Shannen Doherty turned to
Instagram to chronicle the latest step in her battle against breast cancer
Tuesday night, sharing photos of friend and model Anne Kortright-Shilstat
shearing the actress’ locks.
Doherty,
who started her career as a child actor in the 1980s and became a cultural
phenomenon with her portrayal of Brenda Walsh in “Beverly Hills 90210,” has
been fighting breast cancer since March 2015.
The news
of Doherty’s diagnosis came to light in August 2015, when the
actress sued her former manager and management firm for, among other things,
failing to pay her Screen Actors Guild medical insurance premiums for the 2014
coverage year, resulting in Doherty’s coverage being canceled. In the suit,
Doherty said that because she was unable to re-enroll in insurance benefits
until 2015, she was unable to see a doctor until March 2015, when she was then
diagnosed with "invasive breast cancer metastatic to at least one
lymph node” that spread while uninsured the previous year.
Rosa
Elizabeth Doherty joined her daughter and Kortright-Shilstat for the head
shaving ceremony and Doherty documented the preparations, which included
chocolates, a razor and a cupcake pan.
The rest of
Doherty’s photos from the process are in black and white and document a
six-step process, beginning with a picture of Rosa Elizabeth Doherty
hugging her daughter from behind before the shaving begins.
The images that
follow range from silly to serious, culminating in a shot of Doherty in
profile, head half-shaven, skin covered with stray hairs not yet wiped
away.
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