The Dreadful Business Of Balding & Hair Loss
- Posted on 28 August, 2022
- T Part Wig
- By Anonymous
Balding is a personal and emotional process that 85% of men will experience in their lives. 70% of men suffer hair loss by 35. Male pattern baldness accounts for 95% of cases worldwide and is the most common form of hair loss. Like Thanos, male pattern baldness is inevitable. For some men, male pattern baldness starts as early as the teens. For me, I started balding in my early twenties. And it sucked.
With so many possible treatments with different degrees of effectiveness and cost, hair loss is a global billion dollar market with ties not just into big pharmaceuticals, but also the medical tourism of developed countries like South Korea - the cosmetic surgery capital of the world.
In this episode, we’ll navigate the business of balding, the different treatments available, the companies behind those solutions, all through my own personal experience / transformation from medication to hair transplant at a prestigious clinic in South Korea.
If you're interested in Dr. Kim Kyong-Bok & Moment Clinic for FUE hair transplants, you can get in touch with him via email: [email protected]. Their website is https://momentclinic.com. For fastest response and how I did it - you can add Moment Clinic (ID: moment_1) and text the staff on KaoKaoTalk (popular iOS / Android messaging app used in South Korea).
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Audio Editing & Mixing Credits: Sonalf
0:00 Male Pattern Baldness
3:07 Wigs, China, and Halloween
7:33 Controversial Medication
11:18 Corruption of Big Pharma
15:02 No Beauty Without Pain
19:05 Journey to the East
Balding is a deeply personal and emotional process that 85 of men around the world will experience at some point in their lives, 70 of men will have experienced hair loss by the age of 35. male pattern. Baldness accounts for 95 of cases worldwide and is the most common form of hair loss. The stages of male pattern: baldness are noticeable and predictable. It starts with hair loss at the temples and thinning hairs at the crown over time. These two areas form a receding: m-shaped hairline, an o shaped bald spot at the back of the head, will then follow and together both areas will combine into a u-shaped horseshoe balding pattern like thanos male pattern. Baldness is inevitable. It'S a genetic condition, that's passed down and typically emerges between the ages of 25 and 35. for some men. Male pattern baldness starts as early as their late teens. For me, i started balding in my early 20s and it sucked it felt bad to see my hairline recede every day in the mirror. To shed every time i washed my hair to feel the hair at the crown of my head, become thinner and fewer to fight against the wind, from exposing my temples around co-workers and to hide my progressively large forehead and social outings. In my early 20s i'd visit barber after barber before realizing that it wasn't their lack of skill, but instead the fact that i was balding that made it so difficult to style. I could only ever pull off one type of haircut, a tapered comb over that pulled hair from the sides to cover my temples and reseeding hairline, but no matter how hard i tried to downplay or hide my hair loss, i always felt and looked much older than I really was the hamilton norwood scale is a measurement system used by doctors to classify the stages of male pattern baldness in my early twenties, i was at a stage two after college. I did no favors to my hairline as a new grad working late nights and weekends at the office to climb up the corporate ladder by my mid-20s. I had reached stage three now in my late twenties and approaching stage four. I was confronted with three options: one. I could do nothing. I could see balding as a way of life and learn to live with hair loss. Two i could actively embrace the inevitable proactively shave my head and go bald by choice or three. I could fight back and restore my hair loss through prosthesis medication and or surgery just like elon musk, gordon ramsay wayne rooney tom hanks, nicholas cage ben affleck drew brees and antonio conte with so many possible treatments with different degrees of effectiveness and cost hair loss is A global billion dollar market with ties not just into big pharmaceuticals, but also the medical tourism of developed countries like turkey and south korea. While we typically take a sideline analyst perspective on this channel, the reality is that there's only so much one can learn through financials and headlines. The best way to truly understand a business is to experience it yourself and as someone who started balding in their early 20s, there's no better candidate to be a test. Subject: patient and consumer of the hair loss industry than me in this episode we'll navigate the business of balding the different treatments available and the companies behind those solutions all through my own personal experience and transformation from medication to hair transplant at a prestigious clinic in south Korea, when it comes to balding, the easiest treatment is prosthesis. Wigs and hair pieces are non-invasive low-risk solutions. Toupees are the most popular choice of prosthesis for male pattern: baldness, while wigs cover the entirety of one's head. Toupees are customized hair pieces that cover only the specific areas of hair loss with wigs you can buy and wear one off the shelf, but toupees by design must be fitted properly to match your scalp forehead and hair. A toupee can cost from twenty dollars to thousands of dollars and the more convincing and natural a toupee looks the more expensive it will be. The global hair prosthesis industry is a low value 6 billion dollar market. China is the world's largest producer, supplying 70 of the world's wigs hair pieces, hair extensions and toupees hanan rebecca is the largest producer of wigs and toupees in the world and was the first ever hair prosthesis company to go public on the shanghai stock exchange in 2003. Hanan rebecca is a timely demonstration of the unsustainable expansion and radical diversification. That'S so popular with today's chinese companies. In less than two decades, the company has gone from manufacturing, wigs and toupees to also somehow managing four-star hotels, developing high-rises, buying an entire mountain and converting it into a tourist destination. Operating luxury resorts, managing private high schools, mining gold in africa, running amusement parks, supplying water to municipalities, processing, sewage and providing public transportation with so many different businesses wrapped into one company, penn and rebecca's finances. Don'T provide a clean look into the business of hair prosthesis common sense would indicate that such a massive business expansion could not have been funded from just selling wigs and hair pieces in the first place. A cleaner example would be the hong kong-based evergreen products, which is the fifth largest producer of hair prosthesis in the world. The company has three business line: wigs and toupees, hair extensions and halloween costumes. If you ever wondered where those crappy costumes at spirit with the outdated branding and models come from, it likely came from evergreen. The u.s alone accounts for 90 of evergreen's annual revenue, while wigs and toupees contribute 85 percent of the company's overall top line, while evergreen's wig business has grown over the years with decent 20 gross margins. Toupees make up an insignificantly small slice of the pie. Evergreen'S go to market strategy has remained consistent in the past decade and targeting women, particularly african-american women, through wholesale to retailers and salons. In the past five years, male consumers and dupes have never once been mentioned in any company strategy, presentation or report, while social acceptance has improved, toupees remain unpopular and niche for balding men, while production is concentrated in a few overseas suppliers like evergreen, the actual salons and Retailers who fit and sell toupees to end users are mostly local small businesses, these independent stylists and mom, and pops are the ones who bear the cost of marketing customizing bidding, educating and evangelizing to pays to male customers. Toupees are a difficult product where procurement requires personalization and trust sellers have to build trust, address the psychological barriers and cost concerns and customize to pays with customers one at a time in order to close a sale. While i could order twenty dollar to pay from amazon or even a five dollar to pay from aliexpress, it's obvious how unrealistic these cheap hair pieces are. The higher end toupees in the 200 to 800 range stand up better to the eye test, but the effort needed to size bit glue style and maintain just seemed troublesome and illogical. Toupees have to be regularly maintained, as the glue sticking into your scalp will wear off over time. At least once a month you have to shave, your scalp apply new glue spray, special products to reduce odors and reapply the entire toupee to keep hygiene and maintain the illusion. While there are salons who can do this for you for the price of a high-end haircut, these maintenance costs add up quickly. Conceptually a toupee is only valuable if it's convincing to others. It'S a temporary solution and half measure that disguises your baldness to the people around. You, but it doesn't actually change the reality that you're balding and at some point, whether it's once a night or once a month, i still have to take the toupee off. Ultimately, i would rather be balding out in the open than to constantly worry about maintaining a perfect illusion or being caught wearing fake hair. My goal was to find a permanent and sustainable solution to my baldness, not illusions. The next treatment i explored was medication. There are only two proven drugs for hair loss, finasteride and minoxidil. Finasteride is a tablet that you take every day to slow down hair loss in its simplest abstraction. There'S an enzyme in your body that converts testosterone into dht dht is the hormone that directly causes hair loss. Finasteride blocks the actions of that enzyme, which then lowers your body's production of dht and then significantly slows down the rate at which you lose hair. Fundamentally, finasteride is a preventative measure, it slows baldness, but it doesn't stop it entirely. It also doesn't restore hair. That'S already been lost. Finasteride was invented by the american pharmaceutical giant merck in 1993, and, to this day, is the most clinically effective drug against male pattern. Baldness finasteride is just one of many blockbuster drugs in merck's portfolio. In 2020, merck boasted six drugs that each surpassed over one billion dollars in annual sales, the top four being katruda a cancer treatment with sales of 14.3 billion dollars. The second was genuvia a medicine for type 2 diabetes with 5.3 billion dollars. The third was an hpv vaccine with 3.9 billion dollars, and the fourth was a chickenpox vaccine with 1.9 billion dollars in sales. These days, finasteride is a widely available generic prescription as merck's patent. On the drug expired back in 2013, but in the 20 years from 1994 to 2013, when merck's patent was valid, the company held a complete monopoly over hair loss medication. While merck didn't break out product sales by medication until 2006, we can see that finasteride sales were healthy, contributing nearly 500 million dollars every year. Keep in mind that you have to take finasteride every day for as long as you don't want to go bald. While you can always lower the dosage or frequency, people on finasteride are generally on it for life. It'S remarkable that this single drug with almost half a billion dollars in annual sales, accounted for no more than two percent of merck's annual revenue over its 20 years of exclusivity. It'S a demonstration of how dominant merck's pharmaceutical portfolio is and that not even finasteride. At the height of its monopoly was ever one of the company's top five best-selling drugs. One theory i have as to why finasteride didn't sell as much for merck has to do with the u.s health care system. American health insurance companies like aetna, cigna and anthem, don't consider alopecia, hair loss or male pattern baldness as a medical condition. As a result, consumers have to bear the entire cost of any medication or treatment for balding themselves during merck's monopoly. In the mid-2000s, a 30-day supply of finasteride cost at least 90 nowadays, a 90-day supply of finasteride costs me less than 30. The second reason for finasteride's commercial underperformance, again relative to other drugs in merck's portfolio, has to do with its troubling side effects and dark history. With lower testosterone in your body, finasteride introduces potential side effects like decreased libido, erectile, dysfunction, impotence and male infertility. While merck insists that finasteride is totally safe and that these side effects only ever appeared in less than four percent of patients. The reality is that even one percent chance of decreased, libido and impotence is still one percent too high for many men. This potential gamble on your masculinity for the sake of appearance is why finasteride remains so controversial. There'S no shortage of horror stories from men who experienced the side effects and had difficulty shaking them off even after stopping the medication. There'S also many success stories from men on finasteride who downplay the side effects and insist that the bad experiences are exaggerations, fear-mongering or placebo. In 2016, hundreds of men who took finasteride filed lawsuits against merck, alleging that the pharmaceutical giant knowingly hid these side effects to keep sales up. They accused merck, of bringing an unsafe drug to market and manipulating the trial data to downplay the risks. Merck ended up settling most of these lawsuits out of court with hush money payments of five thousand to ten thousand dollars, while successfully sealing away all the clinical data dispositions and confidential information away from public records. This was a win for merck and another timeless demonstration of the immoral behavior shady cover-ups and the pay your way out of trouble corporate capitalism that big pharmaceutical companies thrive. In these days, there are less than 25 lawsuits still pending against merck. The individuals and families behind these lawsuits have organized themselves into the post-finasteride syndrome foundation, a non-profit dedicated to exposing all the internal secrets that merck has buried over the years about the drug. Given that merck spends at least 10 million dollars every year on lobbying, which, by the way, is the only the amount that we can find in public records and the american health care system doesn't recognize balding as a real medical condition. It'S no surprise that these lawsuits have been stuck in limbo for years and remain low on the list of fda priorities. When i pressed my dermatologist on the risks of finasteride, she, unsurprisingly downplayed the side effects, claiming that none of her patients had ever experienced any in the same breath, she tried to sell me non-fda approved natural herbal supplements that she claimed were just as effective as finasteride. Putting aside my dermatologist shilling her questionable morals and merck's unethical behavior, i eventually took the plunge on finasteride after being on the fence for weeks. Elon musk, gordon ramsay and the many other celebrities who went from bald domes to full heads of hair are all on finasteride. If these billionaires couldn't figure out a better, safer anti-balding medication for themselves, then at least i can take some comfort, knowing that this is the best boat available today and that we're all riding in it together. My experience four months in on finasteride has been a net positive. My hair loss has significantly slowed before finasteride anytime. I ran my fingers through my hair. My palms would be covered with clumps of hair falling out on finasteride. This same motion only removes a few individual strands of my hair at most as for side effects. There'S no change in my libido, nor have i experienced anything close to impotence, but it does take more conscious effort for me to get in the mood in the bedroom as an unexpected positive. I actually no longer wake up with the same aggressive energy or raging masculine temper that i used to have in my mid-20s. Perhaps this is placebo, but i'm tempted to chalk it up to the lower testosterone in my system, while the first few days on finasteride were a little nerve-wracking. I'Ve gotten more comfortable with it over time. Like many others, i've experimented with reducing doses to find the right balance for myself between hair loss prevention and lower testosterone. The other anti-balding drug is minoxidil or more commonly known as rogaine. It'S a medication that you apply to your scalp every day through foam and ointment. In order to stimulate hair growth, however, minoxidil's effectiveness is modest at best, since minoxidil is a local treatment for your scalp, it doesn't target the hormones in your body that directly cause hair loss. The same way that finasteride does, while some men opt for both finasteride and minoxidil as a comprehensive solution to hair loss. I personally have only stuck to finasteride my perspective is that it's easier to maintain hair than it is to regrow it. Finasteride is a guaranteed preventative measure, while minoxidil is an inconclusive reactive measure where hair regrowth itself is not guaranteed, it takes months to see results and is yet another drug where, as soon as you stop taking it, everything goes away. Having already signed onto one lifelong drug with finasteride, i've been hesitant to add another to the list. Surgery is a last treatment option and is widely considered to be the most effective, long-lasting, yet invasive and expensive solution for male pattern. Baldness hair transplants are, by definition, invasive surgeries, meaning there's a puncturing of skin open wounds and a recovery period involved with finasteride and minoxidil. Progress is noticeable only after months of continuous use and it comes with its aforementioned risks in comparison, a one-time, 4-10 hour hair transplant. In exchange for a clearly defined, visible, immediate and improved end state is a great roi compared to prosthesis or medication. As someone in their late 20s, i wanted to tackle my male pattern baldness as early as possible and had plenty of healthy hairs at the back of my head to donate for a transplant. Hair transplants are simple procedures: a surgeon relocates healthy hair from the areas of your head, where you have lots of it. Typically, the back or the sides of your head to the areas where you don't have hair. It takes 9 to 12 months for the newly planted hair follicles to grow fully, and not every hair that's transplanted over will survive the journey. A hair transplant in its simplest form, is a permanent rearrangement of the hair on your head. There are two types of hair transplants, fue and fut. The only difference between these two is how the hair is extracted and harvested from the donor area. Fut stands for follicular unit transportation. The surgeon cuts out an entire piece of your scalp closes the incision with stitches and then separates that piece of scalp into smaller pieces called grafts. Grafts contain one to four hairs: their follicles, along with the surrounding skin tissue, that provides the nourishments for those hairs to grow. The surgeon will then make small holes in your bald recipient areas and insert the grafts one at a time. Fut is the most traditional form of hair transplant and can take 10 to 20 hours, depending on the number of graphs. A single hair transplant can involve anywhere from 600 to 5000 grafts, depending on the health of the donor area. The severity of the hair loss and the size of the recipient areas fut results in slightly higher yield, but is overall, more invasive requires a longer recovery period and leaves permanent scarring fue. The other type of hair transplant stands for follicular unit extraction instead of cutting out and transporting a piece of your scalp. A surgeon meticulously extracts hair follicles one at a time from your donor area. The harvested grafts are then planted one by one into the recipient areas. Fue is the more popular form of hair transplant as it's easier, less invasive, faster and then more affordable. Fue surgeries can be completed in four to eight hours, with no scars or stitches involved. While i personally never wanted to take finasteride, the drug is required for successful long, lasting hair transplants. A hair transplant restores hair in bald areas, but it doesn't do anything for your existing hair if you got a hair transplant, but you didn't slow down your hair loss through finasteride, you would end up with a tail of two heads in the front. You would have healthy hair growing out, but in the back you would be balding shedding and losing hair. So you would see moses parting. The seas on your scalp, getting a hair transplant in the west is expensive. Reputable clinics in the united states and canada can cost anywhere from ten thousand dollars to twenty five thousand dollars for a single hair transplant. While one has the freedom to stop and start medication whenever they want hair transplants are generally one and done surgeries. There'S a finite amount of hairs that can be harvested and hairs that are extracted from the donor areas will never grow back, while the surgical methods and tools are consistent around the world hair transplants are more art than science. It takes skill and experience to transplant hairs. In a natural manner and construct new hairlines that align with one's forehead facial features and face shape, how the new hairs are specifically arranged is critical to the final result. A bad hair transplant can lead to infections, inconsistent growth and unconvincing appearances as the less invasive and more cost efficient procedure. I settled on fue for my hair transplant and began looking overseas shelling out. 10 000 to 25 000 up front for a hair transplant in the united states was out of my budget because of how cost prohibitive these hair transplants are in the west. I had a lot of open concerns on how much these doctors really had when they only perform a handful of surgeries. Every month, turkey, mexico and spain came up as popular medical tourism destination for hair transplants that cost only two thousand to five thousand dollars. Many clinics in these countries advertise their all-in-one packages where they take care of not only the surgery but also the hotel, itinerary, transportation, translation and even drop you off back to your flight to the u.s 24 hours after the surgery. While these package deals are convenient, what i was really after was a highly skilled surgeon with a great track record and whose customers were local and not americans and foreigners. Looking to save a quick buck. South korea is the cosmetic surgery capital of the world in this land of k-pop, k-dramas and parasite cosmetic surgery is a way of life. The country performs over 1 million cosmetic surgeries every year and has the highest per capita rate of cosmetic surgery in the world. With 14 out of every 1 000 koreans going under the knife every year, the beauty, ideals and standards in korea are so high that it's normal for celebrities, singers and other public icons to undergo multiple surgeries. As early as their teenage years, a friend of mine who grew up in korea offered me the name of several clinics that many locals considered to be the best in the country. One of them was dr kim kyung-bok of moment clinic a celebrated surgeon who rose to local prominence after having performed successful hair transplant for celebrities. Dr kim was so popular that there was a waiting list for his new clinic in gangnam. Gangnam is the wealthiest neighborhood in south korea and known as the beverly hills of the country with the highest concentration of cosmetic surgery clinics in its 15 mile borders, dr kim and his moment clinic are so oriented for local koreans that they don't actually have any english. Speaking staff on hand for every conversation i had with this clinic over cal cow talk, which is korea's equivalent of facebook messenger i had to use google translate. While i went through multiple virtual consultations with different clinics and doctors in korea, it was dr kim's professionalism, detail. His local popularity and his body of work that sealed the deal for me. I flew out to korea in mid-july for my hair transplant, with dr kim as a first-time visitor to south korea. I was blown away with the maturity and government sponsorship behind the country's medical tourism when you land at incheon airport and walk towards arrivals. The largest booth at the center of the lobby is not a generic information desk, but rather a huge medical tourism support center. There are staff on hand who can speak english, chinese, japanese, vietnamese, french, german and they're all hired by the korean government to facilitate medical tourists like me, walking through the streets of gangnam to moment clinic on the day of my surgery, was equally eye. Opening in just four blocks from the subway station, i had passed nearly 20 different plastic surgery, clinics, doctor offices and pharmacies, each with signs in korean, promoting their services and success stories to locals located on the sixth floor moment clinic was a clean, modern, new and sophisticated Office and as i had expected, dr kim was a gracious, soft-spoken and kind man. While he spoke very little english, he made every effort to communicate his approach, detail and vision using a pen to draw out my new proposed hairline and the exact areas he felt would be most effective. Looking back as a very nervous american in a foreign country, i'm most grateful for dr kim's empathy as he would regularly pause to listen and hear my feedback through the translator. At one point, he even redrew the lines during consultation after i shared some suggestions in perspective. Surgery started right after the consultation as they put in the iv. I was a pretty anxious mess shaking on the operating table. I'D never done any surgery like this before and hair transplants rely on local anesthesia, so i was awake and conscious the entire time. The surgery was an exercise of patience lying down without moving for roughly six hours, while he and his staff of five nurses operated on me. Even though dr kim didn't see many foreigners, he made a lot of small gestures like intentionally playing an american radio station during the surgery. So i would feel comfortable. What amazes me to this day was a staff discipline during my six hours of surgery beyond one or two words here or there. There was no chatter or gossip just six hours of silent concentration, music and surgical noises. The whole time my face was covered with an eye mask and bandages. So at no point did i see or feel anything extraction of my hairs took about three and a half hours and then planting the hairs took another two and a half hours for around 4 300 grafts. My total cost for this hair transplant with dr kim came to 5 500, which was payable with visa. Looking back at my progress to date through these months, while my new hair won't fully grow out for another three to six months, i've been overjoyed with the early results. My hair transplant, with dr kim and moment clinic, has actually been a genuinely wonderful and life-changing experience. I would rate wisdom, teeth removal as a much more painful procedure in my book than a hair transplant. My plan is actually to go back to revisit dr kim after a year for a touch-up to further lower my hairline once the hair follicles in my donor area. Fully heal in full transparency, i wasn't compensated or given any discount to talk about dr kim and moment clinic. The price that i paid for my hair transplant was the same price that everyone else pays local or foreign for most men. Hair transplants are a question of who, rather than how and finding a trustworthy clinic overseas is no easy task. For me, i was extremely fortunate to have a korean friend whose recommendations i trusted deeply and could help me cut through all the tourist traps and shady doctors for those that are interested. I'Ve included a contact email for dr kim kyungbok and moment clinic in the description, along with their youtube channel and website. If anyone's interested, you can follow the same process. I did reach out over. Email include some photos of your situation and they'll provide you with a proposal quote and availability like me, you would need to organize your own accommodations, translator and travel, but those are small and manageable costs in the grand scheme of things researching this episode and experiencing the Business of balding brought me around the world and back from dermatologists office in the united states to pharmacies and then eventually to south korea feeling and having hair in areas where i used to be bald is a magical feeling that's hard to put into words and for Once i actually look like someone in their mid to late 20s and for that, i'm thankful
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spicychashu: this is pretty wild. for context, i'm a girl and my family has really good genes when it comes to hair, so i've never really had to think about this at all. thanks for sharing this, it's really opened my eyes and i sympathize a lot more now w people who have to deal with this issue!
Lain: I appreciate when you're able to share your personal experiences like with the food delivery episode since it allows for a hands-on perspective that adds to the narrative, and all in all another great video! As someone who isn't even out of university yet but very much values his hair, hopefully the information here will serve me well when I inevitably have to face the balding problem, even though I'll most likely learn to rock the bald look or make use of wigs I already like wearing for cosplay anyways (just gotta find a wig that doesn't itch when I actually get a high end one...).
lcicle: I'm 25 now and I've been balding hard myself since the past 3-4 years. Tbh it was pretty bad when it started, just sitting at a desk and brushing through my hair softly left like 25+ hairs falling down to my desk, which was quite unsettling, having my "youth" leave me so early. Even going so far as shaving my head like 1 year into the whole thing, but I didn't wanna keep it cause of my egg shaped head and the effort repeating the shaving every 2-4 weeks lol. Now since I lost most of my hair on the forehead, it's actually not so unsettling anymore, brushing through my hair doesn't make A LOT fall out anymore since there's just not much left to fall out.. It was actually much more scary to me to lose my hair than just not having hair. I've been to the dermatologist couple years back as well and she recommended me some minoxidil or finasterid stuff, as a student I wasn't really able/willing to afford it for 80 or something euro and went for the shave instead, I thought there was more value in learning to live with my biology instead of shelling out money to fix what I've been born with in the gene lottery. It also wasn't quite appealing to me that I'd have to apply it daily for ever basicly.. As I was looking at pictures of my (20 years) older brother and my father, I've actually discovered the exact same balding pattern. Even on photos where my brother was 20ish years old, he had a pretty bald forehead already which kinda gave me some comfort. I think most people are not too bothered if they see a baldy, it's much more that it makes yourself insecure because of your own self image. To conclude of course I'd prefer having my full hair from my teenage years back, I've always been rocking a long curly hair style, but it is what it is now. Ideologicly, I'm not too much of a supporter of cosmetic surgery, I wouldn't wanna undergo surgery unless it is a medical necessity. Same counts for my teeth, I should've gotten braces as a younger but now it's just kinda whatever, as long as I don't get bad/dirty teeth because of it or severe pain due to them pushing into each other, I'm just gonna live with my naturally crooked teeth, I see it more of a trait of my family and well in nature not everything's perfectly symmetrical. Maybe after I finish university and earn multiple thousands a month, my view will change but for now, I'm just gonna live with how I am.
ivnperic: Great content as always, also thanks for sharing such a personal experience on the matter of the hair transplant business.
Aman Kumar: Just a correction -you state you have lowered levels of testosterone but in fact you have higher levels. You said it yourself - inhibition of 5 alpha reductase inhibits conversion thus reducing DHT.
Ian Antrim: I got my hair transplant done in China and my friend did his in HK. We had pretty great results. It was about 5K USD, but due to China's current situation I guess I wouldn't recommend it. Still, my hairline looks better than it did when I was 18.
V A: I don't usually comment but if it can help someone : - I tried finasteride 1 year ago in an effort to stop a very beginning hairloss - I have read the studies (I come from a medical background, they are reassuring) and didn't come into it with a preconsive mind - i was healthy physicaly and psychologically - It was the worst exeperience of my life (I develloped symptomes of "brain fog / extreme anxiety without reason" after a month of 0.5mg a day) - the symptoms stopped one the days I didn't took the drug, so I stopped - still had a mild depression for a few weeks after that -Nastiest médication i ever took => but who knows maybe you are ok, with it : some people I know are very OK with it. I didn't have libido promblem. Just something that felt like schizophrenia. everybody is different with it. => my advice would be if you really want hair TRY IT and if you feel something you don't like or something feels off : stop it. have a nice day ☺ Just know that in my country (France) : finasteride is on the black list of medication (that are still legal but being put into question considered more dangerous than helpfull) for my case, I thinck it could be a decrease in neurosteroids (cousins of the testosterone used in the brain) that is produced thanks to an enzyme close to 5 alpha reductase. those neuro-steroids are believed to be natural anti-depressents. Independant studies showed (a very) significative decrease in neurosteroid in the cerebrospinal fluid.
Richard Kohn: Great video dude! Please reconsider the "touch-up" next year. If you like your current result, call it a win, and preserve your donor area for a rainy day down the road. Very rarely will a clinic advise you against the thing they do. (I used to sell this procedure for hair club).
Mike Brown: I wish this was available when I was in my twenties. Eventually took the leap and just shaved it for the better but I definitely considered most of what you discussed. Easy to maintain and actually more confident now that I don't have to worry about combing my hands through my hair every time the wind goes by. Great work!
Evansmustard: The comment section of this video makes me feel so much less alone. I'm 26 and only noticed my hairloss last year. It has honestly brought down my overall happiness and am doing my best to avoid thinking about it. The worst is when im having a good day and then a youtube video goes into a Keeps sponsorship about male pattern baldness and I'm once again reminded about it... ugh. I didn't notice all the hairloss marketing until I put myself in that category. But i wont fall into it. My sex drive is already low enough I wont risk further loss of it with a drug. My girlfriend reassures me all the time that she either doesn't notice/or doesnt care if i lost my hair. But that doesn't make me feel better for some reason, I still feel like im losing my identity. And no other guys around me seem to talk about it, so i process this all by myself. I wish people were more open about their hairloss experience. Thank you for sharing yours. My plan is to just accept my fate. I still like my hair as it is now, but when it gets worse I will shave it; and it will simply be a new chapter in life with new things to look forward to.
Kashima TV: Yea. I thought it would rise my testosterone level by limitting its conversion to dht so it would help me make gains in the gym. I told that to my doctor and she laughed. She explained to me that even if you lower its conversion to dht it's too low as an amount to do any significant impact. I'd say I'm a hyper responder on finasteride(I gained extremly good results on this medication alone) without any side effect. I do think that most post finasteride syndrom are mostly due to a placebo effect. 4% of side effect or even less than that 4% means that you would likely experience no side effect. My oncle, who's pretty good looking that even younger girls are trying to hit on him, but he is starting to suffer from male pattern hairloss, refuse to get on finasteride due to his friend that heard from another friend from somewhere on the internet that finasteride give you really bad side effect while I did my research before taking the medication and took a huge W. I'm sure we'll see the end of the tunel because more companies are getting involved to find cures for hairloss. Few months ago, the FDA approved a new drug in 20 years for hairloss. But it's not for male pattern hairloss. The new treatment I'd put my bet on that would cure hairloss forever and even acnee issues is GT20029. It's currently in the phase 1 trial. It's a protein degrader that can get rid of our androgen receptors and it doesn't go systemic. Basically, it means that it would make our hair immortal against male pattern hairloss. So get on finasteride to last until this kind of treatment comes out. Have a safe ride.
Caio: Honestly I always worried and stressed about losing my hair Held on to it for way too long past the point of no return I then took the plunge and shaved the whole thing… never looked back it was by far the best decision ever Not only I look and feel better but also I don’t need to spend money on medication, haircuts, hair gel, shampoo or conditioner
The_Red_Scare Undertale Uchiha: I really appreciate you making this video and sharing your experiences. I honestly came into this thinking you were going to reveal a bunch of corruption in the industry, but ended up sticking around until the very end. Though it wasn't the content I was looking for, I feel enlightened that, as a woman who will never have to experience this, I now have a much better understanding of what it's like for guys who are balding. I never thought much about it and it's heartbreaking and genuinely terrifying to think about inevitably losing your hair through no fault of your own, especially if you love your hair. That combined with social anxiety would be awful. Thank you very much for making this video and educating your audience on the subject. _I'm probably gonna get a bunch of videos related to balding for liking this video, but you deserved it._
BVNK: Thanks for making this video. Hit way too close to home for me. I think I first noticed hair loss when I was 19 so it must have started when I was 18. I went into pretty deep depression after realizing what was going on. I couldn't leave the house without a hat and would often decline invitations to a lot of events. I got on fin almost immediately after and it's definitely helped slow the hair loss down. Almost a decade later, I can still pull off the look of someone with a full head of hair (with the help of concealers) but I know that won't last either. That's the thing with hair loss and its treatments. No matter how much money you spend or how skilled your surgeon is, you're really only buying time.
Hikaru Yoroi: 0:36 - " Like Thanos, Male Pattern Balding is inevitable" The deadpan delivery on that absolutely killed me
B2kkake: In my late 20's I started noticing more hair in my hands than usual after washing my hair, and a slightly receding hairline. I'm almost 30 now and it hasn't gotten that much worse; could just be some natural recession that can be expected as you enter your 30's, but I decided that I'm not going to worry about it. It's natural, it happens to most of us. If it gets to 'that' point I'd rather just wholesale shave it off than be reliant on medications or do surgeries.
Somberlain: My dermatologist adviced me against Fin as any good doctor should, since hair loss is not a health risk. I did start taking it though because I was very well informed and my mind was still made up. 6 years in now, all good
Shannon Vlogs: So happy you took care of yourself and did this for you. Congrats! Looks great so far and I am sure it will only get better. I never knew much about this and appreciate your personal perspective!
Hao Wu: I started experiencing hair loss in my mid 20s and have been using minoxidil ever since. The generic minoxidil is an affordable OTC treatment, that you can start right away when you're not 100% ready for finasterid or surgery. It may not work for everyone but it's better than debating between the more invasive treatments while doing nothing and losing hair.
NateM: Started balding at 20, tried everything - nothing seemed to really work, only stem the tide of what was to come or was way out of my price range. Early 30s now and I've been shaving my head the last 5-6 years. If you have the head shape for it, it's about as close to a fix as you can get.
Sei Warriors: 22, Had a receding hairline since I was 18 and looking back at my habits did attribute to my baldness because of the bad stuff that they put on products which can destroy your hair follicles. My family typically have decent genes but no one was bald or had a receding hairline at a young age and now I am thinking I will be the first one but at the same time I doubt it since my grandfather still had hair and a receding hairline obv. For a lot of dudes like me that have a receding hairline kind of impacts in our dating options in the market which is why we want to take fynestdile to grow our lost hair or have a transplant in order to look more attractive and confident. Thank you for telling the truth about the business.
Somsubhro Chatterjee: 28 here, and although I actually have a full hea dof hair, it's very thin at the top and I needed to have it quite long in order to look decent. Started shaving at 26, and I can say it's the best decision of my life. From looking like a decent guy to a badass did help, but I quickly tried to deal with the insecurity of hair loss. Plus, it allows me to have an extravagant collection of hats and caps to wear as accesories. And to top it all, my close friends and family members all tell me I'm a bit more outgoing and chill after shaving my head! Background: I started balding at 19.. very slow and gradual balding.
GwithHeadphones : Spironolactone is also a common hair loss treatment drug, it's a testosterone blocker that is also used by transgender women as part of hormone replacement therapy. It's done WONDERS for my hairline in under a year. It definitely does lower sex drive/overall T levels though, so it's a lot less popular for men
Lu: I don't know what it is about Modern MBA but your videos are such an unexpected pleasure to come across. I think it's the novelty of having a channel that presents what can basically be described as a university thesis, delivered in a neat and well-packaged video format. It feels like I'm in lecture hall, and we have a research project in which we have to talk about an industry of our choosing, and then a classmate presents these interesting and out-of-the-box topics to the class. I love it!
Keegan Zacharie: Great video, very informative. Been having the same issue for a few years. I’m about to get an FUT procedure done next month. A few details: 1) Price range for US surgeon given is correct, mine will cost about $10k. FUE is more expensive (depending on the number of grafts needed) and is better for smaller amounts of hair loss, so it’s ideal for those looking to fill in gaps but not for substantial loss. 2) Foreign FUT procedures can be somewhat touch and go. I’ve heard of some people being lucky and some having issues. Personally I’d rather pay more for a board-certified plastic surgeon in America with a great track record, especially since it allows you to have more follow-ups with them to maximize results, which are often included in the surgery price (mine are). Glad you had luck in SK, sounds like the best international option. 3) I don’t recommend minoxidil. It barely helped me hold onto hair, and ultimately was a waste of time. Never used finasteride but have heard so many horror stories that it was never personally an option for me. I’d rather pay for a follow-up procedure later (if needed) than risk libido and mood changes. 4) If you do choose surgery, plan it far ahead and make sure to take time off work. You’ll be tired from having to sleep upright the first few days and groggy from surgery. Not looking forward to it personally, but it’s part of the healing process. If anyone has any questions, I’m happy to provide input, though I may be better positioned to answer them after my surgery in late September.
Asuka Ainun: I have been blessed with ungodly amount of hair and no hair loss in sight. But also been cursed with double cowlicks and stubbornly straight hair, it require constant haircut for maintenance and lots of pomade to style it. But I'm extremely grateful for what it is. Still. I truly feels bad for men who experience early balding and forced to embrace it or forks some money for it. My friends have a serious loss of confidence after some severe sudden balding. Anyways great content man, Keep up the good work.
Justin Gunn: Interesting stuff! However, I have some criticism that I hope is constructive just in case the creator or some viewers didn't notice (Subjective, of course) being harsh isn't my intent, please know that I'm forcing myself to write this because I think most wouldn't and the insight may be valuable. 1 -- The last segment felt like a flex and ad. [Originally the last point, it's also the most important]. Too much time was given to just talking about how cool Korea is, of which does not fit the expectation of the title, at all. Even for those who chose this video because they want a solution to hair loss, that info was unrelated. Even if they were interested, it's going to be a boastful tease for most due to them not having Korean friends, the social media / app, nor language ability (regardless of translation software). (This isn't me projecting either. I speak Japanese, giving me experience in this type of thing, and fortunately my hair doesn't disobey me but it's still obvious how those that do not have these luxuries may feel here). How many times was the fact that locals use it (implying they only have access) brought up?... 2 -- Why did I watch this then? I assumed this video would be about "scams" regarding hair loss, and I watch a lot of anti-scam videos (likely why YouTube recommended it). Whilst there was exploration of these companies, it didn't really come to a conclusion beyond the reveal of minor sensationalized advertising that most companies do engage in. It's honestly an expectation that they would downplay side effects, just as much as stores write .99c instead of rounding to the whole dollar. I was like: "Oh! Of course, hair loss treatment would be a major cesspool of nut-bags shilling piss to rub on your head. Hell yeah", haha. 3 -- The desire for more "dreadful business" could have been made up for with more science. But that to was hit and miss. The drug was fantastically explained and engaging, as was the hair transplants :) but this made the skin ointment a bit disappointing. [Point 1 would have followed from here, to match the video's timeline, but I thought it's best to highlight it] >> It's absolutely fine for the video to do these things and be about what it is, but it's the wording of the title that IMO leads to different expectations << Again, these points personally frustrated me a little bit, and upon noticing that, thought it would be unfair to not say anything. I didn't intend offence. And I say this because beyond these points. The content was awesome and pretty damn professional. So I do genuinely hope this helps. Cheers! ️️
Andrew Palla: I've not been a subscriber for very long but I really enjoy this channel for its more mature and in-depth looks at companies and business than your average business insider or company man video (no offence to either of those channels.) Its clear this video is different because its very personal in nature (for you and all your male audience members), but it was no less interesting or detailed than the ones before it.
Affluent Nerd: You stated that as soon as you come off fin and min, you lose the results. This is fairly accurate, except a few studies have shown results stay much longer - 6 months or more - in as much as 70% of men who took one or both, and also incorporated microneedling the scalp between once every week and three weeks (2 different studies) for a period of time before stopping all treatments. Just wanted to point this out because this video is very well done and this minor correction might help you and others.
CIE Project: I started balding in my early 30s, and it infuriated me so much I just decided to shave my head "Fuck you, head! You don't decide when I go bald! I do!"
Jordy Shujaa: Great video!! I really appreciated the honesty. Even though I am not balding myself, I can really sympathise with other men.
Theron Gertz: To be fair, finasteride reduces DHT, not testosterone. It black 5-AR enzymes FROM converting testosterone into DHT, so you should, hypothetically, have the same, if not very slightly more test than before. Still, the side effects can be pretty harsh, so you're not wrong there.
Wanjiru Wambugu: Love this content Question, did you encounter platelet rich plasma (PRP) therapy in your research for balding solutions? If so, what’re your thoughts on it and why was the transplant your ultimate choice?
Jesus Rivera: I have a friend with severe alopecia he just shaved his head bald. Once I knew he was coming into town to kick it with me I did too just so he can feel comfortable. He took his hat off when he saw me and never put it back on.
dkaoboy: oh WOW! Me too! I experienced hair loss around my mid 20's as well. It was tough, but I decided to just shave my head and accept it.
ollydagger: I had an FUE transplant at age 23 and am just getting to the end of the healing process. Currently take Dutasteride (tablets) and Finasteride + Minox (topical). Other than a small infection at a corner of the implant site (which was my fault) all is going well. I was around 2-3 on the Norwood scale, however the clinic I used only treats 1 patient per day (so it is required to book the entire clinic regardless of the number of grafts). Final cost came to around £5500 ($6400) with 1200 grafts. Expensive but most definitely worth it (for me) I have noticed a lowered libido but I'd consider this to be a positive factor, and it may just be a placebo effect anyway.
John Novakovich: “Like Thanos, male pattern baldness is inevitable” You were really in your element when you wrote that huh
Araceli Amaya: Sometimes it’s nice being a women, hair loss isn’t as common until you get into your 50-60. But at the same time genetic play a big factor as well
C M R: Congrats on your hair journey! Now you can write-off your surgery as a business expense since you made this video.
vviippeerr: Thank you for this very personal video. I found it really interesting to see what options you picked and why. My hair loss started with 25. At the time I also researched extensively what options I had to prevent balding. I came across the same methods that you mentioned here in this video. I didn't want to become "dependent" on medication at that young age and was also afraid of the side effects. At the end, I chose to live with the hair loss and deal with it. I am 34 now and do not regret my decision. If anything, it has made me more confident. This comment section feels like some kind of support group ;D
Kevin Barry: I was losing hair in my early 30s. The crown was bald. Although my hairline did not recede but the hair was getting thinner. Medication did not work. After doing some research I got a hair transplant. I did it at a specialist office in midtown Manhattan. This was back in 2005 and I still regarded as some of the best money I ever spent.
Shawn Beaven: I started losing my hair when I was 17 and I embraced the bald head. I knew it was coming due to all the males in family are also bald.
Jimmy D: Extremely informative and personal. Thank you for opening up and sharing your experience.
Ari: That doctor gonna get so much business now! Lol But on the serious note, thank you for this comprehensive video straight to the point and informative thank you
Antowa: Turning 23 y.o. tomorrow. Already balding on temples. Your video was the signal for me to start searching for a trichologist. Gotta save those hairs at least until I look mature enough to shave the head.
tubewoody: Finasteride is primarily a medicine for prostate hyperplasia. Given how much you talk about it, it's a bit weird how you only talk about it as if it was a drug developed for hair loss
rajah ferrier: The crazy thing is there are numerous people in this video who would look GREAT with a shaved head. Confidence and how you see yourself is a powerful thing.
Bally S: Awh, came here for some good' ol business controversy, ended up with a tear in my eye for the wholesome South Korean medical story. Thumbs up, this was a nice video to watch.
Rez: my mom is a dermatologist and mine started late 30s. she knew about all the treatments and explained each one of them in detail and why I should not go with it. and the end she told mss i’ll be better off to learn to live with it. ps biggest problem with propecia is high risk of depression, is not worth it at all
Level Up Koi: Thank you for sharing such a personal story with all of us, very interesting journey. Good storytelling as well.
SethLacroix: I've been on Finasteride for almost 18 years now, I just turned 35. I never had any issues and it saved all my hair. Do it NOW!
Brandon: As a 20 year old who hasn't started balding yet, the idea that I will sooner rather than later is pretty scary.
Taylor Bates: I started using Nutrafol a few years back when I saw my hairline receding. It’s worked really well for me. It regrew most of my hair and held on to what was already there.
Drunken.Master: At least one thing health-wise I don't have to worry about, have a full bush in mid-40s, just like my father in his 70s. Anyhow, very informative video for those who have this issue.
Herz König: Nice and informative video! I always thought you would need to shave your head completely for a HT, so it's easier/better for the clinic to transplant the grafts. Is this a specialty in korea or did you just ask not to shave your head? Also how many grafts where transplanted approximately? Thanks.
David Laird: I enjoy your videos -very informative -but as a senior with a full head of hair-i didn't realize the feelings of negativity, men have about hair loss-because I always thought Bruce Willis was a trendsetter and got used to seeing so many shaved heads, that i was thinking about doing myself-but I've still got a full head of hair and poor Bruce has Asphasia
dappa311: Listen, you can get a hair transplant , but what ever hair you haven't lost yet, you will continue to lose ; if you don't take anything to stop or slow down the process of hair loss. It is a process that is happening in your body all the time. It affects different men at different ages due to individual susceptibility to DHT. Thats why some men bald quicker than others, it effects everybody to different degrees and continues through life . So getting a hair transplant wont stop you from balding, as much as people don't like or trust the drug, it is the only proven medication that can stop/slow down hair loss. If you'r taking herbs and other things as a remedy, you'r only wasting time and the time is takes to see the results from something that doesn't work,. You are losing hair. So finasteride is necessary, it's either that or accept going bald, hair transplant isn't really a cure . It's an adjunct treatment to hair loss, but finasteride is your only defense .
Arthur Fleck: you are seriously awesome for sharing your personal experiences. hats off for you, sir!
Mayimhr: Minor nitpick The side effects from finasteride are more likely to do with lowering DHT not testosterone, and the word you are likely looking for is androgen, which is the group of hormones both of them are in.
Danshil M: This was a really informative and nice video to watch! Thanks for sharing your experience.
AliensInMyAss: I'm 24 and not balding yet, but every male member of my family is bald. My dad started balding in his early 30's, so I plan on taking finasteride during my late 20's to get ahead of it.
John L.: Modern MBA is so good that I watched this while still having a full head of hair at 50 years old without anything done to it
XerosXIII: thanks, this is great education I always wonder the baldness rabbit hole if I havent accepted my hair loss :)
noconsent noconsent: Shame you view wigs as trickery, kinda keeps their use limited to view them that way. I don't view my daily hygiene as tricking people I never get dirty. I clean because I want to, because I feel good about being clean. Just as when I go bald by choice in the future, I can buy a lot of really high quality wigs for $5,000, and I will wear the wigs to feel better about myself, not because I am trying to trick people about my hair. Surely you aren't trying to trick people into thinking you never had issues with hair loss, you have been very upfront in this video. The reason you got the surgery and take the meds, is because keeping your own hair makes you feel good. I agree that Toupees are a hard sell because they seem gross as heck, but a set of wigs you rotate daily, even going bald some days, depending on the occasion and mood, can be just as good of a treatment for hair loss as propecia and hair replacement, at least mentally. I wish you luck, and hopefully when you are 40 and 50 the trade off of libido is still viewed as worth it.
Boris Delzenne-B: You haven't talked about Dutasteride. I've been on it after Finasteride and it has much better results to me than Finasteride.
Bum Hong: another great video. really appreciate your shout out to Korea. I am Korean-American. there are at least 3 other low-cost treatments that are effective. i will share in my future youtube video
Jonas Dauerbrenner: i think oftentimes the hairline looks very artificial, bcause they are planting the seeds perfectly next to each other. how did this turn out for you? does it look natrual? Thx! great video! PS: you got a new sub!
Kees Mulder: 13:50 Testosterone doesn't go down when taking finasteride. The drug prevents the conversion of testosterone to DHT, thus if anything, testosterone is higher than before.
Mooster: Super informative vid but, fin doesn't lower Testosterone, it lowers DHT production, and will actually increase your free T. I've been on fin for 2 years, and had a horomone panel a few weeks back, my T is at the higher end.
Letsnotzumba: I just said fuck it and shaved my head. I just can't be asked to spend hundreds and take drugs to delay something that 80% of men go through. A bald head is super low maintenance. I feel so much better now than when I tried to fiddle with my thinning hair.
nasex23: Great video! Did the doctor recomend you to start taking finasteride or any other medication after the surgery?
Not Now: Great video as always. I'm just a little surprised you didn't talk out those DTC online subscription services like Keeps. They sponsor like half the Youtube videos I watch.
That One Azir...: Me, 23 is having hair thinning because i have a hereditary disease called rheumatoid arthritis which affects my immune system. Sigh… the meds/pill i take has a huge ass impact on my hair growth and that i can visibly see the root of my hair go thin once the meds are taken.
Still Bald: I went bald in my early 20’s. I looked like Ed Harris when I was 23. I get that it is difficult, and challenging to your self esteem when it starts happening. That being said the best thing you can do is understand it is a natural part of life, and get over it. We all have bodies, none of them are “perfect”. You can spend your whole life chasing the body you had when you had at 18, or you can learn to love yourself and your body.
Pas De MD: I recently learned that dermatologists have found prescribing oral minoxidil to be much more effective than topical. Might be worth looking more to see if it is a relevant treatment for you. Sorry if this is a duplicate comment, I can't see my prior one. Do you use a bot to remove comments with links? I had originally linked to an American Academy of Dermatology review.
AxlToTheMaxl: Bald and beautiful since around 2012. Nature, God, whatever you want to attribute it to if we were meant to keep our hair we would. All the power to those who take the plunge, no shame in it!
Norah Black: Love seeing the guys rallying around this through your video personally, I didn't know toupees were such a big business
Chris S: I think id buzz it if i were losing it all and use it as motivation to stay in shape to offset the lack of hair.
Casey McBeath: I think I’ll start pronouncing libido like this. Really fun and well done video. Thank you
akshay de: I don't mind i went bald. Its the trimming my hair every 2 days to maintain the look that annoys me. Why doesn't my hair just stop growing??!!!. I do miss coloring my hair though The period of losing my hair to when i decided to ho bald.. That was a very stressful and insecure stretch years. I wouldn't wish it on my enemy. I had great hair.
lIIIlllllIIIllllIIllllIII: Thankfully everyone in my family keeps most of their hair even at their 70s my dad has no hair loss at almost 50
B G: Been balding since 20. I took finasteride minoxidil and more and i have to say minox was not bad but doesnt work alone since it just inproves growth and does not stop hear falling out. Finasteride is most of the time a must, i felt so freaking bad when on it. No sex drive headaches no energy. Good thing when i stop taking it, the sides stopped, as for most. 24 now, just shaved it off into a very short buzz cut. Looks decent and nobody cares after you see them 2 times. Great choice and you dont have to fuck with retarded toupees and pills making you feel like shit.
Classic Chris: i feel like most people that say they have permanent side affects from fin most likley have some other underlying issue
finn: wow, im more grateful everyday for having subbed to you early. your topics are extremely relevant and your professionalism is unmatched.
tanjoy0205: Balding :I’m your greatest enemy and will follow you throughout time and space .You cannot get rid of me , I am nature Men:You forgot I can rock the bald look Balding:No my weakness !
Bird Brain: Started balding when i was 15 Finnesteride and monoxidil definitely helped 17 now, and I haven't taken either for a year now, Maybe it was some weird placebo effect, but it's like I was never balding. Weird
Moshublzzz: I'd shave my head without a doubt if balding become a problem for me. I mean its going to happen anyway so I might as well do it myself
John: Thanks for sharing your experience as well as laying the landscape for us
Little Finger: early male pattern baldness is also becoming an issue
y dfk: Im 20 and in a similar condition so I shaved all my hair off. Now im used to it BALD IS GOLD
piecesofme: The oldest millennials have just entered their 40s, which is why you’re starting to see all these videos about balding.
Frank Mensah, New Jersey: Hairloss is only the effect. Its a skin problem. Thats how best to start solving it
YogiXL: FUE still has scarring, it's just harder to notice because it is non linear. there are still small dots where the surgeon extracted the follicles
Mountain Man: Great vid. Getting this procedures done in Belgium at the beginning of next year.
Yashin Patel: Wow I am greatfull and appreciate my hair. Was not aware some my fellow brothers in humanity was going through this.
harambe tidepod: All the men in my dad's family have thick heads of hair. I'm 34 and very grateful.
Ariel Sanchez: Very interesting take. Unfortunately my coworkers thought I was watching an ad and was if I was ok. Lol
Kyle Peks: Amazing video as always, thank you man
bogdan nagirniak: Very informative and engaging video. Good job