Louis Theroux 明らかにする／漏らすs he's considering a major step to 'continue his career' after losing his eyebrows to a health 条件

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Louis Theroux has 明らかにする／漏らすd he's considering getting his expressive eyebrows tattooed to save his career after losing them during his 戦う／戦い with alopecia.

The 文書の 製造者, 53, has long been known for his animated facial 表現s, but has turned to Instagram to advice after 存在 診断するd with the health 条件.

Louis pleaded for suggestions from his 信奉者s to try and hide the 調印するs of the 条件, with the hair loss already noticeable through a snap of his balding brows.?

Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disorder that 原因（となる）s hair to 落ちる out, often in clumps the size and 形態／調整 of a 50p coin.

The 量 of hair loss can 変化させる, some lose it in a small areas while others have large patches of baldness. The hair can grow 支援する but いつかs 落ちるs out again.?

Louis Theroux has revealed he's considering getting his eyebrows tattooed after losing them during his battle with alopecia
The star shared he's lost much of his eyebrows during a battle with alopecia (pictured in an episode of his show)

Louis Theroux has 明らかにする／漏らすd he's considering getting his eyebrows tattooed after losing them during his 戦う／戦い with alopecia (left on Tuesday, 権利 in a 最近の episode of his show)

The documentary maker has long been known for his animated facial expressions, but has turned to Instagram to advice after being diagnosed with the health condition

The 文書の 製造者 has long been known for his animated facial 表現s, but has turned to Instagram to advice after 存在 診断するd with the health 条件?

Louis 株d a snap of his famous eyebrows, along with the caption: 'I'd like to know how I'm supposed to continue a career based 大部分は on raising and lowering different eyebrows without any eyebrows!'?

He 追加するd: 'Alopecia. I'm 本気で thinking of getting them tattooed 支援する on but it feels like a big step! Thoughts?'

Fans were quick to 申し込む／申し出 肉親，親類d words of advice for Louis, with many 株ing their own alopecia struggles.?

It comes after Louis 株d on social マスコミ 支援する in August that 'new bald patches' were appearing, and he was still struggling to regrow his 耐えるd.

He said: 'Alopecia update (try to remain 静める!): new bald patches are appearing in my '最高の，を越す hair' (the hair on 最高の，を越す of my 長，率いる) BUT I can now grow a weird straggly and rather sparse white 耐えるd. So that's something.?

'And there are some tiny patches of regrowth on my eyebrow. FWIW I've been taking ビタミン D, アイロンをかける, and something called biotin. Is it helping? Who knows?'

In July he first 株d that he was starting to lose his eyebrows, 令状ing: 'Oh jeez it looks like the alopecia has migrated up to my eyebrow.?

'I realise you aren't all を待つing every update on its 進歩 but I want people to acclimatise to the new partia lly depilated me and not freak everyone out by suddenly appearing in public like a half-plucked elephant bird with no forewarning.

It comes after Louis shared on social media back in August that 'new bald patches' were appearing, and he was still struggling to regrow his beard

It comes after Louis 株d on social マスコミ 支援する in August that 'new bald patches' were appearing, and he was still struggling to regrow his 耐えるd

He wrote at the time that he was taking supplements in the hope that it would encourage his hair to grow back

He wrote at the time that he was taking 補足（する）s in the hope that it would encourage his hair to grow 支援する

In July he first shared that he was starting to lose his eyebrows, writing: 'I'd really like to keep my eyebrows, but it's out of my hands at this point' adding: 'I can now only grow a weird little Hitler moustache'

In July he first 株d that he was starting to lose his eyebrows, 令状ing: 'I'd really like to keep my eyebrows, but it's out of my 手渡すs at this point' 追加するing: 'I can now only grow a weird little Hitler moustache'

In June, Louis admitted that he had given up on any hopes of being able to grow a full beard again, telling his followers that he would?rather it 'all fall out'

In June, Louis 認める that he had given up on any hopes of 存在 able to grow a 十分な 耐えるd again, telling his 信奉者s that he would?rather it 'all 落ちる out'

Louis questioned whether he had developed alopecia after losing all of his facial hair in January
He?shared a snap comparing his sparse beard with full growth six months ago

Louis questioned whether he had alopecia after losing all of his facial hair in January (left), 株ing a snap comparing his sparse 耐えるd with 十分な growth six months ago (権利)

Louis shared his hopes that his facial hair would grow back, after only being able to grow a 'triangle of stubble round his mouth'

Louis 株d his hopes that his facial hair would grow 支援する, after only 存在 able to grow a 'triangle of stubble 一連の会議、交渉／完成する his mouth'

'So this is where we're at. I'd really like to keep my eyebrows, but it's out of my 手渡すs at this point… tho I have started taking ビタミン d and something called biotin.'?

In June, Louis 認める that he had given up on any hopes of 存在 able to grow a 十分な 耐えるd again, telling his 信奉者s that that he would rather it 'all 落ちる out' instead of 存在 left with small patches.?

He said: 'Nature has played a cruel trick on me. Thanks to my alopecia barbae ('of the 耐えるd') I can now only grow a weird little Hitler moustache. This is what I look like after three days not shaving.?

'I have given up on my 耐えるd ever growing 支援する to its luxuriant former glory but is too much to ask for it to ALL 落ちる out instead of having a tiny 残余 in a 潜在的に 不快な／攻撃 configuration??

'And now a bald patch has appeared on the 支援する of my 長，率いる making me wonder if my proper hair-hair might be next to go. In two years or いっそう少なく I may be bald! [sigh].'

Louis first questioned whether he had developed alopecia after losing all of his facial hair in January.

株ing snaps of his changing 耐えるd, he wrote: 'So this is what my 耐えるd grows like now 予定 to what I think is probably alopecia.'

'基本的に I get a little triangle of stubble around my mouth and some more at the 味方するs.?

'It's not a big 取引，協定, but I don't want people to think I'm doing something creative with my facial hair and doing it 不正に, when it's just what I look like when I don't shave.

'This is also why I don't wear a 耐えるd as much anymor e. Maybe it'll grow 支援する. Who knows?

'It おもに happened over the course of 2022. You get a sense of how it 進歩d from the other two photos taken six months before and a year before.'

In 最近の years, Louis has 前線d a brand new 一連の celebrity interviews, with 指名するs 含むing Joan Collins, Rita Ora and Anthony Joshua.

In August, he said that the TV 産業's 恐れる of 原因（となる）ing offence has led to an 'atmosphere of 苦悩' and 'いっそう少なく 確信して' programming.

Giving a 基本方針 speech at the Edinburgh Television Festival, the BBC 文書の 星／主役にする also took 目的（とする） at the 会社／団体 as he （刑事）被告 it of 捜し出すing to 'play it 安全な' and '避ける the difficult 支配するs'.?

While Theroux is best known for his 2000 special on paedophile celebrity Jimmy Savile, his other 文書の 支配するs have 含むd the Church of Scientology, neo-Nazis, 水晶 meth, plastic 外科 and America's 悪名高い San Quentin 刑務所，拘置所.

演説（する）／住所ing an audience of broadcast professionals in his prestigious speech, he spoke about a new 焦点（を合わせる） in television that was 'more thoughtful about 代表, about who gets to tell what story, about 力／強力にする and 特権, about the need not to want only give offence'.

But while 説 he was 本人自身で 'fully 調印するd up to that 協議事項', he 追加するd: 'I wonder if there is something else going on 同様に.

'That the very laudable 目的（とする）s of not giving offence have created an atmosphere of 苦悩 that いつかs leads to いっそう少なく 確信して, いっそう少なく morally コンビナート／複合体 filmmaking.'

He 追加するd that a 可能性のある knock-on 影響 was that 'programmes about 極端論者s and sex 労働者s and paedophiles might be harder to get （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限d'.

WHAT IS ALOPECIA?

Alopecia, which 原因（となる）s baldness, is thought to be an autoimmune disorder. The 免疫の system - the 団体／死体's 弁護 system - turns on itself.

What are the symptoms?

'Typically, one or more small bald patches, about the size of a 50p piece, appear on the scalp. The hair can start to regrow at one 場所／位置, while another bald patch develops. Hair may also begin to thin all over the 長，率いる,' says Marilyn Sherlock, chairman of the 学校／設ける of Trichologists.?

What 原因（となる）s it?

'For some 推論する／理由, the 団体／死体's 免疫の system begins to attack its own hair follicles. Special white 血 独房s in the 団体／死体, known as T-lymphocytes, 原因（となる） the hair to stop growing,' she 追加するs.

Can worry make it worse?

強調する／ストレス has been shown to 長引かせる the problem.?

Is it an 相続するd 条件?

There is strong 証拠 to 示唆する that alopecia, like other 自動車-免疫の 病気s, runs in families. About 25 per cent of 患者s have a family history of the disorder.?

Who gets it?

Alopecia areata usually 影響する／感情s 十代の少年少女s and young adults, but it can 影響する／感情 people of any age. It is just as ありふれた の中で men as women.?

Is there a cure?

There is no known cure, although there are さまざまな 治療s which may be 効果的な for some people.

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