Head Tattoos For "Shaved" Look

From an advertorial on Gay Star News:

Marcin Dobiasz, 35, originally from Poland, began losing his hair eight years ago. An actor and DJ, he lost all of his confidence when he went from a sexual lothario to being compared to Patrick Stewart. ‘About two years ago, before the treatment, I stopped dating completely and I wouldn’t take a cap off my head,’ he told GSN. ‘I remember I went to a restaurant with this guy and I was so scared to take the cap off. And when I did, he called me Star Trek. ‘My confidence was dropped completely. I used to be an actor. The lack of confidence I attributed to the hair loss, and I started working in a warehouse.‘I couldn’t go out and I didn’t think I could get another job.’ He ended up buying over 150 caps, resigning himself to wear them for the rest of his life. He was wearing them everywhere, even in bed. ‘I thought that was it, it was gone. Bald means old. I’m old,’ Dobiasz said. ‘I was a prisoner of my own hats.’ But then about two years ago, a friend sent him a link to Skalp. He had discarded other treatments, like plugs, as they looked and felt ‘fake’ and like pubic hair. Skalp is a micropigmentation medical hairline tattoo, giving you a ‘Buzzcut’ look.

I guess this comes too late for Francois Sagat.

Baldness Pattern Linked To Heart Disease

According to a new study, the manner in which you are losing your hair may indicate whether you are more likely to develop heart disease. 

The cohort studies revealed that men who lost most of their hair were 32 percent more likely to develop coronary artery disease than those who did not have hair loss. When looking at balding subjects below the age of 60, 44 percent were more likely to develop coronary artery disease. The other three studies showed that balding men were 70 percent more likely to have heart disease, with younger balding men's risk rising to 84 percent. Vertex balding -- meaning balding on the top of the head and crown -- was shown to be an issue.

Researchers discovered that those with extensive vertex balding had a 48 percent higher risk of coronary artery disease. Moderate vertex balding went up by 36 percent, and mild went up to 18 percent. However, those who had frontal balding had no additional risks. All six studies together showed that the people who had vertex and frontal balding were 69 percent more likely to have heart disease than those with a full head of hair.

Just so you have something new to plotz over today.

The Science Of Balding

This seems a logical follow-up to yesterday's shrinkage post.