Shaving my Head is Helping to Stop my Hair Loss

January 7, 2013
shaving your head can stop your hair loss

This post is primarily in response to a comment a reader recently wrote in my last piece on making a New Year’s resolution. The reader linked to a website that is hawking an “all natural, easy, convenient, 100% guaranteed, blah blah blah” method for stopping your hair loss. His comment went something like this: “I [...]

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Going Bald? Let me Help you with that New Year’s Resolution

January 3, 2013
new year's resolution going bald

For the past several years I’ve spent New Year’s away from home. For both this year and last, I was in Ivory Coast. Before that, I spent the New Year’s in New York and the year prior, in Miami. All of these destinations lend themselves to a good party and while I always manage to [...]

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Counting Hairs? Testing Baldness Treatments? Yikes

December 19, 2012
counting hairs to test baldness treatments

This is from an article from four years ago, so who knows where we are at now, but here is the piece in any case. The short version of the story is that some software has been developed that accurately counts the number of hairs in a patch of skin. The stated purpose of the [...]

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Wake Up Call for Balding Guys: a Letter from a Reader

November 19, 2012
wake up call for balding guys

This was a letter I recently received from a reader of the site. I think his story is particularly relevant because he went just about as far as he could go with treatment. No matter where you at in dealing with male pattern baldness, I think you can get something from this story. Hi Phil. [...]

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Going Bald? Here is a Valuable Lesson in Human Psychology

November 11, 2012
going bald lesson

A reader recently sent me a link to a wedding site that contained a discussion (among women) about whether or not men continue to be attractive after they go bald. The conversation started when one woman wanted to know whether or not the husbands of other women on the board retained their attractiveness after they [...]

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