[male pattern baldness] ten legends tall or true

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The legends


1* "You inherit baldness from your mother's father."

2* "Intellectual activity or psychological problems can cause baldness."

3* "One's ethnicity can increase the chances of going bald."

4* "Baldness can be caused by emotional stress, sexual frustration etc."

5* "Emotional stress has been shown to accelerate baldness in genetically susceptible individuals."

6* "Bald men are more 'virile' or sexually active than others."

7* "Frequent ejaculation causes baldness."

8* "Standing on one's head alleviates baldness."

9* "Tight hats cause baldness."


To these I'll just add one of my own:


10* "Acute hair loss has been known to cause baldness."

The effect on the female is an interesting study. Certainly the female who judges by Adonis standards [the vast majority, despite the denials] will be turned away by a receding hairline. But to turn this round, perhaps baldness attracts a better class of female.

One who sees it as part of the whole package.

Who knows?

We can only hope.