Most men take emerging male-pattern baldness as the surest tell-tale sign of advancing middle-age, and they begin the standard array of coping strategies—everything from the extremely embarrassing comb-over to plugs and transplants. Among the few vanities men indulge, hair probably ranks #1, and as they obsess about their thinning hair, they miss the irony in their thinking about baldness. Men interpret their hair loss as a sign of diminished masculinity—some Sampson thing or something like that... read more
