Nicole Eggert has shared her first selfie since shaving her hair amid her battle with stage two cribriform carcinoma breast cancer.
In the new image, uploaded to her Instagram account on Sunday, the 52-year-old actress, best known for her role as Summer Quinn in the hit TV series Baywatch, smiles as she lies in a hospital bed with an IV attached to it. chest.
She posed with a surgical mask under her chin and a pair of thick black glasses.
“Egghead ,” the mother of two captioned the post, which showed her sitting in a cozy red sweatshirt with two medical professionals standing in the background.
Nicole Eggert shared her first selfie since shaving her hair amid her fight against stage two cribriform carcinoma breast cancer
Her comments section was full of messages of support from her family, friends and fans, who rushed to tell her how beautiful she looked.
‘So beautiful!!! You got this!!! ‘ Taylor Hasselhoff, the daughter of Baywatch star David Hasselhoff, wrote.
Erika Eleniak, who appeared on Baywatch as Shauni McClain, commented: “Sending huge hugs.”
Eggert’s post comes just days after she uploaded a video of herself buzzing bravely shaving off her remaining locks with her 143,000 followers.
The star was apparently joined by one of her daughters, who stepped in towards the end to lend a hand with the razor.
Eggert smiled as she showed her bald head to the camera as she sat in the middle of her living room.
“Maybe healing isn’t so much about changing ourselves as it is about allowing ourselves to be who we are,” Eggert captioned the post, quoting Madeleine Eames.
Eggert first revealed that she was diagnosed with “very rare” breast cancer in December 2023.
The 52-year-old actress is best known for her role as Summer Quinn in the hit TV series Baywatch (pictured above in 1993).
Last month she said Inside edition that doctors found more cancer in his lymph nodes.
Eggert said she “beat herself” for not checking her breasts regularly and said the tissue from the breast implants she got when she was 19 made it harder to spot abnormalities in her chest. The star said that after gaining about 25 pounds and feeling pain in her left side in early October, she underwent a mammogram and three biopsies, which resulted in a diagnosis of stage cribriform carcinoma breast cancer. 2.
She said: “When I felt it my heart broke and I was like oh my God. No one could take me, so I went to all the breast care centers. It’s horrible because every day and every minute that passes, we know it’s getting worse.
The mother of two’s post comes just days after she shared images of herself shaving off her pixie haircut with her more than 143,000 Instagram followers on Thursday.
In the video, the performer, who rose to fame as Summer Quinn in the TV series Baywatch, could be seen bravely shaving off her remaining locks.
Only a month later, a mammogram finally confirmed her fears: Eggert was suffering from stage 2 breast cancer.
She said: “My heart collapsed, I lost all my hearing, everything sank. It is called invasive cribriform carcinoma. It’s very rare.
“Self-examinations, I tell you, I hate them. It’s the only thing I should have done.
However, she says, the tissue from her breast implants made self-exams difficult, saying, “If I didn’t have them and I had my breasts smaller and more natural, I’m sure I would have felt it.” much earlier” – before marking the implant a “huge error”.
Eggert revealed she was diagnosed with breast cancer in December and admitted “the journey has been difficult.”
Eggert – who is the mother of two daughters – said People in December: “This trip was difficult for me. »
“It hasn’t been an easy life,” the actress said, adding that she has focused on positivity. “I always read inspirational quotes and cheesy stuff, but it helps me get through it.”
Nicole revealed her next steps would be to have surgery to remove the cancer, as well as undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The star added that it is currently unclear whether the cancer has spread.
As for the lump, she explained: “I can definitely feel it. It’s here. It must be removed. So it’s just a question of whether I have to do treatment before the operation or whether they can do the operation and then I do the treatment after.
Eggert has been candid about the difficulty of waiting, expressing, “I have panics where I’m like, get this out of me.”
“You’re sitting there and it’s inside you and you’re like, every second that goes by and it’s inside me. It grows and you just tell yourself you just want it out.
Nicole is mother to daughters Dilyn, 25, and Keegan, 12, and admitted her “biggest fear” was no longer being there for her children.
Last month, she told Inside Edition that doctors found more cancers in her lymph nodes (seen in 2017).
She explained that while Dilyn is “an adult,” the actress also has “a 12-year-old at home that I’m the sole caregiver for.” I don’t have any family. I have nothing.’
The Blown Away actress recalled the moment she told her children about her breast cancer diagnosis and remembered the “horror” on Keegan’s face.
“It immediately made me realize that there is simply no way to succumb to this. This is something I have to overcome. This is something I have to beat. She needs me more than anything and anyone.
The star – who is a single mother – told People that financially it hasn’t been easy.
Eggert seen in 2000 at the Baywatch 10th anniversary party in Santa Monica
“My fear is that my daily activity, everything I do to keep everything going, will suddenly stop when I don’t feel well or I’m sick or I’m in the hospital or whatever is going on . ‘
Nicole continued: “It’s so overwhelming, and I’m doing everything I can to not spiral.”
“At night, when I lay down, I panic because I think, ‘Well, who’s going to pay all the bills?’ »Who is going to do all this?
Eggert’s close friend Mindy Molinary created a GoFundMe for Nicole to help the star with her finances as her health battle begins.
The actress shared a link to the page on her social media accounts, including Instagram.