> affects people beyond their ego & surface-level masculinity. While I'm balding and it no longer bothers me, it used to bother me quite a bit and while maybe

> affects people beyond their ego & surface-level masculinity. While I'm balding and it no longer bothers me, it used to bother me quite a bit and while maybe I should have just "gotten over it", it had a very adverse affect on my mental well being for a number of years when I was a little younger. Truthfully it still bothers me when I look in the mirror, just not as much anxiety about it. Since you are (based on your user name) not someone who is experiencing or likely to experience balding, I'd ask you to consider not being so aggressive and insensitive with your comments here. > In fact if we did consider this, as we should, gender-affirming care, would it have the same support and defense it tends to? Many other gender-affirming techniques have and could lead to advances with wider applications, why are we so fixated on this one. It's questionable whether this is "gender-affirming care", or whether that even matters. It's disappointing that you're grandstanding on this issue when research into one area does not preclude research into another area. Likely, since so many men are balding and do not want to, they'd be willing to pay money for this elective and optional treatment which could then go on to fund additional research in other, more important areas. If scientists and researchers can figure out how to control hair growth, this could also help women who are affected by conditions such as alopecia, burn victims, cancer patients, and many others. This can help people who are seeking gender-affirming care (MtF, FtM, etc.) who want to grow a beard (or not) or MtF who want a full head of beautiful hair so they can be who they want to be.