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Daily Mail
14-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
HBO star reveals why he has 'no hair and no eyebrows': 'I know I look weird'
Actor and comedian Jeff Hiller has revealed why exactly he has 'no hair and no eyebrows,' admitting: 'I know I look weird.' The 48-year-old reached new levels of prominence as the best friend on the HBO series Somebody Somewhere starring Bridget Everett. Demonstrating his range, he also played the villainous role of a serial killer targeting gay men on American Horror Story: NYC in 2022. Now he has published a new memoir called Actress Of A Certain Age, with a whole chapter devoted to the question of his hair. He disclosed that he suffers from frontal fibrosing alopecia, which occurs mainly in postmenopausal women and can result in eyebrow loss as well as a receding hairline at the front and sides of the patient's scalp. Jeff shared why he found that chapter to be the 'hardest' to write, and why he was surprised by the way people responded, via People. In the same chapter, he wrote about having patches of discolored skin brought on by the condition morphea, aka localized scleroderma. Although he was bent on including a chapter about 'morphea and having no hair or no eyebrows,' he found himself taken aback by the reactions. 'What's funny is I thought everyone would be like: "Oh my God, you're so brave for writing this," and no one has even mentioned it,' he dished. Jeff also pointed out that even his editor thought he might not 'need' to include the chapter in the book, which was published this Tuesday. 'When I first came out, it was really important for me to tell people I was gay, not because I thought they didn't know, but because I thought they weren't sure if I knew,' explained the San Antonio native. 'And I think I want to get out where I'm like: "I know I look weird, I've seen that you Googled it, I've talked to these hair and makeup people, I just want you to know I know it, too. So, if you're talking behind my back, I know it."' Although he found that chapter the 'hardest' to cobble together, he also noted: 'People get uncomfortable when you say: "I know I'm not attractive," but, also, that's not really where I hold myself esteem.' Jeff observed: 'I'm not a young, hot movie star that needs to be f***able to get my next role. So it's not that big of a deal. I know my hair looks weird.' The memoir also continues reflections about growing up in Texas, where young Jeff found himself getting picked on over his homosexuality. He found that portion 'surprisingly difficult' to get through, sharing: 'I forgave myself a little bit by writing about that, and I have a lot of compassion for my younger self.' Jeff continued: 'When I look at my little fat kid self with my perm from my mom that she gave me in the kitchen, I feel a lot of compassion for myself.' However not all the personal details of his life made it into the book, and he 'left out a couple of things that I thought were maybe a little too much,' he teased.
Medscape
10-06-2025
- Health
- Medscape
Research Links Affluence to Higher Scarring Alopecia Risk
Patients with frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA) were significantly more likely to come from low vulnerability zip codes than those with alopecia areata (AA) in a study that also suggested that race was not an independent predictor of FFA. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a retrospective study of patients from 15 states treated at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, between 2015 and 2024. They analyzed 147 patients with FFA and 429 patients with AA from 15 US states, with 84.2% from Maryland. Patients with FFA were older than those with AA (median age, 62 years vs 44 years; P < .001). White patients were most affected by FFA (51.7% vs 38.8% of Black patients), and Black patients were most affected by AA (51.5% vs 32.4% of White patients). < .001). White patients were most affected by FFA (51.7% vs 38.8% of Black patients), and Black patients were most affected by AA (51.5% vs 32.4% of White patients). Researchers matched patients' zip codes with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) data and evaluated differences in the level of vulnerability between the two groups. TAKEAWAY: Race was not an independent predictor of FFA when controlling for socioeconomic status and age. A higher proportion of patients with FFA lived in low-vulnerability zip codes than those with AA (50.3% vs 34.03%; P < .001) < .001) Patients with FFA were significantly more likely to be from low vulnerability zip codes than patients with AA (odds ratio [OR], 1.786; P = .009). IN PRACTICE: 'Our study suggests that FFA patients are more likely to be from affluent zip codes as determined by their SVI when compared to AA patients,' the authors wrote. 'We believe, therefore, that historical emphasis on race in FFA may have been overstated due to the impact of race on socioeconomic status.' SOURCE: The study was led by Jiana Wyche, MHS, Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and was published online on May 16 in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology . LIMITATIONS: The study was conducted at a single institution with most patients from Maryland, which may limit generalizability. DISCLOSURES: The study did not receive any funding. One author reported serving as a consultant for Pfizer, Lilly, Myovant, and Galderma; being on the advisory board for Olaplex and CPSkin Health; receiving royalties as editor of the UpToDate, and receiving research support from Janssen.
