while breaking down the taboos and shame surrounding this common issue.
Rumer spoke passionately about the campaign and how she strongly believes in its message. She revealed that she had shared her own experience with hair thinning on a few occasions before, but felt that it was especially important to talk about it now. As she is currently going through a significant life transition, being pregnant, she has noticed some changes in her body, hormones, and hair.
Rumer’s voice wavered as she stumbled over her words while expressing her thoughts. She acknowledged that her pregnancy hormones had left her feeling a little scattered and unable to articulate her emotions fully. However, she remained committed to speaking up about the importance of shedding light on the topic of hair thinning and reducing the stigma that surrounds it.
“Hey guys,” she began. “So as you know, one of my favourite wellness companies Nutrafol that I’ve been using and have been partner with for many, many years has an incredible campaign called ‘Shedding the silence’, which is just a support system and so many things, but really it’s about dismantling the taboos and the shame around hair thinning.
“And it’s something that I feel really passionate about sharing, and I have a couple of times before, but especially right now.
“Obviously I’m in the midst of this huge transition…” she began, falling over her words before adding: “I can’t even talk anymore. That is what happens when you’re pregnant.
“In my life, with my hormones, with my body, with things changing… And as my pregnancy has gone along, I’ve definitely noticed just some changes in my hair,” she continued.
And obviously, it’s very well known that postpartum hair thinning is a big thing. So, really what’s important to me and what I wanted to bring forward is just this idea of having a lot of grace with yourself, of opening up a dialogue with your friends, with the community that Nutrafol has created.
“Just allowing the space to be wherever you’re at and to bring forward these subjects that generally and historically have been extremely taboo or have been quite shameful as women to talk about.
“A feel like there’s so many things that as women we don’t really share or, God forbid, we are human and have human things occur,” she added.
“I have definitely experienced some hair thinning myself, obviously, as you can see I’ve got these little sproutlets,” she said, gesturing to her hair.
“But I want to open up a dialogue with you, so if anybody wants to share their stories with me or to be courageous and brave and open up that conversation with either of me or the Nutrafol community or with your friends, I highly encourage you to do so in service of just loving yourself exactly as you are and being present with all that you are, no matter what that is.”
