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.
I love Patrick Stewart. He just would be him with hair.
ReplyDeleteThe effect on the female is an interesting study. Certainly the female who judges by Adonis standards...
ReplyDeleteWhat a laugh, you think all females go for the so called Adonis?
You need to read the part under that, Nunyaa.
ReplyDeleteThere is an upside to receding hairlines and tonsures by installment... I have less grey hair than I did last year!
ReplyDeleteIt is the only thing I truly fear.
ReplyDeleteIt is the worst nightmare I have.
I hope I never live that long.
Well I married someone who was already going bald at 28. It didn't bother either of us then or now. Sadly he passed the MPB gene on to our son who also went bald before 30 but also doesn't seem to care.
ReplyDeleteBut it did come through the maternal line to my husband because his father and brother never lost their hair.
Number 10 sounds like a GWB statement.
Another thought for you!
ReplyDeleteWhat about a fair lady going bald...
I thought you were going to debunk the legends for us, james.
ReplyDeleteIf #7 were true, half the teenage boys would be bald.
ReplyDeleteClosest I have got is a number 1 buzz cut. I have inherited receding hair line, but I think I can deal with that.
ReplyDeleteI'm a little further gone than most on this page.
ReplyDeleteiam seventeen and have very thin hair on the crown of my head... been this way since i was eleven... what the fuck is wrong with me. this has been a severe cause of stress and ridicule for me as i amattending one of the worst high schools in australia.
ReplyDeleteWith each successive year, Bill, it gets less critical for you and by 30 it's not even an issue. It's not an issue in the end if all else works well.
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