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Contrasting points... You can close your mouth., but can’t stop someone from looking at your head. You can surgically replace all your teeth with perfect repl

Contrasting points... You can close your mouth., but can’t stop someone from looking at your head. You can surgically replace all your teeth with perfect replicas and no one will be able to tell otherwise except in how perfect they are. The cost for this isn’t low, but nor is it unobtainable. I bet $10k in Eastern Europe gets you nice teeth for the rest of your life. There is just no great option for hair. Even with infinite money like Musk or Bezos, you have plugs or nothing. But... if this enamel deal helps you, I’m glad!

eyelidlessness 5y ago
For the vast majority of people who experience hair loss, it’s... normal and expected, maybe somewhat romantically limiting. Poor dental health can be poor health overall. Traveling to Eastern Europe to spend $10k for something I actually need is not an option for me. Yeah I can close my mouth. And suffer. And let it keep rotting, crossing my fingers that related health impacts don’t get to me before I can pay a car’s value to get health care. Or people can look at my bald head and... nothing meaningful happened. I appreciate your kindness in expressing this contrarian view, but it’s not helpful.
- Godel_unicode 5y ago
  > normal and expected That sounds like wishful thinking, if it were true there wouldn't be a giant market in covering up hair loss.
  - ebcode 5y ago
    just because there's a giant market for (covering up) something, doesn't mean it isn't normal and expected. Women's leg hair comes to mind. Also wrinkle cream. Advertising makes us do things we might not otherwise do, is what I'm saying.
  - eyelidlessness 5y ago
    That sounds like the market for reversing widespread adult male hair loss is where the wishful thinking is.
- mleonhard 5y ago
  Go for cleanings even if you don't fix the cavities right away.
spurgu 5y ago
There are multiple ways you can hide your hair (hats, caps, scarfs) while it's more difficult to hide your mouth/teeth. That said it's quite easy now during COVID times!

eyelidlessness 5y ago

For the vast majority of people who experience hair loss, it’s... normal and expected, maybe somewhat romantically limiting. Poor dental health can be poor health overall. Traveling to Eastern Europe to spend $10k for something I actually need is not an option for me. Yeah I can close my mouth. And suffer. And let it keep rotting, crossing my fingers that related health impacts don’t get to me before I can pay a car’s value to get health care. Or people can look at my bald head and... nothing meaningful happened. I appreciate your kindness in expressing this contrarian view, but it’s not helpful.

Godel_unicode 5y ago
> normal and expected That sounds like wishful thinking, if it were true there wouldn't be a giant market in covering up hair loss.
- ebcode 5y ago
  just because there's a giant market for (covering up) something, doesn't mean it isn't normal and expected. Women's leg hair comes to mind. Also wrinkle cream. Advertising makes us do things we might not otherwise do, is what I'm saying.
- eyelidlessness 5y ago
  That sounds like the market for reversing widespread adult male hair loss is where the wishful thinking is.
mleonhard 5y ago
Go for cleanings even if you don't fix the cavities right away.

spurgu 5y ago

There are multiple ways you can hide your hair (hats, caps, scarfs) while it's more difficult to hide your mouth/teeth. That said it's quite easy now during COVID times!