Bad news for baldies: Men with hair are perceived as 'more attractive, approachable and successful'

UK Daily Mail ^ | August 25, 2016 | Stephen Matthews

[C19fan]

It's a part of ageing that many men dread. And now a study has confirmed what many a receding man fears - that hair loss does reduce attractiveness. Scientists found that follically challenged men were rated as more youthful, attractive, successful and approachable after a hair transplant. A group of 122 participants, about half of whom were also men, were asked by researchers at Johns Hopkins University to rate 13 pairs of images.

[Lurker]

I must be the exception. I shave my head twice a week. I’m 56, 5’8, and 155. I get more ***** than most guys half my age.

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[notdownwidems]

Not a hair on my head, they could have give that study money to me and skipped the obvious.

I agree, I read this headline and said 'no duh'! That's why I was foolish enough to wear a toupee for ten years.

[Darnright]

Yul Brynner = Hawt!

[Flavious_Maximus]

I am short and bald with money.

Now what does this “study” say about the desirability of poor and obese people?

[IYAS9YAS]

My dad used to tell me that God only created a small percentage of perfect heads, and that he covered the rest with hair...

[deweyfrank]

Too much testosterone will cause your hair to fall out.

[lee martell]

The new Kojak! “Who loves ya, Baby?”

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

And I'm too sexy for your party

Too sexy for your party

No way I'm disco dancing.

[Jack Hammer]

The American male’s descent into sex-maddened terminal vanity and self-absorption continues...

[IYAS9YAS]

But I suffer from the insipid discrimination from our heightists culture.

My 9-year-old daughter is standing 4'11" as of yesterday. My 12-going-on-13-year-old-son is standing at 5' 6". Of course, they both inherited my lack of coordination, so there's no advantage gained by the height...

[ANKE69]

Nooooo... Bald men are sexy! :)
Now, a man with a plastered, twirled nest of hair on top of the head to hide the baldness is ridiculous.

[Fester Chugabrew]

Good news for the bald misanthrope.

[lee martell]

I remember when that song became a hit, many short people really got upset with the lyrics. I was surprised, as it was ‘just a song’, to me, but that was their point of view.
This was before internet, and people conspired to boycott somebody they didn’t agree with instead of just ignoring that person.

[clee1]

Bullsqueeze.

I’m 5’4” and past 1/2 bald (think monk’s tonsor), and I get hit on all the time from women 1/2 my age. My wife thinks it’s funny.....

A friendly smile, self-confidence, and a flirtatious manner, and a thick wallet is all it takes. If I were the cheating sort, I could get plenty of strange.

[dfwgator]

Randy Newman usually sang “tongue in cheek.”

Like the song “Rednecks”, lot’s of people thought it was slamming Southerners, but it really was a slam more on Northerners.

[Billthedrill]

A snappy haircut can make a difference in how people react to you, that's for sure.

[Phillyred]

[glenduh]

That's who I thought of. Some bald guys rock it.

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

Ah, that’s OK! Women in the know have already realized that my bald head simply means that my body produces a LOT more testosterone than men with a full head of hair!

I say, “Pffftttt” and “AH - HA - HA - HA - HA - HA” to all of you unlucky men who have to suffer with a full head of hair! Eat your hearts out!” ;-)

[lee martell]

I just noticed how much Telly Savalas looks like Vin Diesel of Fast & Furious movies.