For some adult males in Taiwan, a receding hairline means receding confidence, yet fewer than 20 percent of balding men seek medical attention, the results of a poll released yesterday show.
One out of every three adult males is balding or bald, show the results of the poll conducted by a market investigation research center at Taipei’s National Cheng Chi University.
NOT AWARE
According to the poll of 402 randomly selected men, however, 70 percent of those with slightly receding hairlines said they were not even aware they had started going bald, while more than 40 percent of the respondents suffering from baldness had not and were not prepared to seek medical attention.
Commenting on the poll findings, Huang Yao-li (黃耀立), a dermatologist and doctor of cosmetic medicine at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, said his clinical records show one case in particular in which a man went from having a slightly receding hairline to being completely bald in just five years.
SERIOUS
By the time they seek medical help, 60 percent of the men who have a problem with baldness were found to be suffering either serious or very serious baldness, Huang said. He said the earlier men seek medical attention, the better their chances of saving their hair, and he urged males who are unhappy about baldness to see a dermatologist as soon as they find their hairline beginning to recede.
“Treatment — including pills — takes around six months to work,” he claimed.
“It is crucial for a man with a receding hairline to seek medical attention early,” he said.
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