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Look... Hair loss isn't cancer, but male-pattern hair loss effects millions of people in far deeper ways than most realize. Women usually treat without reservation. But I've seen men distressed, depressed, paralyzed or in "avoidance" mode. Primary care doctors (and even dermatologists) are, as quantitative and qualitative research shows, largely disconnected from the impact on men. Some men learn not to care, or decide a shaved head's the way to go. I respect that a lot if it's genuine and not "gunny sacking." I also admire people that choose to treat when it bothers them enough. My heart goes out to the people that feel it's inevitable, and are just bummed out each time they look in the mirror.

Not everyone can afford a transplant, and there are medications that may delay or reduce the need for one. 

I can say two things about this experience:

1) I wish I had started taking Propecia when it launched. I just picked up a ProPak from Bauman's office this morning.

2) I can't believe I delayed getting a transplant. It was so much easier than I thought.