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Lileas shared a video on TikTok of her hair falling out during cancer treatment

It was the first time her brother saw the process in person

Now, she’s saying the viral reaction opened unexpected conversations

When 24-year-old Lileas hit record on her phone one afternoon in Maine, she didn’t expect millions of strangers to watch her hair fall out in clumps.

The TikTok , posted with the text overlay “[throwback] to when I lost my hair for the third time,” showed her calmly running her fingers through her hair as it came away in handfuls — and her brother’s startled reaction just out of frame.

“I just honestly thought it was funny,” Lileas tells PEOPLE with a small laugh, reflecting on the video’s unexpected virality. “I’ve never had a big connection to my hair, so whenev

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