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Former Hollyoaks star Ali Bastian feared she would 'lose her identity' along with her hair as she opens up on shaving her head amid breast cancer battle


The actress, 42, who is best known for playing Becca Dean in the Channel 4 soap from 2001 to 2007, was told by doctors in June that she had stage two breast cancer.

Former Hollyoaks star Ali Bastian has opened up about losing her hair in a candid interview amid her breast cancer battle Celebrities including Lizzie Cundy, Suzanne Shaw, Sarah Dent, Alexandra Burke and Strictly Come Dancing's Karen Hauer and Ola Jordan took to the comment section to send their love. The mother-of-two - who also raises Isla, four, with her husband - shared: 'I hadn't been breastfeeding Izzy at night but then David flew back to London for work and suddenly she was feeding like crazy.

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