Steve Carell’s (The Office’s Michael Scott) Hair Loss, is He Going Bald?

The star of the NBC’s hit show The Office seems to have fixed his hair loss that was prominent during season 1.

As season 7 of The Office comes to an end, and the show is retired (as of right now), many people will be turning in to see the amicable regional manager Michael Scott played by Steve Carell. The antics of the office have propelled the show and many of the cast members to stardom.

A common theme of questions from Zenagen hair loss blog readers is about celebrity hair loss suffers and hair loss treatments, and questions about Michael Scott’s hair loss cure or if Steve Carell is balding are two of the most common.

Michael Scott Hair Loss Photo

One of the most intriguing rumors about Michael Scott’s baldness cure is that in Season 1 he was wearing a wig to appear to be suffering from hair loss. The basis of this rumor come from people speculating was that the fake hair loss wig was needed for Michael Scott to mimic the UK version of his character David Brent, played by The Office Creator (and recent award show presenter) Ricky Gervais.

This seems like a stretch as early and late seasons of the UK version of the office portray little or no hair loss of Ricky Gervais and especially not to the extent that Michael Scott showed during season 1.

David Brent (Ricky Gervais) the UK Version of NBC's The Office Michael Scott

A more plausible and likely scenario is that Steve Carell received medical hair loss treatments and therapy to regrow his hair.

The hair line transformation between season 1 of The Office and Season 4 of the Office is remarkable and can only be achieved with advanced hair loss treatment and/or hair transplants.

The 40 year old virgin star and multiple Emmy nominee seems to have utilized the best hair loss therapyproducts and medical procedures to reverse his progressive baldness.

In the years since minoxidil (a topical hair loss product) was released, there have been many advancement in hair loss research that has led to new hair loss products like Zenagen.

Michael Scott No Apparent Hair Loss Photo from NBC'sThe Office

There are many celebrities that are affected by hair loss and have found successful hair loss treatments and therapy’ including Mel Gibson’s Hair Loss, Tosh.0 comedian Daniel Tosh’s hair loss, and to Nicolas Cage’s hair mystery.

Because the hair cycle is long (90-180 days or even longer) it takes a long term effort to stop and reverse it.

The common causes of hair loss include reduced hair growth due to inhibition from the hormone DHT (dihydrotestosterone) a natural steroid that is a testosterone derivative. There are other causes of hair loss including sebum buildup, infection, autoimmune, tension,  chemical, and others.

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Heart Health and Hair Loss

There has been increased interest and funding in cardiovascular health and there has been correlations shown between androgenic alopecia type hair loss and heart disease. Much more research is being done to better understand the correlation between heart health and losing hair.

Baldness may be more than just a cosmetic indignity: it could be a marker of heart disease risk, especially in men with other risk factors such as high blood pressure or elevated cholesterol. Heart attacks, chest pain due to blocked arteries (called angina), and the need for balloon angioplasty or bypass surgery all are forms of heart disease, the researchers explained.

In men with high cholesterol and severe androgenic alopecia type baldness at the vertex, or crown of the head, heart disease risk was increased nearly threefold compared to men who had high cholesterol but were not bald, says senior author JoAnn E. Manson, MD, Dr PHD.

High blood pressure was associated with an 80% increase in heart disease risk if the men were also bald. Mild and moderate vertex baldness were also associated with an increased risk of heart disease, but to a lesser extent. Frontal baldness — a receding hairline — had little relationship to heart disease. “To our knowledge, this is the first large-scale study showing a relationship between a specific pattern of baldness and heart-disease risk,” Manson says. The researchers, in addition, saw that the men with more severe hair loss developed more heart disease during the 11 years they were watched than men with only mild to moderate hair loss, suggesting a link between the degree of hair loss and heart disease risk.

The biological link between hair loss and heart disease could involve elevated levels of male hormones, says Manson, an endocrinologist and chief of preventive medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Hair loss research has shown that the scalp has a higher density of male-hormone receptors, and high levels of hormones such as testosterone and dihydrotestosterone (DHT Hair Loss) are associated with an increased risk of hardening of the arteries and blood clotting. Although this study did not include women, Manson says that true male-pattern baldness in women, which is associated with an increase in male hormones, has been linked to an increased risk of high blood pressure, diabetes, and abnormal cholesterol, all of which raise the risk of heart disease. She cautions, however, that this finding has not been well studied.

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