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Flippantly spoken like a man with a full head of hair. Same goes for the Instapundit himself. Nothing irrational about it, really. For a lot of people (men), hair loss hits a lot closer to home than the down-the-road possibility of heart disease. In truth, I'm no more afraid of dying of heart disease than I am afraid of dying of "old age."
However, helplessly and prematurely losing my hair, my attractiveness, my youth, is humiliating and terrifying. Most importantly, it's REAL to me. No-one makes fun of fat people for wishing they were skinny, but a balding man who would like his hair back is called petty. My appearance is my identity, and quickly losing my power to attract love is heartbreaking. That's the heart condition that matters most to me these days.
[Posted by: rem at September 4, 2004 4:04 PM]
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