After years of navigating hair loss due to alopecia, today's guest made the decision to break free of South Asian beauty standards by shaving her head bald. Neehar Sachdeva is a representation creator who is normalizing breaking beauty standards in the South Asian community and beyond. In this episode she shares the story behind her diagnosis, how she and her family navigated it, how she finally came to the empowered decision to go bald and what life has been like ever since.
Questions we cover in this episode also include:
- What beauty standards exist today?
- What are beauty standards in India?
- How beauty standards affect mental health
- How beauty standards differ across cultures
- How beauty standards affect self-esteem
- Why beauty standards are harmful
- Are beauty standards changing ?
You can connect with Neehar on Instagram: @neeharsachdeva and you can also find her on clubhouse!
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