A Primer on Hair Systems (Hairpieces, Wigs)
Hair loss is a typical affliction among young men in their 20s and 30s. However normal, it’s no less excruciating for the individual concerned. The balding process is normally the first sign of ageing, and can happen as early as just 16 or 17 years old, giving rise to depression and social anxiety. While the public at large view being bald as normal, it’s no laughing matter when it’s you suffering baldness.
Androgenic alopecia (or male pattern baldness) strikes individuals in contrasting ways. Some do not suffer any kind of baldness until their late 50s or 60s. Others experience the usual male pattern : a gradual receding around the temples. Other male balding patterns include the crown initially, or a rapid thinning of all hair (except at the back).
If all men went bald at the same rate in the same pattern, it might be contended that we wouldn’t find it so excruciating. Nevertheless, it’s the diverseness of male balding patterns and speed in how they occur which makes many men feel rather depressed and even victimised by nature if they experience particularly rapid forms of balding.
Browsing the internet, you might think there’s a variety of simple cures to baldness. Just apply X spray or take Y tablets per day, and your hair will magically grow back. For sure, there are lotions that thicken the hair, and medicines that can slow the balding process moderately, but there is no official cure to hair loss – no marvelous supplement that people can take to utterly assure regrowth of hair, or the prevent baldness.
However, there are hair systems, or toupees men can wear to camoflague their balding pate. These hairpieces can be prepared according to their natural hair colour and type of baldness. Even close-up it’s often tricky to see that there is indeed a hair system blended in. If wearing a toupee makes you feel confident when you would have otherwise been anxious, then it’s better to get one.
