Here the hair loss can be more a badge of authority than a handicap. Indeed people's attitudes to young versus older males attempting to hide their baldness is enlightening. Claire Rayner described the reaction to hair loss as a grieving process. That might sound a little dramatic but if you have ever dealt with people going through the process it is actually a very apt and astutely observed description. Hair loss is genetically programmed, it is a consequence of evolutionary pressures, it is normal .
Hair loss occurs in other primates and is linked to social status and rank within the group.
I would argue that we should not generally, but for the younger male whose loss is inappropriate to his biological age then there is a strong case to provide help. All rights reserved.