Hair loss amongst men is becoming a considerable problem, causing many to resort to drastic measures in an attempt to cover up any unwanted bald patches. A survey revealed that almost 80 per cent of men admit to dying their hair in a bid to make it look thicker and healthier, whilst 21 per cent of men resorted to more unusual methods including covering their manes in shoe polish or borrowing their wife’s make-up to hide any bald areas. For some men hair loss can start as early as their teenage years but for most it develops in their late twenties or thirties with hair most commonly disappearing from the temples and crown of the head.

Hair extensions have become increasingly popular with those wanting to achieve instantly thicker and longer locks. However, specialists are warning of the hairy effects extensions can have on seemingly magnificent manes.

Brits plagued by years of embarrassing hair loss are now using transplants to turn back the clock- with operations rocketing by 444 per cent throughout the UK.   Celebrities like Cold Feet star, James Nesbitt and funnyman, Rob Brydon, have both been spotted with thicker thatches this year – firmly cementing the trend for more lustrous [...]

After years in the fashion wilderness moustaches are back in vogue – with men up and down the country sporting facial hair for the first time. This year, Brad Pitt adopted a moustache for his most recent film and dozens of actors, photographers and fashionistas followed suit. November also morphed into Movember, an annual month-long [...]

Having your scalp licked by a cow or rubbing curry powder into your head might not seem the most logical way to stop a receding hairline but for centuries these are just two of the more bizarre methods people have used.  But fear not, balding Brits need suffer in silence no longer. Figures released by [...]

Hair loss is often the hardest aspect of growing old, but for a number of people the problem is not confined to their later years.  And it’s not just men suffering from the affliction, with studies suggesting an increasingly number of post-menopausal women are finding their hairlines receding. This new epidemic is a type of [...]

Television heartthrob James Nesbitt has sparked rumours he has plumped for hair transplantation treatment, as photographs taken this week show the Irish lothario sporting a fuller hairline. The 44-year-old star of the Yellow Pages adverts has made no secret of his fears of going bald, and has admitted to succumbing to every treatment the services [...]

There is no easier target than a comedian well-known for cracking jokes at another’s expense, as 43-year-old Gavin and Stacey star Rob Brydon can testify. Those with a keen eye have noted Brydon’s once receding, sparse hairline has been replaced in recent months with a luxuriant, dark-brown crop – and the actor has been quick [...]