When presenter Gail Porter was diagnosed with alopecia, she hid away from the public eye for several months. But Gail, like many others, has bounced back with renewed confidence and a brand-new look.

Other female stars who have battled with thinning hair include former Coronation Street star Sherrie Hewson, Dynasty star and actress Pamela Sue Martin and former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond. Jennie says: “I started noticing a bit of thinness along my parting but it was more recently when I had a fringe cut it really began to show.

“It made me feel much more self conscious about my appearance and I tried to disguise it as much as possible by sweeping my hair across the thin area. I also grew nervous of brushing my hair too vigorously. I’ve always been interested in nutrition and diet and when I heard that Viviscal was drug-free and contains high levels of protein which helps boost hair growth naturally it made sense to me to feed my hair from within.

“After three months of using both the supplement and hair care products my hair looks thicker and glossier than it was before and my family has noticed it too.”

Bucks Fizz singer and TV presenter Cheryl Baker has become an ambassador for women suffering hair loss since she ‘came out’ about her problem. Cheryl says: “My confidence was knocked when I began to lose my hair after I had my twins and again more recently as I reached the menopause.

	“I just didn’t want to be seen - I became paranoid that people would notice why I’d done my hair differently. I’m always keen to make people aware of the problem and the best up-to-date solutions. Things have moved on since I first took a natural hair supplement and I now use Viviscal. I’d recommend it to anyone with hair loss.”

And it’s not just female stars whose confidence has taken a knock as a result of hair loss. Jude Law, Prince William and footballer and TV presenter Lee Sharpe are all known to have experienced it.

Lee says: “I noticed my hair was starting to thin slightly. My brother is younger than me and he’s gutted that he’s already losing his hair. I don’t want to go the same way so I now take Viviscal Man to nourish my hair.”