Posted on 01/23/2011 3:57:14 PM PST by lbryce
Baldness: Put a Crown on It
Of all the details surrounding Prince William’s April marriage to his longtime girlfriend, Kate Middleton, few seem to have garnered as much attention as his rapidly receding hairline.
“You Can Leave Your Hat On” and “No Hair to the Throne” are among the many headlines that have appeared in the British tabloids. Which poses a question: Is it possible that the 28-year-old prince felt an urge to lock up a commitment from Ms. Middleton because his heart-throb status might be beginning to disappear with the hair? If so, what must the rest of the not-so-princely men in the world feel when youthful looks begin to fade?
In the past, only women were perceived to have a marital sell-by date. But thanks to a convergence of social and economic trends, some men feel the same pressures.
“The clock ticks for both men and women,” said W. Bradford Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia.
Michael Kimmel, a sociologist, said one contributing factor is the increasing economic independence of women. Mr. Kimmel, a professor at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, cited a 1930s study by Willard Waller that evaluated how women and men assessed each other’s sexual marketability based on criteria including physical appearance, social skills and financial stability. A woman of that era valued a man’s earning capacity above good looks and other traits.
But now, Mr. Kimmel said, “women are able to provide for a family, so they are more able to focus as well on physical features.”
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Male-pattern baldness baldness as it is designated officially, the bane both men and woman, an insidious scarlet letter of sorts, nature's cruel usurpation of seeming youth, beauty, denier of dignity, self-esteem having humbled the great and the mighty without prejudice or distinction.
The man who seems to have everything that is the fairy-taled existence of Prince William, future King of England, his reality having seemingly been conjured up by the first of three wishes granted by magical gnome set free, nevertheless not being spared by life's predilection for impishness as cosmic practical joker, having added the proclivity of extreme hair-loss to the otherwise glorious life of future king, I suppose as way of keeping his ego on terra firma, his humility always on his mind with one mere glance in the mirror.
does the state run health care system in great britain not cover rogaine? lol.
He should shave it right down and go the full Jason Statham. Comb-overs are self-delusional.
Maybe he just needs to put a warm wet compress
on it?? If you catch my meaning, if you get my drift...
I can see him now with that spray on stuff...
Poor guy. He just has to live with it. I just don’t think an HRH can go with the shaved-head look.
What I dont get is why rich people like him don’t get Hair transplants?
My boss has been getting them since he was in his mid 30s and now that he is nearing 50, you cant even tell he got them.
He got the individual transplants (and not plugs). You have to do them more consistently (and it costs more) but his hair looks good
He is constantly harrassing my friend and me both to get them before we get ANY visible hair loss (yes, I know it sounds contradictory and odd). He keeps telling us that the time to get “natural plugs” is when you HAVE NOT lost your hair. Then you can do small chunks at a time and no one notices.
It sounded like a great idea till he told us the price. About 3-4 grand everytime you go!! Wowza! That basically killed the deal for us.
But if I was a gazillionare and vanity was my name, I would do it.
(Also, apparently it hurts like a summabitch!)
And what’s really cruel is that his brother seems to have avoided the baldness gene. Funny how genetics works.
this is a little silly - especially for a newspaper that claims to be the newspaper of record. as a woman i can say with authority that his character, personality and sense of humour would rank way far ahead of his hairline in making him attractive to the opposite sex!
He’s 28, but his hair is 58.
Nuff said ;^)
Yes, that would make the Royal family at least interesting.
Too bad about the cats hair. I am already losing sleep over it. That would be laughing so hard I can not sleep.
He still looks WAY better than his dad ever did.
I ultimately decided to shave it all off, and everyone loves it that way.
In fact, I met my wife after shaving it off, and she doesn’t want me to let it grow back.
It saves me on haircuts and I enjoy the extra couple minutes in the warm shower with my Schick Titanium blade and a bit of liquid soap.
...or maybe they’re just in love.
I mean, this guy managed to hook up with a girl who looks beyond surface attributes to see the beauty of the inner being. I'm sure the Prince will be equally fortunate.
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