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Hair loss

February 2022

  • OM Archive Cover  feb 27 1983 - hair

    From the Observer archive
    Cutting remarks: an investigation into hair, with plenty of dodgy puns, 1983

    The longest beard, the use of washing-up liquid, going bald: every aspect of trichology was covered. By Chris Hall

January 2022

  • Lee Jae-myung

    South Korea should fund hair loss treatment, says election hopeful in bald bid for power

    Proposal for hair regrowth on public healthcare insurance by Lee Jae-myung criticised as populist by opponents

December 2021

  • David Smith

    Experience
    Experience: I’m a barber who hasn’t had a haircut in 43 years

  • Has staying at home, not wearing shoes caused us foot pain?

    The pandemic body: how the Covid era changed us – from hair loss to weight gain

June 2021

  • Credit Instagram Vernon François

    Curls of wisdom: the ultimate guide to haircare

  • ‘Done well, a transplant should look totally natural.’

    ‘My hairline threatened my identity so much the ground felt shaky’: why hair transplants are booming

May 2021

  • Man with a premature and incipient baldness.

    Tell us: have you had a hair transplant during the pandemic?

    We would like to hear from men about their hair transplant experiences and why they underwent the procedure

April 2021

  • Emma Beddington

    After 26 years of baldness, I still miss my hair. But I have new hopes of a cure

    Emma Beddington
    During a period of extreme stress, I went bald, and I am regularly contacted by women going through this wrenching loss. But there may be light on the horizon, writes Emma Beddington

March 2021

  • Michael Segalov in a red jumper touching his hair and looking concerned. On an orange background

    'It can leave your self-image fractured': how hair loss hits men – and what they can do about it

    Michael Segalov is only 27, but already fears baldness isn’t far off. He talks to experts and scientists about hopes for a hirsute future

August 2020

  • ‘The Three Marys’, Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1910

    Leading questions
    'This year has made me feel, at times, that I look like a freak. What should I do for my head?'

    It can be traumatic for women to lose their hair, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith, but your hair doesn’t need to be a symbol of fragility

July 2020

  • A bald man looking up

    Baldness and rashes? Experts split over unusual Covid-19 risk factors and symptoms

  • Clare in the community Brian Radio

    Clare in the community
    Clare in the community: Brian faces the bald truth

June 2020

  • Ranjana Srivastava

    I understand why my patient is scared to lose her hair: it signals the loss of life as she knows it

    Ranjana Srivastava
    The older I grow, the more I realise that the most consequential decisions we make in life are rarely binary

March 2020

  • Poppy Aithwaite

    'I’ve got a drawer full of wigs – brown one day, pink the next': living with alopecia

    Graeme Robertson began losing his hair at 23. Now he’s photographing others with alopecia, capturing them as they appear when they wake up and as they face the world

February 2020

  • Oh, you’ve got green eyes: a fresh, painterly approach to eyeshadow at Mark Fast SS20.

    The beauty spot
    Turn your eyes into a watercolour work of art

    Go green – and watch out for the envious looks. Plus, a scent for sleeping and a brilliant pineapple scrub. By Funmi Fetto

January 2020

  • Spencer Stevenson (Spex), who has spent £30,000 on hair transplants

    The hair wellness industry: 'Men said they would rather have a small penis than go bald'

    Is the wave of new companies selling products for hair loss providing a much-needed service – or simply cashing in on men’s insecurities?
  • Ayanna Pressley unveils her bald look. She told the Root: ‘It’s accelerated very quickly.’

    Ayanna Pressley reveals bald look and alopecia diagnosis in powerful video

    The freshman congresswoman unveiled her new look and said she felt she owed little girls inspired by her natural hair an explanation
  • Alice Austin, who stopped wearing wigs after she became a mother

    ‘It takes a thick skin to rock a bald head’: meet the women embracing hair loss

    Society often associates femininity with long, flowing locks – but a growing number of women are choosing to celebrate their baldness

September 2019

  • Senior woman brushing hair in bathroom

    Are you doing it right?
    How to brush your hair to keep it healthy

  • A bald man looking up at his scalp

    The new growth in hair loss research

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