Economists figured out just how much men will pay to end baldness

Let’s say a man who’s bald as bowling ball, à la Bruce Willis today, has the opportunity to re-grow those locks so as to resemble a more luscious-locked Willis from his Die Hard days, or an even floppier hairstyle, perhaps like that Willis sported in his Moonlighting era. How much would he pay for this opportunity?

 How close is a cure for baldness?

For as long as men have been going bald, we’ve been trying to keep their hair on. Now, scientists are finally getting to the root of the problem.

 I Need to Quit Hair Loss Drugs Before They Kill Me

Thirteen years of fighting baldness has cost so much.

 Is there an evolutionary benefit to being bald?

Evolutionary traits tend to exist for two main reasons: survival and attracting a sexual partner. Perhaps like a peacock’s feathers, the hair on a man’s head creates a visual display to attract members of the opposite sex, although this may have came to an abrupt end in the 1980s, thanks to the mullet hairstyle. In any event, later in life, when survival supersedes producing offspring, the head sacrifices its hair and uses the energy saved elsewhere in the body. Perhaps men who are lucky enough to keep a full head of hair don’t have their priorities right.

 Losing Your Hair? Why This Solution Is No Longer Shameful

Discussing treatments is suddenly fashionable. On Instagram, satisfied shoppers tag Hims, Keeps and Roman in photos showcasing their follicle revivals. While it’s refreshing (even jarring) to witness men discussing their hair loss in Roman ads or in Keeps’s social media posts and while there’s clearly less embarrassment around balding, the end goal is still to re-establish a full head of hair.

 Men, Your Bald Spot Looks Great

The wellness industry takes on hair loss.

 Soon There Will Be Unlimited Hair

New uses of stem cells and 3-D printing could make baldness obsolete (for the wealthy).

Starting to thin out? Hair loss doesn’t have to lead to baldness

Hair loss is no longer an inevitable march to baldness. Medical advances over recent decades mean male hair loss can be treated. And it need not break the bank.

Confronting Your Crown: Male Pattern Baldness

Men dealing with male pattern baldness have decisions to make — go with a comb over, take medication, get hair plugs or a toupee, or do nothing at all.

Do Short Haircuts Cause Balding?

There are many types of hair loss, such as autoimmune-related alopecia areata, where people lose hair in circles on the scalp and body, and telogen effluvium, a period of shedding commonly experienced after surgery or stress. One of the most common forms is androgenetic alopecia, also known as male- (or female-) pattern hair loss. It affects around 80% of men by the time they are 80 years old (and about 50% of women, though it’s less obvious), and is characterized by thinning at the top of the head and receding at the front.

Hims Is Basically Glossier for Dudes

Except with generic Viagra and anti-baldness pills.

How to use genetics to figure out if you'll go bald

There's a common notion that, for men, if you want to figure out whether you'll go bald, you can just look at your mother's father. If he was bald, the thinking goes, you'll be bald too. If he wasn't, you're safe. As it turns out, genetic research tells us that the full picture is somewhat more complicated — but this idea isn't entirely misleading.

How Trendy Can a Bald Man Be?

In a bit of a flip, The New York Times decided today that being bald, shaving your head is now a hot men's trend and goes through the pros and cons of going smooth. The biggest con, of course, is that If you go bald, there are so many Style section-approved hair trends you'll miss out on.

Male Baldness: Common Causes Of Hair Loss

As men age, they're most likely to notice it on their heads first. Hair loss affects 20 per cent of men in their 20s, 30 per cent of men in their 30s and so on, according to hair expert Dr. Alan Bauman of Bauman Medical Group in Florida.

Proof That God Loves Bald Men!

Best passage of the day: Leviticus interrupts these dire leprous warnings to reassure men that, yes, it’s OK to be bald. “If a man loses the hair of his head and becomes bald, he is pure.” And it gets better! God also approves of male-pattern baldness. “If he loses the hair on the front part of his head and becomes bald at the forehead, he is pure.” So throw out that Rogaine! God loves a cue-ball, baby!

Scientists Get a Hair Closer to Reversing Male Baldness

It's the largest-ever genetic analysis of male-pattern baldness; before this study, the largest published work had identified just eight genetic regions linked to the condition.

Study: Balding Men at Higher Risk for Heart Disease

"Nothing is fair in this world. You might as well get that straight right now."

Why Do Men Go Bald? Male Pattern Baldness

A study in 2011 found that the root cause of male pattern baldness is that as we age, stem cells in the scalp lose the ability to develop into the type of cells that make hair follicles. While many treatments for baldness are not proven to work, there are some things you can do to prevent hair loss:

Why haven't bald men gone extinct?

SOME of life’s greatest mysteries are hidden in full view. This one is particularly blatant. You will find it in almost every office, college, restaurant and public meeting place. It is a constant companion to 40 million men in the US and hundreds of millions more worldwide. In fact, I need look no further than my mirror to see a shining example. The bald male head is everywhere.

Why I’d never take the hair loss drug President Trump uses

While popping my daily dose of pills the other day — you know, the drugs guys over 60 often take to try to squeeze out another decade or two — I stumbled across a news story describing the drugs President Donald Trump takes, according to his personal physician... But there’s one drug in Trump’s reported regimen that I would never touch — a medication to prevent premature baldness called Propecia.