Jada Pinkett Smith tried to hold back her tears as she sat down with the grieving mother of a 12-year-old girl who sadly took her own life after being bullied at school for her alopecia.MORE: Everything Jada Pinkett Smith's said about 'terrifying' alopeciaIn a clip from an upcoming episode of Red Table Talk, mum Niki Ball revealed how her late daughter Rio's condition led her to being called horrible things such as "naked mole rat" and a "bug-eyed alien".WATCH: Jada Pinkett Smith tears up as she talks alopecia with grieving mother"With the hair loss, she was so strong," the mother explained. "She still rocked it even when it was falling out, and she just had these big bald patches.
Tried the creams. They made her breakout. Tried the injections, she took five of them in one day. But neither of them really did anything."MORE: What is alopecia?
The causes and treatment for the hair loss conditionREAD: Life after suicide - mum and her children write powerful book about losing their dadHer daughter then asked to have her head shaved, which gave her the opportunity to try on a wig. "With school coming up, we got her that super cute wig, she loved it, and she glowed then," Niki continued. "But at school, within a couple of weeks, she was like, 'I don't want to wear it anymore, there's no point.'"She had it ripped off her head.
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