For anyone who's emotionally attached to their hair, shaving your head can be tough — especially for a teenager — but Brown says it emboldened her. "Shaving my head was one of the most empowering decisions I think I've ever made," she said. "It wasn't easy. Well, the shaving your head part is easy. Being in your own home: easy. When you step out into society, into the outside world, it becomes so incredibly difficult. The things people think about you is crazy. I always got judged for what could potentially have happened to me, when it doesn't matter what happened to me. You should be looking at my face and my eyes — it doesn't matter what happened to my hair."
That constant scrutiny from strangers had a major impact on her, and those around her. "It made me grow up in a way and actually influenced my family and my fans to show that what's on your head doesn't define you. It doesn't mean you're a good person or a bad person; it just means you are you. I am who I am. I can choose what I want to choose. It's made me feel much more confident in the things I wear and the things I say. It's made me think not judge other people."