Today it pushed its way to the front of my mind again; that old acquaintance, the question of Vanity.
I went into a hair-loss clinic to have myself checked up, and, irritatingly enough, I am going prematurely bald. I don't look like a mange-ridden tauren just yet, but give old Male-Pattern Baldness a few years and he can do great and terrible things.
The treatment is ridicuously expensive. Something in the order of $4000 for the initial 8-month course and $2000 per year for maintenance thereafter. And so, the Vanity Question shows up.
Is it worth it?
More generally stated: How important are looks? Does substance trump style by merit of its authenticity? Or does the tedency of perception to shape the world around us ultimately bear witness to a state of things in which a solid bluff really is just as good as pocket aces?
I have 2-4 years before the damage starts to become irreversible. If you could figure this one out and get back to me before then, that would be great.
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um... has there been evidence of u losing hair, or did u just go to the hair-loss clinic liek u would a doctor's for a simple check up?
i never knew it could hit guys at such a young age?
ps: my long and luscious purple hair neatly tied back in a pony-tail...
ok. either its a scam and there just saying it in which case i can go and get a check up from them (if its free) to see what they would tell me or its the truth, if its the truth i dont think its worth it because you can still look good if you shave your head but you shouldn't just let it go bold because that sucks.
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