“Bad Hair Day” Series Debuts On TLC
A new reality tv series about people seeking solutions for hair loss, alopecia, and other dermatology-related conditions is coming soon to the TLC channel.
Reality TV Hair Loss Show
Much in the spirit of the “Dr. Pimple Popper” show, the TLC television network is rolling out a new medically-focused reality show featuring three female hair doctors and the stories of their patients. The Bad Hair Day cast includes Dr. Isha Lopez, a dermatologist from Houston, TX, Dr. Angie Phipps, a hair surgeon from Raleigh, NC, and Dr. Meena Singh, a dermatologist and transplant surgeon from Kansas City. Below is the official trailer for the series. I thought the trailer was well done and I was moved by the emotion coming from the patients discussing their challenges. Bad Hair Day premieres August 24, 2022 at 10/9c pm on TLC.
It is certain that the Bad Hair Day series will create more awareness for androgenic alopecia, hair loss disorders, and for their clinical treatments such as hair transplant surgery. Hopefully, the show is also able to attract greater interest into new hair growth solutions and drive people to websites such as Follicle Thought which are geared towards innovation and next generation therapies for AGA. If you have found this website after first watching the Bad Hair Day series, please comment on this post.
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I believe this is the first time that hair disorders have been the theme of a major television series. Anyone who watches the first episode, feel free to share feedback here. Thanks for reading Follicle Thought.
This is a great thing. People need to be made aware of the huge psychological toll hair conditions like these can have on people and the reduced quality of life. Can’t think of a better way than a TV show. I watched the trailer and the raw emotion in this could touch some people.
I still don’t understand how out of the sea of billionaires that exist (many of whom are bold like Bezos), none have infused huge funding into this matter.
Selfishly I hope premature greying might get some air time in this as that’s my condition.
Either way, this is a great thing for increasing of mainstream attention.
I was asked to participate in the show with my Trichology clients. Yes, people do need to understand how devastating hair loss is. But not at the expense of my clients. People are so overwhelmed by their hair loss they spend a great deal of money to get the correct diagnosis and treatment.
Now if the TV network was inclined to pay for the client’s / patient’s office visit and treatment then it gives the person who is suffering some form of dignity.
But sadly the network did not offer this.
Just my two cents.
Interesting feedback, thanks Penny.
Just as an FYI: Penny’s information is not accurate.
My thoughts exactly. It is helpful to those who are suffering to know there may be a solution to their hair growth/loss issues. However, the show needs to take responsibility to inform their audience that all these treatments are very expensive and healthcare does NOT cover at all because it’s considered to be COSMETIC!! Worse of all there is no guarantee that these treatments will work for you. I am aware of costs due to my own personal medical issues and my search for solutions. Another example of survival of the richest. If you can pay out of pocket solutions are available. If you don’t have thousands of dollars to spend, you’re simply out of luck.
I completely agree. Knowing treatment is available but unattainable is not helpful.
Seeing as I am one of the patients from the show, I can gladly tell you they covered ALL expenses (flight, food, surgery, aftercare, etc.). I’m not sure where you are getting your information from but it’s incorrect. These procedures did not cost us any money.
Interesting.
I am honestly very happy for you that the show covered the cost of your treatments and I hope you are satisfied with your results. What I do find a bit disappointing is that at no time during the first episode did the producers itemize the cost of treatments. These doctors don’t work for free and for the vast majority of people, these treatments are cost prohibitive. Insurance will not cover most costs because the hairloss treatments as shown in episode 1, is considered to be cosmetic surgery.
I think it’s great to raise awareness to our condition but it has to tell the entire story which includes consultation costs, treatment costs, maintenance costs and pharmaceutical drug costs. Knowing that the potential for treatment is out there but unaffordable, can add insult to injury.
So the show did not pay for any expenses involved in the treatment they received? I was hoping to find some info on how to get on the show but I can’t afford the necessary treatments to take care of my issue let alone yo travel and take care of it to be on the show as well
Yes they did. They covered ALL expenses (flight, food, surgery, aftercare, etc.).
How do you find info about being on the show? I haven’t found anywhere to submit your story or anything
I found it on a Facebook casting site. So try joining open “ cast call” groups. The producers are “Crazy
Legs” productions so their site will likely have posts when casting for season 2.
Hi, I’m sure on the show Dr. Pimple popper clients that are picked to have something removed, the show and network pay for it.
hello from uk so so loved this show i am 80 and disabled but i loved it and it is addictive for me ie like dr pimple popper etc., all things medical so thank you all think you are wonderful and so thank you all for helping people like you do fab show!!!!!! so thanks again shirley from heathrow uk
Lol I worked in LA guys come on I basically understand why frigen Bezos does not CARE about his hair at this point!
Yolo!
Jm
John, I’m just trying to connect the dots about the LA reference and why you think he doesn’t care about his hair. Because of the super wealth? I can agree with that. Why doesn’t yolo apply to everyone, etc?
The more attention, the better. These American doctors though. The over the top reactions with squeaky voices: OMG!! 😱😱”.
Hi i just looked on TLC in uk and it does not air tonight does anyone know when we can see it in uk.
dave, just curious is it listed on the TLC uk website? Or do they even have a separate website for uk TLC?
Hi i think you maybe right it may come to the uk later.
My concern is that American tv will sensationalize this condition and exploit it. Whenever they do this type of show they usually exploit the patients and use it as a platform for celebrity doctors. If it’s a real documentary about the growing number of young people getting alopecia and one that seeks to understand the cause, then maybe I would watch it but I suspect it will be done like a circus sideshow reality type program that exploits people pain in the name of entertainment.
I understand your prerogative Sue, I hope the series is made with great ethics, too. I suppose my motto is “take what we can get”, based on the amount of people in this world who are actually willing to take action to improve options for hair loss treatment. e.g. many thousands of people visit my website, some of them extremely wealthy, yet I wish there were more good people who were willing to get involved and make things happen.
at this point thanks again for the great work you are doing here admin.
😀
Anytime nobody, you are one of my most courteous and valued community members, thanks as well.
sounds informative
Guys I’m dealing with a problem. So for past 5 years I’ve been taking finasteride at the same time every single day 4:30pm but I don’t want to do that time anymore it’s getting in the way of my life. I’m scared to change the time I don’t want to ruin finasteride effectiveness. It may sound irrational to think that way but I’ve been dealing with this for 6 years I don’t want more hair loss. I would like to change the time from 4:30pm to 10pm. Is that possible?
You have nothing to worry about at all. I changed it for multiple times from morning to evening and vice versa, nothing happened
This TV show will save many Hairline’s and help hair loss sufferers feel less alone in their struggle. Thank you TLC. I don’t think it’s (officially) available on TLC UK, but luckily pirating exists.
https://www.news wire.com/news/dr-jesse-smith-purchases-trivellini-hair-transplant-tech-21802994
hello admin, did you know of Trivellini?
I had not heard of it gipsy, thanks for sharing. It’s hard to know how good of equipment it is. We’ll have to see what other surgeons say about it.
Woofy, absolutely nothing to worry about. Even missing a week of finasteride every now and then is very unlikely to even make a dent, so changing the time of the day is absolutely fine. Nothing bad will come of it.
So, did anyone happen to watch the show? I personally was not able to.
Woofy nothing to worry about. I’ve been taking propecia for 20 yrs. In the morning. Usually between 8 to 11am. It doesn’t make a difference if you are a few hours late lol. Skipping days regularly is not good but even so you have been on it for 6 years so it’s in your body well enough it won’t cause you to lose effectiveness. Rogaine is the pain in the ass I can’t stand but I deal with it since it works. Missing a day or two you see slightly more shedding……
Okay that’s good to know. Thank you guys! 🙂
No one reads the comment section of the earlier post anymore, so I’ll continue the discussion about Mane Biotech and their just released newsletter here. Some of you were wondering how did they derive the claims they made about the effectiveness of their device.
I think what they meant by their treatment being “6 times more effective and 2 times faster” is tied to their claim that 100 % of their test subjects grew new hair. In the original FDA study of Propecia, only 18 % grew new hair within a first year of treatment. 100/18 = 5.555 which can be roughly stated as 6. I think the “2 times faster” part refers to their trial being only 6 months long. This is all just guess work, but I think this would make the most logical sense.
Anyways. They are a very interesting company, because they have a respected PhD scientist with a solid research background making these claims. Not some sleeky business background snake oil salesman which is the unfortunate norm in the hair loss solution market outside the FDA approved solutions.
Please try to reach out for them FT. I think now that they’ve seemingly made some progress, they would be more interested to promote their product through websites like yours.
How does one get casted for the show?
Thank you Forward. Please update us about this company because i couldn’t find anything English about this product.
NO CURE NO PAY
Maastricht is the place to be als het over deze technologie gaat, want naast enkele start ups op dit gebied zoals Mane Biotech, is er in de Maasstad óók een state of the art pilotfabriek (RegmMedXB) op het gebied van regeneratieve therapie bezighoudt. Regeneratieve geneeskunde wordt onder meer ingezet bij bot en kraakbeenaandoeningen, orgaanziekten en beenmerg- en bloedziekten.
En nu lijkt het dus mogelijkheden te bieden om de haargroei weer te stimuleren. Mane Biotech denkt dat het haargroeiapparaat eind 2023 kan worden gelanceerd. Het verdienmodel is om het haargroeiapparaat te verhuren op basis van no cure no pay. De cliënt kan zelf met de bijbehorende app met slimme software en AI regelmatig checken of er inderdaad haar is bijgegroeid.
This is piece of Dutch article 2 weeks old could not translated but you get the idea!
What does it mean ?
To sum it quickly: it first talks about ManeBiotech & another company called RegmMedXB which are some new big players in the regenerative medicine sector in the City of Maastricht. They also mention some other medical conditions which are focus of this sector
The the 2nd half they talk more about this sector becoming relvant to hair as well & then talk about ManeBiotech’s device being planned to be available in late 2023. What’s most interessting about it, is that they are planning to offer to rent out the device on a “no-cure-no-pay” model. Which I guess means if it doesn’t work for you, you don’t have to pay for the time rented, that mean they must be quite confident in it. Further they mention the Device will come with an App for controls & an AI to track the progress in hair count/grow
Thank you Cygnus the whole article is on Google , search for Mane biotech news it came up top of search results
“Looking forward to hear Alexander Vos discussing his learnings from building PharmaCell (a previous Brightlands Venture Partners portfolio company exited to Lonza) as well as to see Emil Aliev, co-founder of Mane Biotech (a rising star in our Brightlands Venture Partners portfolio) discussing the optimal route to market”
lol, Brightlands Venture calls Mane Biotech “rising Star”
https://www.mypurpose.academy/employer-profiles/mane-biotech-gmbh
I am very interested in knowing how an I get help like all those that went in the show. I truest would like help but can’t afford it. I been having this problem bout 50 years now. Will be nice to get some kind of response. Thank you.