Male pattern baldness
will affect nearly half of men by the time they reach the age of 50,
regardless of social class, race, etc.…that is the simple truth. Hair
loss does not discriminate, and Medical Specialists® Pharmacy have
reported countless celebrity hair loss stories over the years, such as
Wayne Rooney’s very expensive hair transplant at a Harley Street clinic,
Justin Bieber cheekily saying that Prince William should use hair loss
treatment Propecia, and golfer Rory McilRoy teasing fellow pro Tiger
Woods about his diminishing hair.
One story that seems to have resonated with the British public was
the article Medical Specialists® published all the way back in 2011
about Chris Evans’ battle with hair loss, leading to a massive surge in traffic to the Medical Specialists® website from men wanting to combat their hair loss as well.
The popular, outspoken television and
radio presenter first rose to prominence back in the early 1990s as the
presenter of The Big Breakfast, and later his own written-and-presented
show ‘Don’t Forget Your Toothbrush’.
With his thick, wavy ginger hair and rather prominent black, square
glasses, Evans instantly stood out from the crowd, becoming popular
amongst viewers; viewing figures for The Big Breakfast reached around
two million per episode in 1993 – the highest rated UK breakfast
television programme at the time.
However, Evans has not been without drama in his personal life, now
into his third marriage and going through a notoriously bitter and
public divorce from former Loose Women presenter Carol McGiffin back in
1994. It could be that these testing times in his personal life have
affected his once luxurious thick head of ginger hair. After all, stress
is just one of many factors that is often believed to be a contributor
to hair loss.
Evans has commented on his hair loss many times in recent years,
seemingly intent on fighting the problem before he turns 50 next year.
The TV and radio personality actually invited the renowned Harley Street
Trichologist Dr Hugh Rushton onto his Radio 2 Drivetime show in June
2008 to discuss some facts about male pattern baldness to listeners.
Then in 2011, the DJ revealed on his Radio 2 show that he was taking
hair loss treatment, but did not confirm exactly what the treatment was,
but from his comments it would suggest he was taking Propecia. Evans commented that in addition to the new hair growth on his scalp, there had been growth on other areas of his body too.
He said: “I’m taking these pills to help my hair grow but it’s not
only the hair on my head that’s growing. Lots of trimming to be done.”
It remains to be seen if the DJ is still taking his hair ‘pills’, but
he has most likely stopped them by now, going off the comments he made
in October whilst appearing on an episode of Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch.
Speaking to presenter Tim Lovejoy, Evans stated he was using ‘drops’ for
hair growth, but didn’t specify which drops these were, adding they had
been running down his face causing some hair growth there as well.
The drops in question were no doubt obtained from his ‘hair doctor’
Dr Rushton. There is a possibility Evans has already tried Regaine Foam
or Regaine Lotion in the first instance, so what is this lotion that he
was speaking about. When we asked leading retired Trichologist David
Bailey, he said, “…Hugh like myself has dabbled with topical
anti-androgens for some time, but it’s quite possible that he may have
other ingredients in the lotion like Bimatoprost.
This is the ingredient of Lumigan eye drops used for glaucoma, which
have been shown to grow eye lashes in the patients that used them, and
published medical papers have shown it to have an effect in re-growing
male hair loss. Though I cannot go with the statement by Chris Evans,
saying he grew facial hair due spillage on his face…I don’t think that
is possible.”
Any male or female suffering with hair loss can find all the latest
hair loss treatments on the Medical Specialists® website. We have the
aforementioned Propecia (for men only), both Regaine Foam and Regaine
Lotion (for either men or women), as well as Regaine for Women and
Florisene – the latter of which is often taken for female hair loss in
addition to the combined oral contraceptive pill Dianette.
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