A teacher obsessed with not going bald killed himself after switching to an unlicensed drug to treat his hair loss, an inquest heard.

Sam Applegarth, 31, who had no history of mental health problems, ended his life in Dubai after starting an online prescription course of dutasteride, which is not licensed for hair loss in the UK.

The PE teacher, who had first sought help for his hair loss aged 22, had used British National Formulary (BNF) drugs minoxidil and finasteride for years without any side effects.

The inquest heard that there are no known ‘suicidal ideation’ side effects from taking dutasteride – a drug primarily used to treat an enlarged prostate – because there has been a failure to report such feelings in men taking the drug.

Today, Sam’s heartbroken girlfriend Anya Guy, 30,

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