Watch: Christina Applegate Addresses Health Concerns Amid MS Battle
Christina Applegate is providing a candid update.
The Married… With Children alum—who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2021—shared a video of herself with a new look, as she revealed her latest hair transformation and a new facial marking.
In the clip posted to her Instagram Sept. 21, Applegate posed for the camera in jeans and a black zip-up hoodie that hung off her shoulder in order to show off her new bright blonde hair color. And as she turned her head to the side to give people a better look of the highlighted hue, a darker mark on her cheek also became visible.
“Fresh hair color, new weird spot on my cheek haha,” Applegate captioned the footage before going on to thank her stylist Dave Stanwell. “Thank you @davestanwell for brightening up my cloudy day. Love you and love to you all out there.”
Shortly after, the 54-year-old also uploaded a selfie with the skin pigmentation on display to her Instagram Stories, though she didn’t specify what caused the discoloration.
Of course, Applegate is no stranger to being vulnerable about where her health stands. Back in March, the Dead to Me star detailed in her memoir, You With the Sad Eyes, what it’s like living with the side effects of MS, a disorder which affects the body’s immune system.
“When I wake up, I often can’t get my arm to move far enough to grab the cup of water by my bed or my phone from its charger,” Applegate wrote in the book, per Today. “One of the worst side effects of the illness is the exhaustion. It feels as though I’ve been on a three-day-long sleepless bender.”
But amid those difficulties, the actress noted that she still finds moments of joy, like when she does her daily school drop-off with her 15-year-old daughter Sadie, who she shares with husband of 13 years Martyn LeNoble.
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“It’s my favorite thing to do. It’s the only time we have together by ourselves,” she explained. “I tell myself, ‘Just get her there safely and get home so you can get back into bed.’ And that’s what I do.”
For more on Applegate’s health journey, keep reading.
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