Malcolm In the Middle’s Frankie Muniz details hair loss battle and how finding the solution got him ‘back into racing’

Malcolm In the Middle star Frankie Muniz opened up about his hair loss journey, how baldness affected his self-confidence and ultimately found a solution with the help of his wife.

Over the years, the 39-year-old actor admitted that he tried several treatments, including a hair transplant, but eventually suffered some rare side effects, which left him discouraged.

While appearing on the HairClub podcast, HairPodthe father of one, admitted he had trouble accepting the thinning of his hair in his early 20s, as someone growing up always had “big hair.”

In an attempt to slow his hair loss, he started taking medications and using topical creams [wearing] laser hats.”

“I remember it just kept getting worse and worse and worse,” he recalled. “I really didn’t know what to do, almost to the point where I almost gave up.”

Ultimately, Muniz said he was “tired of trying things that didn’t help the situation” and that it made him “more and more self-conscious” about his hair.

At the time, he recalled hyper-fixating on his hair whenever he passed a mirror and always “talking about images” and “comparing” them to photos from the past.

Muniz recalled that he first struggled with hair loss while filming the final season of his hit series Malcolm In the Middle, which aired from 2000 to 2006.

It also coincided with his transition to professional racing.

“I don’t want to say it shocked me how I went from hair to no hair,” he began. “I didn’t really notice it until I noticed it.”

After wrapping Malcolm In the Middle, Muniz said without the help of hair and makeup styling, he finally noticed his hair loss.

“I had to comb my hair myself for the first time,” he said, referring to the period after Malcolm In the Middle ended. “It was definitely a shock, you know, especially because I was young, 19 or 20 years old.”

Despite being in the spotlight and having a team of people working for him, the actor said he was on his own to overcome his hair loss.

“I didn’t have anyone to help me,” he said, before detailing his trial and error before finding hair restoration company HairClub.

While discussing his openness about his hair loss, Muniz admitted that others in his industry are “afraid” to talk about the treatments they’ve done to correct it.

“I think it’s interesting because, especially now, we live in a time where most celebrities, most people you see on social media, they have a lot of work and they don’t hide it, but it’s still a sensitive topic when it’s about men talking about their hair,” he noted.

He continued, “I think that’s interesting because it’s not something you can help, right? If you lose your hair, if you have problems like that, it doesn’t mean you did something wrong, or, you know, what I mean? It’s genetics.’

Muniz noted that it was his wife, Paige Price, who forced him to get a hair consultation at HairClub when he had resorted to just wearing hats and shaving his head.

“I was so used to being let down by the results of things you spent a lot of money on, or a lot of time or pain, like physical pain. So I didn’t really have high expectations,” he recalled.

However, after working with HairClub, he said he felt “instant gratification” and a boost to his self-confidence.

“It was truly life-changing,” he said of his results. ‘It has changed every aspect of my life. It’s given me more confidence in everything, from a work point of view, from a work point of view, everything!’

After his hair transformation, which he described as basically instantaneous, the artist said it gave him the “confidence” to get back into racing.

“I think I almost crawled into a hole,” he admitted. ‘And I just stayed away from the acting, stayed away from the kind of things like putting myself in the foreground… I almost hate to admit that, but I didn’t realize it had such a big effect on me in a negative way. .’

Frankie was just a teenager when he rose to fame as the star of the hit sitcom Malcolm In The Middle.

The series also starred Bryan Cranston, who would later become a household name for his role in Breaking Bad.

The young actor was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series Comedy/Musical for his role, but lost to Charlie Sheen for Spin City.

Frankie continued to stay in the spotlight following his run on Malcolm In The Middle, with roles in several Sharknado films and even a hosting stint on Dancing With The Stars: Junior.

He will next return for the Malcolm in the Middle reboot, which will stream on Disney+ and Hulu.