{"id":54191,"date":"2026-05-25T01:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T00:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=54191"},"modified":"2026-05-22T11:36:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T10:36:36","slug":"90-day-fiances-jasmine-pineda-reveals-why-she-shaved-her-head-amid-brutal-hair-loss-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/05\/25\/90-day-fiances-jasmine-pineda-reveals-why-she-shaved-her-head-amid-brutal-hair-loss-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"90 Day Fianc\u00e9\u2019s Jasmine Pineda reveals why she shaved her head amid brutal hair loss battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"493\" data-end=\"750\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/tag\/90-day-fiance\/\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">90 Day Fianc\u00e9<\/span><\/span><\/a> star <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/06\/02\/wait-did-jasmine-from-90-day-fiance-just-drop-huge-romance-news\/\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Jasmine Pineda<\/span><\/span><\/a> has revealed the emotional reason behind her dramatic shaved head transformation, opening up about her ongoing battle with alopecia and the toll it has taken on her confidence.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; 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height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWaIc0hjtvP\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Matthew (Matei) Branistareanu (@mattbranistareanu)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"752\" data-end=\"1101\">The TLC personality, 39, explained that she decided to shave her head in late 2025 after struggling with severe alopecia areata, an autoimmune condition that causes hair loss when the immune system attacks hair follicles. Jasmine shared that postpartum hormonal changes and stress triggered a major flare-up, causing her hair to fall out in patches.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DU5--77DvdN\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DU5--77DvdN\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Matthew (Matei) Branistareanu (@mattbranistareanu)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1103\" data-end=\"1445\">Speaking candidly about the condition, Jasmine said stress and the postpartum period can make her alopecia \u201cflare up even more,\u201d adding that the hair loss \u201csometimes comes and goes.\u201d She has previously admitted the experience left her emotionally devastated, especially as the condition worsened during difficult periods in her personal life.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1447\" data-end=\"1918\">Fans of 90 Day Fianc\u00e9 will know Jasmine has endured a turbulent few years, including the breakdown of her marriage to <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Gino Palazzolo<\/span><\/span>. The pair became one of the franchise\u2019s most talked-about couples after documenting their long-distance relationship and explosive arguments on screen. Jasmine has since spoken openly about the stress surrounding the relationship and divorce, revealing it contributed to her worsening hair loss.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54195\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54195\" style=\"width: 2020px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54195\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-22-at-11.19.18.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2020\" height=\"1168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-22-at-11.19.18.png 2020w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-22-at-11.19.18-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-22-at-11.19.18-1024x592.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-22-at-11.19.18-768x444.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-22-at-11.19.18-1536x888.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2020px) 100vw, 2020px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Via TLC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"1920\" data-end=\"2203\">For years, Jasmine relied on wigs, extensions and hair pieces to hide the condition, but she recently confessed she began to feel like a \u201cfraud\u201d for concealing her natural hair. Shaving her head ultimately became a way for her to reclaim confidence and take control of the situation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2205\" data-end=\"2430\">Her partner, <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Matt Branistareanu<\/span><\/span>, supported her throughout the transition and even shaved his own head in solidarity. Jasmine shared that his support helped make the emotional experience feel less isolating.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54196\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54196\" style=\"width: 902px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54196\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-22-at-11.20.37.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"902\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-22-at-11.20.37.png 902w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-22-at-11.20.37-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-22-at-11.20.37-768x467.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 902px) 100vw, 902px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Via TLC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"2432\" data-end=\"2772\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Although alopecia treatments are available, they do not always work, and many sufferers experience recurring flare-ups linked to stress, illness or hormonal changes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2432\" data-end=\"2772\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">By speaking publicly about her condition, Jasmine has been praised for bringing attention to the emotional impact of hair loss and embracing her appearance naturally.<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reality Shrine<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span 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