Bald and Beautiful: Indian Bride Ditches Wig, Steals Hearts on Her Big Day

US-based fashion influencer Neehar Sachdeva is challenging beauty standards and rewriting the norms with her gorgeous wedding look. The fashion influencer, who was diagnosed with alopecia, recently tied the knot with her longtime partner. For the big day, Neehar decided to ditch the wig and flaunt her bald look.

Bald Indian Bride Wins Hearts:

In Indian culture, hair is often considered a sign of beauty. However, Neehar's bold move proves that beauty shouldn't be restricted inside a box of predecided definitions.

Neehar was diagnosed with alopecia when she was only six months old. The desi content creator has been sporting the bald look for a while now, thus sending a powerful message of self-acceptance. For the unversed, alopecia is a condition in which the immune system attacks the hair follicles, resulting in hair loss. For her wedding day, she wore traditional Indian bridal attire and chose to flaunt her baldness instead of hiding it under a wig.

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Video Goes Viral:

The videos and pictures shared by Neehar show her walking down the aisle in a sindoori red lehenga featuring a backless blouse, a lehenga skirt, and a matching dupatta - all adorned with heavy sequin, shell, bead, crystal, and delicate thread embroidery. While the blouse features a wide plunging neckline, quarter-length sleeves, an asymmetric curved hem, and a dori tie on the back, the lehenga has a scalloped design in the hem and a layered ghera.

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Neehar wore the dupatta - embroidered with heavily embroidered scallop borders - on her shoulder like a saree pallu. She also wore a see-through red veil on her head to complete the bridal attire. It cascaded on the back to form a long train. She accessorised the ensemble with gold, emerald and Kundan jewels, including a mang tika, earrings, a choker necklace, red bangles, kadhas, and gold Kaleeras.

Her post has caught a lot of attention, and the comment section is filled with heartfelt comments. A user wrote, "So beautiful!!! Also loveee the mandap and your fit." Another commented, "This is called love...God bless you guys."