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I never thought it was an "illness..." Of all the issues to solve in the world I'm not sure where this one ranks as a priority. Are they gonna tackle shrinking

• DanBC 7y ago
  Men who start balding in their 20s are at increased risk of mental ill health, including self harm and sometimes suicide. Changes in attitudes to balding are reasonably recent. It wasn't too long ago that it was fine to mock bald men. People spend huge amounts of money on transplants and toupés and wigs and other treatments. Some current treatments can have pretty harsh side effects. This market isn't built on people being stupid, it's built on deep seated fears around appearance and status.
  • codingdave 7y ago
    This sounds less like we need to cure balding and more that we need to help people have a positive self-image.
• swebs 7y ago
  You can say that about almost anything though. The top post on the front page right now is a system Mozilla developed to manage IoT devices from over the internet. That's probably much lower on the world priority list than this, but I don't see anyone complaining in that thread.