Alyssa Milano’s coronavirus symptoms include losing clumps of hair

It looks like that Who’s The Boss sequel will have to wait a bit. Actress Alyssa Milano is slowly recovering from her symptoms of COVID-19, and she posted to her official Instagram channel exactly what those symptoms entail. Namely, the actress and activist is losing her hair.“Thought I’d show you what #Covid19 does to your hair. Please take this seriously. #WearADamnMask #LongHauler,” she captioned her video, where she appears freshly showered and in a robe before the camera. Using her detangler brush on her wet hair, clumps of hair appear on the brush, and loose at her ends, where she has to pull them off in bundles.

 

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Thought I’d show you what #Covid19 does to your hair. Please take this seriously. #WearADamnMask #LongHauler

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“I just wanted to show you the amount of hair that is coming out of my head as a result of COVID,” she says, holding up a large clump of hair in front of the camera. “One brushing, this is my hair loss from COVID-19.”Her face turns serious right before the video shuts off. “Wear a d*** mask,” she says.[video_embed id='2008150']RELATED: Tony Danza, Alyssa Milano sign up for 'Who's the Boss?' sequel[/video_embed]This isn’t the first time the actress has posted about her coronavirus symptoms.  Last week she posted a photo to her Instagram while wearing a breathing apparatus. “This was me on April 2nd after being sick for 2 weeks,” she wrote in the caption.“I had never been this kind of sick. Everything hurt. Loss of smell,” she continued. “It felt like an elephant was sitting on my chest. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't keep food in me. I lost 9 pounds in 2 weeks.”“I basically had every Covid symptom.”

 

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This was me on April 2nd after being sick for 2 weeks. I had never been this kind of sick. Everything hurt. Loss of smell. It felt like an elephant was sitting on my chest. I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t keep food in me. I lost 9 pounds in 2 weeks. I was confused. Low grade fever. And the headaches were horrible. I basically had every Covid symptom. At the very end of march I took two covid19 tests and both were negative. I also took a covid antibody test (the finger prick test) after I was feeling a bit better. NEGATIVE. After living the last 4 months with lingering symptoms like, vertigo, stomach abnormalities, irregular periods, heart palpitations, shortness of breath, zero short term memory, and general malaise, I went and got an antibody test from a blood draw (not the finger prick) from a lab. I am POSITIVE for covid antibodies. I had Covid19. I just want you to be aware that our testing system is flawed and we don’t know the real numbers. I also want you to know, this illness is not a hoax. I thought I was dying. It felt like I was dying. I will be donating my plasma with hopes that I might save a life. Please take care of yourselves. Please wash your hands and wear a mask and social distance. I don’t want anyone to feel the way I felt. Be well. I love you all (well, maybe not the trolls. Just the kind people.)❤️

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She noted that she had tested negative for the virus twice, but as her symptoms persisted from March, another test revealed that she had the antibodies, meaning that, at some point, she had caught the virus.“I also want you to know, this illness is not a hoax. I thought I was dying. It felt like I was dying.”Encouraging everyone to wear a mask, maintain physical distancing, and to wash their hands regularly, she closed by saying, “I don't want anyone to feel the way I felt.”Get better soon, lady![video_embed id='2011744']Before you go: Russia registers vaccine for COVID-19[/video_embed]