I am obsessed with balding, and have been since a young age. If my own baldness progresses, I expect this blog will become increasingly more pedantic and bitter.
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About this Blog
This site is intended to be a sympathetic look at how celebrities deal with baldness. During my research on the subject it soon became apparent that some of them go to great lengths to conceal it. I firmly believe that if celebrities showed a bit more honesty when it comes to hair loss, there would be less stigma over the condition and the process would be a lot more bearable for the everyday man.
After an absence of nearly 5 years, The Strokes recently released their fourth album 'Angles'.
I was glancing at the magazine rack in the supermarket and noticed that they were on the cover of a music magazine, with a seemingly new, bald, member. Intrigued, I took a closer look and with horror realized that this person was none other than guitarist Albert Hammond Junior, who previously boasted an almost afro like mass of dark curly hair.
Looking back though, the signs of slight balding have always been there, but were often disguised by the unruly style he wore.
In 2009 he made a guest appearance on 'Gossip Girl' in which he sported a proud skinhead, so I am a bit behind the times with this one.
He is suffering extreme hairline recession but there's no sign of a bald patch as of yet.
His father has been a hugely successful singer songwriter since the 60s. A quick look and it appears he still has an amazing head of hair at the age of 66, assuming it is real of course.
It must be highly distressing when both your bandmates as well as your own father all have more hair than you, and I wouldn't be surprised if it played a part in Albert's spiralling descent into drug use and subsequent stint in rehab.