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Archive for June 2007

June 22nd, 2007

Choose Your Sunscreen Wisely: Tips for Summer

My daughter was kind enough to remind me that yesterday was the first day of summer. She loves the calender in her room… particularly the holiday notations.
Summer means sun and sun means sunburn… if you’re not careful. Every Bald Man should know that sunscreen is an essential part of the survival kit. Yeah, sure, there’s […]

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June 21st, 2007

Book: Medicalized Masculinities

Here’s an interesting looking book: Medicalized Masculinities, edited by Dana Rosenfeld and Christopher Faircloth. From the Book Description out at Amazon.com:
When medicalization—the characterization of human traits in terms of disease and ailment—first appeared as a concept in the 1970s, most social science gender scholarship focused on female or genderless bodies. The work on men, health, […]

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June 20th, 2007

Not-Yet-Candidate Fred Thompson Leads GOP Poll

Whadya know? Fred Thompson, Official Baldiness.com Unannounced Presidential Candidate, is the leading Republican candidate according to a Rasmussen poll released today.
Thompson held a statistically insignificant one percentage point lead over former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani in the national poll of likely Republican primary voters, 28 percent to 27 percent. It was the first time […]

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June 19th, 2007

Dr. Bernstein Answers the BIG Question…

I had wondered myself; now I wonder no more.
Q: Dr. Bernstein, why have you not had a hair Transplant? I’m sure this question gets asked a lot. Thanks.
A: Yes, all the time. My donor area is very thin (so I am not a good candidate) and I have gotten used to being bald. It has […]

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June 19th, 2007

Seth Godin - Baldness Is An Advantage

Internet and marketing guru Seth Godin has revealed the secret of his success over at Bestseller Interviews.
4) Between your books and blogs, the amount of insightful content you produce is staggering. How do you do it? Does being bald help?
Being bald, of course, is a cooling mechanism, and no sense overheating the cranium.
There you have […]

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June 18th, 2007

Laser Hair Treatment Report - BBC Watchdog

Here’s a nice YouTube video on Advanced Hair Studio, which has come under fire of late for it’s misleading advertising claims. The clip - about 10 minutes long - if from a BBC program (or should I say “programme?”) and takes the form of investigative, hidden-camera journalism .

h/t - Balding Blog
Tags: advanced-hair-studio, advertising, alopecia, bald, […]

By Bald Man -- 2 comments

June 18th, 2007

Fifth International Congress on Hair Research

While I dug out from a crazy week of late nights and travel at the day job last week, some of the top brains in the hair biz were in Vancouver at the Fifth International Congress on Hair Research. Baldness isn’t the only topic on the agenda; they’ll be covering everything hair related. Too much… […]

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June 17th, 2007

Fred Thompson: Official Baldiness.com Unannounced Presidential Candidate

Get set, everyone! The 2008 US Presidential Election is only… well… 17 or so months away. Start planning those Super Tuesday parties now.
Here at Baldiness, we don’t have much to say about politics, but we are going to follow a couple candidates. Politicians - particularly Presidential candidates - tend to be aging, while males… not […]

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June 14th, 2007

Couture for Cancer

Last month I was notified of a new company, Couture for Cancer. I was getting ready to head out of town for a few days, but I said I’d take a look when I returned.* What is Couture for Cancer? In their own words:
Couture for Cancer, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization that donates custom made […]

By Bald Man -- 1 comment

June 13th, 2007

Dad’s Bald Head

Ooohh… a new children’s book is out.

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