Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden has shaved her head, as she marks the midway level in her breast most cancers therapy.

The 33-year-old was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer in May and underwent a mastectomy.

In July, the dancer from Caerphilly, South Wales, advised followers she had acquired a second prognosis of “another type of cancer”.

She additionally revealed in August she had contracted sepsis after her first spherical of chemotherapy.

Posting her newest replace on Instagram, Dowden stated shaving her head has been “the hardest step so far” since her prognosis, however added she wished to “take control of this journey”.

“I tried my best to save it,” she wrote.

“I know it’s only hair but these past few months I’ve had what feels like so much taken away from me that has made me not feel like Amy.

“I’m missing every possible aspect of dancing. I just wanted to keep my identity with my hair and I tried telling myself it wouldn’t go. But I would dread the pain of waking up to the shredding every day.”

Alongside a video of her family and friends serving to shave her head, the dancer added: “I’ve not been capable of take management of this journey to this point, however as you may see with a few of my family members I took the braveness and CONTROL.

“It’s going to take some time to get use to and learn to love and embrace but, I’m now focussing-not on the hair I’m losing but the hair I’m going to get back and the happy dancing, tea lover who talks way to [sic] fast whilst rolling every rrrrr who is still there inside with or without hair!

“Since taking management, I really feel I can now see the end line. This for me was a hurdle I could not even carry myself to suppose or talk about. I’ve finished it, and I’ve additionally crossed the half approach chemo line! I’m feeling empowered and constructive!”

“I discovered my braveness,” she concluded.

In the clip, Dowden is visibly emotional as her family members snip items of her hair away, wiping away tears.

A hairdresser then shaves her head as these across the skilled dancer consolation her earlier than she smiles into the mirror.

Dowden’s colleagues paid tribute to her on the Strictly Come Dancing launch present on the weekend, performing a dance for his or her “Welsh dragon”.

Host Tess Daly stated: “We are of course missing one of our professional dancers, our gorgeous Amy Dowden is unwell, and she can’t be with us for the start of the series.

“She’s our Welsh dragon, and we all know she’ll be again quickly.”

While co-presenter Claudia Winkleman said: “Amy, out of your complete Strictly household we’re sending all our love, and we won’t wait to have you ever again on the dance ground.”