Author: Dr. William Rassman

I’m looking for help in the opposite direction. In my early 20’s, I started losing my hair and I decided to just shave it off. Eight years later, I have only grown my hair back twice (for maybe 1 month each time). My question for you is, is there permanent hair removal for the scalp? I get tired of shaving both my face and scalp each morning and when someone joked with me about laser removal of scalp hair. Any information you could provide me would be grealy appreciated. Thank you.

There is no joke. You can remove hair with laser hair removal. It will take many sessions to remove everything. More info on the process can be found at Wikipedia.

Being a daily reader i enjoy ur blog very much. it has helped me understand the problem better and most of all given suffering people like us ANSWERS! Rarely in this part of the world we find doctors who are willing to explain in detail what the problem is, the science behind it, what are the chances,what should one expect from a drug or procedure in such a clear, honest & explanatory way. instead of wondering “why is this happening to me out of all the people”. just wanna thank you doctor your doing a great job! may god bless you all at new hair.

Doctor from the emails u get on a daily basis how much do think hair loss’s effecting people’s lives? socially & psychologically? i mean do u get a lotta distressed emails? i had freaked out when i first started losing hair after numerous visits to various doctors & surfing the internet i came across to ur site..which has helped me understand the problem so so so much better. thank you once again!

Hair loss has been a problem throughout all of recorded history. Wigs have been around for centuries. Samson got his strength from his hair and this is clearly metaphorical, symbolic of virility and fertility in a man. There is good grounds for hair loss being negative in the selection of a husband in the olden days when tuberculosis (TB) ran rampant. Men with TB who were sickly, lost their hair. Unfortunately, men with genetic balding in those days could not be separated from the sick and dying, so women would evade those men as suitable husband choices. Think of the billions of dollars ($19 billion, specifically) spent on hair in the United States alone. Hair is important to many people. For the young man, it is the ‘lion’s mane’ that makes him feel manly. This is not a 100% rule, but look at politicians and you will see that something like 90% have hair (while 50% show balding in the male population). This points to society’s view of balding and studies have polled people who believe that hairy men are more trustworthy than balding men. So, to answer your question, yes, hair loss does impact self-esteem in some men. If you are one of them, the solution may be a good hair transplant (no one should be able to tell that you had it when the procedure is done by a real expert).

Here is an interesting blog post from a couple of years ago that I just found: Jew Eat Yet? – Hair-Brained.