Model Slick Woods Reveals She's Undergoing Chemotherapy One Year After Giving Birth to Her Son
Slick Woods has been diagnosed with cancer.
The 23-year-old model took to Instagram this week to reveal her diagnosis. The news comes just over a year after Woods gave birth to her son, Saphir. According to The Shade Room, the model is battling stage 3 melanoma cancer.
In the pic, Woods is dancing with some friends and sticking her tongue out. "How I feel about chemotherapy, shout out to everyone that gotta go through it," she captioned the shot, adding "#AtLeastImAlreadyBald."
The post elicited responses from some of Woods' famous friends including Taraji P. Henson who wrote, "You are already on the other side of this [healthy] and strong like it never happened. I adore you."
"Love u sis," Lala Anthony added.
How I feel about chemotherapy, shout out to everyone that gotta go through it #atleastimalreadybald
A post shared by @ slickwoods on Nov 19, 2019 at 1:31pm PST
In a follow up post featuring a photo of her son, Woods requested that everyone "stop treating me like a victim."
Stop treating me like a victim
A post shared by @ slickwoods on Nov 20, 2019 at 9:56am PST
Woods initially rose to fame after walking in Rihanna's 2018 Savage X Fenty just hours before giving birth to her son. Shortly after the show and her son's birth, Woods revealed that she was in labor while on the runway.
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