Louis Theroux is getting ready to ‘absolutely shave his head’ as a consequence of alopecia

Louis Theroux has given followers an replace on his alopecia and revealed he is getting ready for a ‘full head shave’.

The long-adored documentarian, whose newest podcast collection featured an interview with cancelled Hollywood heavyweight Armie Hammer, is now to date alongside in his alopecia journey (which started in 2023 with scattered facial hair development) that he is preparing for the change.

On Monday (31 March), Theroux introduced the information to his followers on Instagram in sometimes unselfconscious vogue.



Alongside a gallery of selfies, which displayed totally different angles of his hair, the 54-year-old wrote: “Newest from Alopecia-land. I’ve lower the hair brief as a result of I realised the longer it was the more severe it regarded. However it’s patchy AF and I am mainly getting ready the best way for a full head shave a while within the subsequent 12 months.

“Large glasses a la [Stanley] Tucci, massive muscle mass a la Dwayne Johnson, plus a 12 months spherical tan. That is the formulation. I’ve included a final picture from 1994 that I found yesterday as a reminder that the hair was all the time an issue, which I should fear about much less and fewer because it disappears.

“It is like when your home burns down. ‘No less than I haven’t got to vacuum!'”

Upon seeing this replace, one in all Theroux’s followers recommended he ought to produce a documentary on ‘the wild world of hair transplants’, whereas many others wished him effectively.

“My alopecia took away lots of my facial hair – halved my eyebrows, and decimated my beard a lot that every one I am left with is a straggly spattering of what, when grown, appears to be like like a poor try at a handlebar moustache!” learn one message.

“Thanks for being loud and proud about what you are going by means of. It helps!”

Assist group Alopecia UK additionally weighed in, sharing: “Nice to see some pretty supportive feedback from some fab people within the alopecia neighborhood. No matter you determine to do @officiallouistheroux, you’ll nonetheless be the identical sensible journalist, documentarian, broadcaster and creator. You bought this, however get in contact in case you want something.”

Alopecia is the medical time period for hair loss, and whereas it covers a number of varieties, is usually utilized in relation to ‘alopecia areata’ – considered an autoimmune situation that causes hair to fall out.

In the direction of the top of 2023, the TV star shared a clip of himself shaving off his personal eyebrows which noticed him asking social media customers for his or her opinions on his new look.

Bear Grylls, who himself was the topic of a Theroux doc two years in the past, commented: “We’re way more than simply our foolish eyebrows… you are a real champ.”