Chechu, from Médico de familia: Bald before 30 and now a restaurateur

Spain, the country of the bald: Chechu and the business of hair

How many bald people are there in Spain? The statistic that keeps recurring—44% of the male population—does not come from any official registry, but it has been enough to reopen a conversation that never truly closes. The trigger is named after a nineties series: Chechu, from 'Médico de familia,' who went bald before turning 30, has been a restaurateur for years and married since 2021.

Who is Chechu, from Médico de familia

The story that went viral placed the former actor working in a Carrefour. Verification shot that down: he peine several restaurants years ago and they are doing well. The wedding date was also corrected; it was in 2021, not recently. And there is a detail that puts everything into perspective: the baldness arrived before age 30, not as a consequence of any recent crisis. Before that, he had appeared in several series, including 'Ana y los 7,' a daily broadcast format that—according to the circulating calculation—was paid for at 5,000 euros per episode.

Water, diet and other unfounded theories

When a phenomenon repeats itself so much, theories emerge. The abundance of baldness has been attributed to water, diet, or climate, without any epidemiological backing. The only verifiable thing is the perception: Spain competes for first place globally in male hair loss, and the contrast with other countries is obvious at any airport. From there to the conspiracy theory—that a cure exists and is hidden to sell tonics for life—there is a leap that no evidence supports.

Why there are almost no bald footballers anymore

in the nineties, any team had two or three bald players between 17 and 34. Today, it is rare. The most repeated argument places the change in 2010, when a pill against baldness was no longer banned in sports, and adds that the effect extends to actors and celebrities. The other side of the debate lists serious adverse effects—depression, erectile dysfunction, suicidal ideation—and responds that with such a profile, not many people would take it. The decision regarding treatment is up to a doctor, not a poll.

The price of having been on TV as a child

A large part of the scrutiny was not about hair, but about the physical appearance of the protagonist and his partner. It is the price paid for having grown up in front of a camera. It also explains the most interesting side effect of the matter: the public conversation about baldness, from the narrative of acceptance to rejection, with the razor and rosemary oil as a home remedy.

It has been written that finding the cure for baldness should be a matter of state. Until then, the market will continue selling shampoo.