Wednesday 7 October 2026

Thicker Thinking

Calm, factual news and advice on hair loss

Tom Fairbairn

Men's Health Reporter · Edinburgh

Tom Fairbairn

Tom covers male pattern hair loss, treatments and the growing online market, cutting through the marketing to the evidence.

Tom reports on men's health, with a focus on male pattern hair loss and the fast-growing market of online clinics, tablets and topical treatments. He started out as a sports and health reporter for a Scottish regional newspaper and later wrote about fitness and wellbeing for men's titles. Tom started losing his own hair in his twenties and is candid about the questions that came with it. He is keen to separate genuine evidence from slick advertising and to help readers make informed choices. He lives in Edinburgh and is training, slowly, for his first marathon.

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