L.A. Times Article on Baldness, and the Fear of It

[Sly Joe Leo]

It's sad that so many men cannot embrace their baldness. There must be something else going on underneath...

This article (without really trying) reminds me of why I'm glad I'm sly.

http://www.latimes.com/features/image/la-ig-balding-20120129,0,4890983.story

[Laser Man]

The thought of having surgery to move hair around is scary.  No new hair grows, you just redistribute what's there.  Somehow this sounds like a losing proposition (no pun intended!)  I would also imagine that these procedures are not covered by any insurance.  I'd rather spend the money on something a whole lot more enjoyable.

[LAGLE]

I'd actually like to have my hair removed lazer LOL

[marty22]

I did laser...its wild!

[Paul the Headblader]

I'm not going to pay $10.000 for a hair transplant! fact, I didn't had blaing problems at all!

[LAGLE]

I did laser...its wild!

your lazored sly? if you dont mind wanna PM some info about it? like how it went ect?

[philp]

1.8 billion dollar industry?! Wow, am I glad not to be a part of that.

The article says "More effective treatments might not be too far off." And then it cites a hormone blocking substance that regrew hair on bald mice. The fact is it's going to be a long time before something like that would be approved for human use and even once it is, it's likely going to be something that tinkers with body chemistry. Wish the article would have expanded on its Vin Diesel, Michael Stipe paragraph...

[mrzed]

Seems I read or heard this a long time ago about MPB. It's accelerated by testosterone. Keep the testosterone, loose the hair.  Shut off or minimize the testosterone and you keep the hair. Now you have a choice.  I think most guys would rather keep the T than the H. Unfortunately the testosterone has to be removed early in life to be effective and late removal of testosterone does not cause hair to return. 

[mahaw90]

I don't understand, I bloody love being bald by choice, I love everything about it.

[Mikekoz13]

Seems I read or heard this a long time ago about MPB. It's accelerated by testosterone. Keep the testosterone, loose the hair.  Shut off or minimize the testosterone and you keep the hair. Now you have a choice.  I think most guys would rather keep the T than the H. Unfortunately the testosterone has to be removed early in life to be effective and late removal of testosterone does not cause hair to return. 

This is a great point Mr. Z! Let me translate this into terms that simple guys like me can understand:

You can have beautiful hair and no hard-on. Or you can have a hard-on and no hair. This is a pretty simple choice for me. 

[Slynito]

I figure if I keep my hair I'll have more choices and I like as many choices as I can get.

[stasiu]

Good article!  Many years ago I went to two dif. Hair Transplant specialists.  The first one, an older Doctor with salt-pepper hair and thick accent, had the balls to show his frontal hairline HT that looked like chickens plucked it.  In total fear, I ran out of that office still holding the money in my hand.  The second Doctor, young and balding himself, explained how my scalp sides would be expanded and then rotated.   Finally realizing I had no more fear in baldness, I ran out of that office still holding the money in my hand. 

[buddha]

This may be a totally invalid theory that I'm about to post but if naturally occurring hormones in the male body cause/exacerbate hair loss it would seem that by taking hair from somewhere else and putting it on the dome wouldn't THAT hair also stop growing/fall out? If the dome itself is not receptive to hair growth would that not include transplanted hair?
Because the hormones will still be present even after the transplant.