Strange storyline Producer Neighbors used to hide Alan Fletcher's alopecia diagnosis
Weird storyline that Neighbors producers used on soap to hide veteran star Alan Fletcher’s diagnosis of alopecia after he started going bald
Veteran Neighbors star Alan Fletcher has revealed how producers tried to hide his alopecia diagnosis while filming the Channel Ten show.
The 65-year-old actor said he tried to hide his diagnosis – an autoimmune disorder that causes hair loss – by claiming his character Dr Karl Kennedy had dodgy hair products failed.
‘It’s starting to get a little weird. Karl wears a hat all the time, so I go to the producers and literally say, “I need to have a little bit of a scene, just something wedged that explains what’s going on”,’ Alan explained.
Alan Fletcher, 65, his neighbour, revealed that he tried to hide his alopecia diagnosis on the show with a storyline about his character Dr Karl Kennedy experiencing a dodgy hair product failure.
‘So we came up with a little scene where Karl came out, almost hairless, saying he just used some dodgy hair product and he wasn’t following the instructions, and that was how do we explain it.’
Earlier this year, the Neighbors actor raised fan concerns about his health after he debuted bald.
Alan reassured fans that he was fine in a video posted to the event’s Twitter account in May as he explained his diagnosis.
‘It’s starting to get a little weird. Karl wears a hat all the time, so I go to the producers and literally say, “I need to have a bit of a scene, just something wedged that explains what’s going on”,’ Alan explained
The star revealed his newly bald appearance in a recent episode of Neighbors, prompting fans to voice their concerns.
“A lot of fans have expressed a bit of concern about my health on the internet, and there have been some media inquiries as well, so I just wanted to take a break,” he said in the video.
‘I’m fine. I’m fit and doing well at Neighbors and having a great time. But, I can report to you, I have a disorder called alopecia areata.’
Alan explained that the disorder ’causes uneven hair loss’, and he ultimately decided to shave it all off.
‘So we came up with this little scene where Karl came out, almost hairless, saying he just used some dodgy hair product, you know, he didn’t follow the instructions, and that’s how we explain it,’ Alan said. Photos of Alan and co-star Jackie Woodburne
‘I started losing hair in my beard and then on my scalp in patches. So I ended up shaving off my beard, and then my hair got so uneven on my head I had to get rid of most of it too,” he explained.
Alopecia areata cannot be cured but if only a small part of the hair is lost, there is about a 60 to 80 percent chance of it growing back within a year.
However, there is no guarantee it will grow back and doctors cannot predict whether it will, or how much hair will be lost.
If the hair does grow back, it can take months or years and usually starts as sparse white hair on the bald spot which can eventually thicken and regain its color.
Regrowth is less likely if all of a person’s hair falls out.
Alopecia areata cannot be cured but if only a small part of the hair is lost, there is about a 60 to 80 percent chance of it growing back within a year.
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