Matt Lucas Grows ‘First-Ever Moustache’ At 46 After Lifelong Hair Loss Battle
Comedian Matt Lucas lost all of his hair at 6 years old - but he has now managed to grow a moustache.
Matt Lucas has showed off his new moustache on social media.
The Little Britain star and Great British Bake Off host, 46, told fans his "first ever moustache" had emerged in lockdown three, after suffering from alopecia since the age of six.
Sharing a smiling snap on Instagram, the comedian wrote: "In lockdown 3 I grew my first ever moustache.
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"I don't have eyebrows so it looks a bit weird."
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It comes after having been without hair since the age of six years old, which doctors think is a consequence of being knocked down by a car aged four, while on holiday in Portugal.
"In 1980, aged six, I woke up one morning to find several hairs on my pillow. The next day the same thing happened, only this time there were a lot more. By the end of that summer all my hair had fallen out," he recalled in The Guardian.
"The doctors - and we saw an endless stream of them - concluded that it must have been a delayed response to the shock of being knocked down by the car in Portugal two years earlier.
"And so I was the first six-year-old in my class to learn the word 'alopecia'".
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Taking to social media after Matt shared his new look, friends and fans were quick to share their thoughts.
"Congratulations Matt. Very pleased for you and your upper lip in this cold weather," one wrote.
As another penned: "I really really really love it".
"Please grow it like a French onion seller!," joked a third.
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Discussing the impact his hair loss had, among other incidents in his life, the comedian said on the Jonathan Ross Show recently that it played a big part in why he wanted to be a stand up comedian.
"I felt I could be more honest in character than I could be as myself," he reasoned.
Joanna Freedman