Jessie J Says Hair Is Falling Out “Like Crazy” After Mastectomy — Balancing Recovery, Toddler and New Music
By Jaden Patel. A singer opens up about hair loss, surgery recovery, and life with a toddler, with the same calm intensity one uses to fold laundry while the house is on fire.
Let’s begin with the facts, delivered with the emotional restraint of someone who knows crying is bad for mascara. Jessie J, the Grammy‑nominated English pop star born Jessica Cornish, revealed in an Instagram video posted on August 12 that her hair has been “falling out like crazy” since undergoing a mastectomy in June after an early breast cancer diagnosis. She confirmed the diagnosis publicly on June 3, telling fans she had been diagnosed with early breast cancer just prior to the April release of her single “No Secrets.” The singer stressed the word early in her announcement and has kept fans updated through candid social media posts.
In the recent clip, recorded while getting ready to shoot a TV show and apparently doing her own makeup because priorities, Jessie J, 37, showed viewers the physical reality of recovery. She pressed gently on her chest and pointed out an implant, remarking that it still feels sore, and contrasted it with what she called her “old.” She also noted she is dealing with “quite a lot of cording,” medical language that refers to the tight bands that can form after lymph node surgery and which can be painful and restrict movement.
Two corroborating angles make this more than a vague Instagram moment. First, Jessie J’s own posts from August 8 and August 29 indicate that she is planning additional surgery later in the year and simultaneously teasing new music — a juggling act that sounds exhausting and is frankly impressive. Second, public timelines confirm the June diagnosis and mastectomy, giving context to the hair loss she described: hair shedding can follow cancer surgery, stress, medication changes, and, for those undergoing chemotherapy, treatment‑related loss. Jessie J has emphasized “early” in her diagnosis, a factual detail she repeats to reassure fans that timing is on her side.
There is also the human subplot: Jessie J is navigating this as a mother. She referenced her 2‑year‑old son Sky Safir, whom she shares with partner Chanan Safir Colman, 41, noting Sky had been away for two weeks during part of her recovery. “I know I can’t do everything that I was supposed to be doing, but I just want to be able to make it work the best I can for everybody,” she said, adding the unavoidable truth that prioritizing recovery inevitably disappoints some people.
The Instagram update was not raw panic but pragmatic reflection. Jessie J acknowledged the video was two weeks old in the caption and self‑described as “frantic and oversharing,” which, yes, we all have those moments where we do our own makeup and narrate medical trauma into our phone like it is a cooking show. She has publicly committed to another surgery this year and posted upbeat checkmarks about handling toddler life and releasing music, signaling resilience and a refusal to be defined solely by illness.
Context matters here. Jessie J’s decision to be transparent about diagnosis, pain and practicalities has doubled as advocacy; she has said she wants to talk about cancer more, both to process and to connect with fans who may be going through similar experiences. Her updates blend the clinical — dates, procedures, symptoms — with everyday parenting and career concerns, showing how modern celebrity life can include scheduling scans between playdates and studio sessions.
This is not a happy story, but it is purposeful: Jessie J is managing medical recovery, hair loss and continued creative output while recalibrating what “normal” looks like. She is frank about discomfort and limits, but also committed to adapting rather than panicking, a philosophy she reiterated while teasing new music set for release later this year.
Witty closing note: if multitasking were an Olympic sport, Jessie J would be on the podium, probably with a stylishly shedding wig and a toddler’s snack in her free hand.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and Instagram, New York Post
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