New year, new hair loss remedy. Coconut oil has long been touted as the healthiest oil around. Natural health gurus have expounded its benefits for mind, body and soul. But did you know that coconut oil is now being presented as a possible hair loss treatment? The science While new must-have natural hair loss remedies are ten a penny, this one does have some basis in scientific fact: coconut oil contains a high level of lauric acid – an essential fatty acid that helps to bind proteins in the hair, keeping them strong and preventing breakage. Now this is starting to sound suspiciously like anot ..read more

You’ve probably read about scalp micropigmentation (SMP) on this site. You might have noticed we’re big fans! But it is quite a tricky concept to get your head around. Unlike other hair loss treatments, we’re not actually trying to stop hair loss with SMP, we’re just stopping it from being a problem anymore. So we thought we’d put together a general information post on SMP. How it works and what to expect from the treatment. What is SMP? Scalp micropigmentation is a hair loss treatment like no other. Pigment is injected into the scalp in thousands of tiny microdots, creating the illusion of ac ..read more

It’s had its fair share of controversies in the past. Now, reality TV show, Love Island has been accused of discriminating against bald contestants. Famed for an endless bevy of beauties, but Love Island has never had a balding contestant, male or female. And a new poll shows that viewers have started to take notice. ‘Baldist’? A poll of 1,000 people in the UK found that 39% think Love Island discriminates against men with hair loss. Additionally, 45% think the show discriminates against women with thinning hair. A further 48% of those surveyed feel that bald or balding people are not included ..read more

A new matchmaking site ‘Bald Dating’ was launched in November. It aims to help the path of love run smoother for those of us who suffer from hair loss. The UK-based (but globally available) dating app was created by entrepreneur David Minns, 47, who is himself bald. Minns was inspired to launch the app because of the rise in ‘hatfishing’, he told Fox News. This is where men with hair loss wear hats in their profile pictures to avoid putting off potential matches. Not just for bald men While ‘hatfishing’ might be primarily a male thing, Minns insists the app is just as dedicated to female hair ..read more

YouTuber Harry James started noticing thinning hair around his hairline about two and a half years ago. His first reaction was to shave it all off, and he’s been rocking the skinhead look ever since. However, James says that while he felt that shaving his head had dealt with one aspect of his hair loss, because he did it so early on in the process, he never really had a chance to come to terms with the process of losing his hair. James was keen to examine all sides of hair loss and document it on his YouTube channel, Baldcafe. He decided to set aside the clippers and let his hair grow out, so ..read more

Changing your diet to fight hair loss when its at an advanced stage probably won’t have a huge impact, and you may need to seek professional help. But if you’re in the early stages of losing your hair, or even looking to prevent future hair loss, there are some foods you can eat, rich in hair growth nutrients, that might just help to delay the inevitable. 1. Coconut oil Coconut oil hit the big time a couple of years ago, when it was promoted as a healthier cooking oil alternative. It was pointed out that coconut oil contains a higher level of saturated fats than butter or vegetable oil. New re ..read more

If you’re starting to experience hair loss, a receding hairline is the first thing you’ll notice. More than 50% of men will suffer from male pattern hair loss at some point in their lives, and as the name suggests, it does tend to follow a pattern. Generally, a receding hairline is followed by a thinning at the crown. If you’re really unlucky, you might get both at once. So the good news is that you’re not alone. And that might go some way to soothing your pride, but it doesn’t solve the problem. Luckily, there are a few things you can try to restore your hairline to its former glory. Or at le ..read more

If you’re losing your hair but aren’t quite ready to accept it, chances are you’ve got a few tricks up your sleeve to disguise any bald patches. But are they as foolproof as you think? We’ve rounded up four of the biggest grooming mistakes that balding men make when trying to cover up/distract from their thinning hair, along with some nifty alternatives that just might do the trick. The modern comb-over Yes, we all know to avoid the more traditional comb-over look – you know, the one your dad may have sported in the nineties, with a few wispy strands delicately balanced across an essentially b ..read more

There’s no denying that there’s a huge and growing market for hair loss treatments around the world – not least because we’ve yet to find one that works unilaterally to both prevent and reverse hair loss. So it comes as no surprise that tech giant LG wants in on the action. But unlike most of its competitors in the electronics world, LG has chosen not to target the clinician, with large in-clinic devices, but instead to aim straight for the consumer, with home-use devices that could eliminate the need for professional assistance. The tech firm already produces a home-use skin rejuvenating mask ..read more

He may only be 32, but Coronation Street‘s Jack P Shephard, who plays David Platt on the soap, has recently revealed that he had to undergo a second hair transplant, less than a year after the first procedure. Jack underwent his first hair transplant procedure in January last year, and was very open with both his fans and the media at the time about his reasons for doing so: “I decided to get one as my hair was falling out and it was affecting my mental health to the point where I considered giving up acting and not being in the public eye.” It has taken him a little longer to talk about the s ..read more