Nara Smith Shares Throwback Photo of Curls Before 'Severe Eczema' Caused Her to Lose Her Hair

Nara Smith is sharing much astir her struggle pinch "severe eczema."

The 23-year-old influencer continues to archive her ongoing struggle pinch eczema complete nan years. On July 3, Nara shared a throwback photograph pinch her husband, Lucky Blue Smith, and herself pinch curly hairsbreadth connected her Instagram stories. She added nan text, saying “My hairsbreadth earlier getting terrible eczema connected my scalp which caused maine to [lose] a batch of hair…” 

This isn’t nan first clip nan mother of 3 has opened up astir her struggle pinch eczema. On December 10, 2024, done an Instagram post, Nara elaborate her travel pinch eczema and yet Lupus aft she made known that bad flare-ups were successful portion nan logic why she notably started making nutrient from scratch. The carousel that she posted successful December featured a image of her barren and itchy scalp. 

"It’s been astir 3 years since my eczema started flaring up severely," Nara began her lengthy caption alongside a carousel of images showing her flare-ups. "I had conscionable fixed commencement to my 2nd child. It started disconnected arsenic a mini cracked spot of barren tegument that I conscionable moisturized and ignored."

"My eczema dispersed quickly starting connected nan palms of my hands and making its measurement onto my back, arms, scalp and yet my face. I felt exhausted and my assemblage ached truthful bad that connected immoderate days I couldn’t move aliases clasp my babies," she continued.

Nara is nan mother of three kids: Rumble Honey, Slim Easy and Whimsy Lou. She shares them pinch Lucky, 27, whom she wed successful February 2020. Nara announced connected June 8 that she and Lucky are expecting their 4th child. 

"As clip went connected my hairsbreadth fell retired successful clumps and I could ne'er shingle this lingering acold emotion I felt successful my body," she continued successful nan station from December. "I walk nights researching eczema since I thought that’s each I had. I drastically changed my fare (cutting retired grains, dairy, sugar) making nutrient from scratch and swapped retired each my products for much earthy options."

Nara has since go synonymous pinch her cooking videos connected TikTok, often recreating accepted dishes from scratch while explaining nan process successful ASMR style.

"I would spell done phases of it treatment (never afloat clearing up) and past flaring up. I saw aggregate [dermatologists] and ever sewage nan aforesaid answer: terrible eczema. I sewage sent location defeated, not listened to and pinch a insubstantial container afloat of steroid creams," she continued.

Nara said that she was "struggling and [overanalyzing] everything" she put successful her assemblage for 2 years, causing her "biggest flareup" which past led "to a terrible infection." She detailed, "Every portion of my assemblage was covered successful inflamed, oozing, itchy and swollen skin."

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"I woke up pinch my eyes swollen unopen and my hands not functioning. I stopped eating completely, l paralyzed by nan fearfulness of making it worse," she revealed, noting that she fell into "a authorities of depression" which inspired her to activity thief internationally.

"I sewage connected a formation to Germany seeking thief from naturopaths, doctors and different specialists and yet sewage a diagnosis: Lupus," nan exemplary recalled. She compared nan reply to a puzzle wherever "all nan pieces fell into place" and each of her "symptoms made sense."

"From my purple hands that felt frozen, to my utmost fatigue, my hairsbreadth nonaccomplishment and sores. It each made consciousness now,” she explained, adding she “felt relieved” because she “finally had an reply but I was arsenic frightened of what this meant for my life and my kids."

Nara admitted it's been "a learning curve" and she’s still "learning" to set each day. 

"I’m sharing this successful nan hopes of giving personification hope, comfortableness aliases nan spot to support pushing erstwhile things get really difficult and lonely," she concluded her post.