Photo: Getty (2)Matthew McConaugheyis happy to have a full head of hair more than 20 years after almost losing it all — but he’s not thrilled that others are looking to take credit for the feat.In his memoirGreenlights, McConaughey, 52, recalls buzzing off all of his hair after experiencing significant hair loss staring in the 1990s.“You can go back and look at things likeThe Wedding Plannerand those things; I mean, you’ll see, I was losing,” theMagic Mikestar recalledin a recent interview with LADBible.“I got a picture: Turn of the millennium party in 2000 in Jamaica, I was looking down laughing, and there was a baseball-sized bald spot on the top of my head,” he added.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free weekly newsletterto get the biggest news of the week delivered to your inbox every Friday.After shaving his head, McConaughey began rubbing a topical ointment into his scalp “once a day for 10 minutes” in an effort to regrow his hair. (OnLive with Ryan and Kellya few years ago, he revealed the ointment was Regenix.)“I was fully committed to it,” he told LADBible. “No Propecia, no nothing. It was just manual labor.“But though he’s thrilled with the results, McConaughey is just as surprised as anyone that he has such luscious locks now.“All I can tell you is it came back,” he said. “I have more hair now than I had in 1999.“Mark Sagliocco/WireImageHe also told the publication that others have looked to take credit for his surprisingly full head of hair. McConaughey said he learned from a Beverly Hills doctor that, at an international hair transplant conference, a doctor had claimed that he had given McConaughey hair plugs that accounted for his thicker mane."[The Beverly Hills doctor] goes, ‘Can I just look at your hair? Can I just feel it and see?’ " he recalled. “I said, ‘Yeah man,’ and he goes ‘You don’t have transplants!’ I said, ‘That’s what I said, of course I don’t.’ “McConaughey said the doctor replied with, ‘I can’t wait to bust this guy’s nut next year when he raises his hand.’ “Said McConaughey of the surgeon: “He’s busted, man!”
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Matthew McConaugheyis happy to have a full head of hair more than 20 years after almost losing it all — but he’s not thrilled that others are looking to take credit for the feat.In his memoirGreenlights, McConaughey, 52, recalls buzzing off all of his hair after experiencing significant hair loss staring in the 1990s.“You can go back and look at things likeThe Wedding Plannerand those things; I mean, you’ll see, I was losing,” theMagic Mikestar recalledin a recent interview with LADBible.“I got a picture: Turn of the millennium party in 2000 in Jamaica, I was looking down laughing, and there was a baseball-sized bald spot on the top of my head,” he added.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free weekly newsletterto get the biggest news of the week delivered to your inbox every Friday.After shaving his head, McConaughey began rubbing a topical ointment into his scalp “once a day for 10 minutes” in an effort to regrow his hair. (OnLive with Ryan and Kellya few years ago, he revealed the ointment was Regenix.)“I was fully committed to it,” he told LADBible. “No Propecia, no nothing. It was just manual labor.“But though he’s thrilled with the results, McConaughey is just as surprised as anyone that he has such luscious locks now.“All I can tell you is it came back,” he said. “I have more hair now than I had in 1999.“Mark Sagliocco/WireImageHe also told the publication that others have looked to take credit for his surprisingly full head of hair. McConaughey said he learned from a Beverly Hills doctor that, at an international hair transplant conference, a doctor had claimed that he had given McConaughey hair plugs that accounted for his thicker mane."[The Beverly Hills doctor] goes, ‘Can I just look at your hair? Can I just feel it and see?’ " he recalled. “I said, ‘Yeah man,’ and he goes ‘You don’t have transplants!’ I said, ‘That’s what I said, of course I don’t.’ “McConaughey said the doctor replied with, ‘I can’t wait to bust this guy’s nut next year when he raises his hand.’ “Said McConaughey of the surgeon: “He’s busted, man!”
Matthew McConaugheyis happy to have a full head of hair more than 20 years after almost losing it all — but he’s not thrilled that others are looking to take credit for the feat.
In his memoirGreenlights, McConaughey, 52, recalls buzzing off all of his hair after experiencing significant hair loss staring in the 1990s.
“You can go back and look at things likeThe Wedding Plannerand those things; I mean, you’ll see, I was losing,” theMagic Mikestar recalledin a recent interview with LADBible.
“I got a picture: Turn of the millennium party in 2000 in Jamaica, I was looking down laughing, and there was a baseball-sized bald spot on the top of my head,” he added.
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free weekly newsletterto get the biggest news of the week delivered to your inbox every Friday.
After shaving his head, McConaughey began rubbing a topical ointment into his scalp “once a day for 10 minutes” in an effort to regrow his hair. (OnLive with Ryan and Kellya few years ago, he revealed the ointment was Regenix.)
“I was fully committed to it,” he told LADBible. “No Propecia, no nothing. It was just manual labor.”
But though he’s thrilled with the results, McConaughey is just as surprised as anyone that he has such luscious locks now.
“All I can tell you is it came back,” he said. “I have more hair now than I had in 1999.”
Mark Sagliocco/WireImage
He also told the publication that others have looked to take credit for his surprisingly full head of hair. McConaughey said he learned from a Beverly Hills doctor that, at an international hair transplant conference, a doctor had claimed that he had given McConaughey hair plugs that accounted for his thicker mane.
“[The Beverly Hills doctor] goes, ‘Can I just look at your hair? Can I just feel it and see?’ " he recalled. “I said, ‘Yeah man,’ and he goes ‘You don’t have transplants!’ I said, ‘That’s what I said, of course I don’t.’ "
McConaughey said the doctor replied with, ‘I can’t wait to bust this guy’s nut next year when he raises his hand.’ "
Said McConaughey of the surgeon: “He’s busted, man!”
source: people.com
