Louis Theroux is bracing himself to take a major step as he deals with alopecia. The BBC star has been living with the autoimmune condition for years, after revealing that his hair had been falling out back in 2022.
The documentarian shared an update on his alopecia journey on Instagram today, and revealed that he was going to make a major change at some point over the next year. Alongside a recent photo of himself, Louis, 54, wrote: “Latest from Alopecia-land. I’ve cut the hair short because I realised the longer it was the worse it looked. But it’s patchy AF and I’m basically preparing the way for a full head shave some time in the next 12 months”.
Despite having made the big decision to fully shave his head, Louis – who is reportedly set to join up for a new project with Katie Price – pulled out his iconic sense of humour as he said he’d model himself after bald heartstoppers Stanley Tucci or Dwayne Johnson. “Big glasses a la Tucci, big muscles a la Dwayne Johnson, plus a year round tan. That’s the formula”, he wrote.
He also added an old security pass showing him with messy brown locks in his 20s, and joked: “I’ve included a last photo from 1994 that I stumbled on yesterday as a reminder that the hair was always a problem, which I will have to worry about less and less as it disappears. It’s like when your house burns down. ‘ At least I don’t have to hoover! ‘”
This isn’t the first major shave Louis will have undertaken to combat his hair loss, after he shaved his eyebrows off back in December 2023.
After removing the patchy hair, he revealed the following March that he’d had new eyebrows tattooed on, and was over the moon with the result.
“I’m happy to have my old face back. The new brows are neater and more shapely than my” real “ones were. But there are a couple of wisps of my remaining hair in there which help make them look more natural”, he said of the microblading job, which took “two sessions of a couple of hours”.
While Louis is trying to see the bright side of alopecia, he admitted that his main concern is that his wife Nancy Strang might find him unattractive.
Appearing on the This Past Weekend podcast last July, he said: “It’s stressful. I care a bit because I think my wife cares.
” And the last thing I need is to be even less attractive to her. She is too good for me. She’s so much better looking than I am. But I was on TV when I met her, so it was adjusted. It was adjusted for celebrity. “
Louis sadly added:” I used to have a beard, and then I got alopecia. Yeah, my beard fell out. And my hair has gone thin. I have patches in my hair. “
” It’s always there. It’s there when I look in the mirror. And if I touch my hair, I used to feel kind of thick, luscious locks, like gorgeous, just enjoyable. And then little holes appear. “
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