What happened to Anthony Carrigan? When did Anthony Carrigan lose all his hair?

American actor, Anthony Carrigan does not have any facial hair due to a disease called alopecia areata, an autoimmune disease that causes hair loss.

According to him, he was diagnosed of the disease when he was just 3 years old. The actor has faced several challenges in his career as many people neglect him when he makes a first appearance.

He once shared that in his early 20s as an up-an-coming actor, he was met with direction rejection in the film industry due to his appearance.

“There was a moment my alopecia had progressed so much so that I had lost pretty much half of my scalp, both my eyebrows and all my eyelashes. It really threw everyone that I was working with, and no one knew what to with me,” he said.

“I was told by a lot of people, ‘you’re not going to be to do this. You’re not attractive anymore. You will fail if you try to do this.’ And I’m one of those people that if you told me I can’t do something, I will. Period,” he added.

He also shared that being told he will not be able to succeed as an actor really helped him build enough confidence and do away with fear because he wanted to prove people wrong so bad.

“Talking about it was very therapeutic for me. And even talking about it now, I’m strangely very grateful for this experience and how much it taught me about radical self-acceptance. It made me a better actor too, because I wasn’t hiding anymore. I wasn’t hiding under wigs, or makeup, or this projected self confidence, and instead what was replaced was real confidence,” he explained.

“We’re told, you know, accept yourself, be who you are. But we’re also in a society that’s constantly telling us to change. And my take on it is: you want to feel good about yourself, and that has very little to do with what you look like. It has everything to do with expressing who you are,” he concluded.