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Olivia Munn is sharing that she lives with a well being condition not many individuals find out about.
Munn spoke about her expertise with trichotillomania – a psychological well being condition that “involves frequent, repeated and irresistible urges to pull out hair from your scalp, eyebrows or other areas of your body,” according to the Mayo Clinic – whereas showing on Monday’s episode of the “Armchair Expert” podcast.
“It could be hair at the top of your head, because there’s a sensation. It’s probably not even real, but I’ll feel like, oh, this eyelash feels like it’s gonna come out,” Munn stated. “And then when you pull it, there is a quick second of pain. And then there’s a satisfaction and an immediate regret.”
An incident with the paparazzi that occurred whereas Munn was relationship actor Chris Pine, to whom she was romantically linked between 2009 and 2010, sparked the onset of the condition, she stated.
Munn informed the podcast’s hosts Dax Shepard and Monica Padman that the then-couple had been photographed leaving his house collectively on the time, and the photographs had been posted on-line.
“I did the horrible thing, which was to read the comments… And they were like, ‘I think she set this up!’” Munn stated concerning a number of the insensitive reactions she learn on-line. “That began my trichotillomania. That was the very beginning.”
The “X-Men: Apocalypse” actress has been open about her well being lately after she first revealed that she was recognized with a type of breast most cancers known as Luminal B cancer in 2024.
The most cancers was present in each of her breasts, and Munn’s remedy included a double mastectomy.
Munn additionally shared in May that she underwent a hysterectomy as a part of her remedy, telling Vogue that the process was a substitute for taking a most cancers remedy treatment that was inflicting her to expertise “next-level, debilitating exhaustion.” It was “the best decision for me because I needed to be present for my family,” she added on the time.