Image details: Judge with Gavel served by picapp.com

Big news in the world of baldiness this week. A teacher by the name of James Campbell lost his claim against the Falkirk School Council. He claims that his baldness caused him to not complete his duties of a high school teacher. It appears that his students were bullying him because he was bald. They called him names such as “baldy”, and felt that his baldness showed a sign of weakness.

His baldness is not a sign of weakness – his lack of self respect is weak. He could have laughed it off, and had a bit of fun with it. And since when is “baldy” a bad name. At baldiness, “baldy” is a term of endearment – and one that I use with a lot of respect.

The judge who heard this case, dismissed it. Stating that if baldness is to be considered a disability, then shortness, and oversized nose and ears, would also be. And wouldn’t that be a farce.

Chime in on this debate. How do you feel?

Do you agree with me and the judge (and the school board), or do you think that Mr Campbell has reason to feel sorry for himself, because he lives without hair (and chose not to invest in a hairpiece).

Personally, I think it has all the makings of a broadway musical.

If you would like to read more, you can read a bit of a summary (there are some great comments too) at Short News.

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Baldness – The Disability?

In his album review, David Lewis states:

On “Alopecia,” Wolf and his crew have stripped away some of the pretensions while simultaneously carving out their own niche in the realm of eclectic, kitchen-sink, post-everything rock.

Keyword there is “stripped”, as in got rid of all of the unnecessary elements. Elements such as hair.

The video for “Song of the Sad Assassin” is a great example, of this simplicity. There is no unnecessary fluff. Just “bare bones”(so to speak).

What do you think of the title of their album? Do you disagree with their choice?

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WHY Alopeica?

His claims have been denied. The insurance company states:

The hair’s protective function against the sun and the cold can easily be replaced by a hat. The health insurance does not have to pay for that.

The insurance company will provide hair coverage for women and children. You should note that health insurance in Germany, will cover spa trips, and breast implants.

What do you think about this?  Do you think that if cosmetic surgery and trips to the spa can be covered by health insurance, what about hair replacement for me….let me know what you think about this.

*I don’t recall how I first discovered this information (last spring) since I just went looking for more information – but couldn’t find any.  But I swear, it’s all true!

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Germans Love Bald Men

Did you know that monkeys can suffer from male pattern baldness?

A certain breed of monkey called the stumped tail macaque can suffer from baldness.
And did you know that minoxidil reverses the process in this breed of monkeys.

Isn’t this interesting news…via neatorama

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The Missing Bald Link

Is Rogaine or Propecia not doing what you expect it to? What about hair plugs – are they looking a little unnatural? You may want to consider an actual scalp transplant. That’s right, you read that correctly. I said scalp transplant.

Thanks to successful surgeries such as a face transplant, and immunosuppressant drugs – a scalp transplant may be available in the not too distant future. I believe its being developed for burn victims and similar injuries, however anything can be yours, if enough money is involved.

The Business Shrink raises a really interesting question to this scenario,

What lengths of hair are people willing to go to have a full head of hair again. Does the thought of having a corpses well groomed head of hair give anyone the creeps? The hair that would grow from your hair at any moment would have been groomed, cut and even colored by another person for 20, 30 or even more years. The compliment, “I love your new hair style” would come to mean greater and more bizarre things.

What do you think? If you were guaranteed a great head of hair – that once belonged to someone else, and was attached to your own head in this manner. Would you consider this type of surgery?

I would really like to know what you would do.

**Image Source eatourbrains

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Are You Unsatisfied With Your Current Treatment for Hair Loss?

Did you know that there are pages of groups that you can join, that discuss baldness. Celebrities who are bald by choice or not. Groups for people who think they are going bald, groups of people who love bald people, bald pets….you name it, its on there.

I have had my problems with Facebook….mostly because people who I have lost contact with (on purpose) have found me. However, the positives outweigh the negatives, for me. Facebook has allowed me to connect with people that I wouldn’t normally connect with.

The groups have been particularly helpful to me. While there is plenty of whingy and ridiculous information out there, it is easy to weed through it, and find the gems. There is always someone who has an interesting story or perspective.

Facebook (and other sites like it) is an interesting phenomenon. You can instantly connet with someone knowledgeable or an old friend in a matter of minutes.

It is worth it, if you get a chance to check it out. You won’t be sorry. You can even find me hanging out there periodocally.

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Social Networking for the Folically Challenged

This is a really interesting interview with Dermatologist Morris Westfried MD, discussing treatments for children with Alopecia. It’s really great news that there are workable treatments available in this country. Although, I am not so sure that if I was a kid with Alopecia, that I would be able to sit still long enough for all of those steroid injections.

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Alopecia in Children

It’s been reported that Christopher Walken routinely pulls at his hair, in order to keep baldness from attacking. Mr Walken states:

As men get older, the skin on their heads tightens and the blood gets constricted. Apparently, if you keep your scalp skin loose, you’re more apt to keep your hair. “So I just grab it with both hands and yank on it while I’m watching the news.

I do know that massage helps with blood flow, and that a scalp massage feels really good and invigorating. However, I thought that if you tugged on your hair, you would just pull it out.

I guess this explains why his hair stands up like that.

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Hair Pulling Prevents Baldness?

From the article I glean that the 3 millennium old locks have been missing for a few decades. Seems a rather creepy thing to steal if you ask me. Nevertheless, the temptation proved too strong. Receiving the hair from his father one Jean-Michel Diebolt, having watched others make money selling everything from PS3’s to Beanie Babies to shoplifted clothing, thought to himself, “Eureka! I’ll sell my ill-gotten booty on these Internets, and become gilded thousandaire! Bwahahahaha!”

Bids starting at $2600? That’s only about 80-cents per year. I’d have thought the market for mummy hair would be stronger. Go figure…

Little did one realize the same global network of computers that facilitated his auction would undoubtedly possess an archival quality memory of the very crime that secured him his prize. Cursed Internets! If only those tubes had been clogged with poker chips, perhaps he would have gotten away with it. Alas… we shall never know.

source & photo

h/t – Balding Blog

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Ancient Egyptian Hair Found!

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A. Glenn Braswell Dies