But it’s also used as a put-down for famous men who are unpopular or polarising. Prince William has been dragged for his balding scalp constantly since his royal rift with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle began. Last year, a Google study that “revealed” William as “ the world’s sexiest bald man” went viral, with most people suggesting otherwise in a predictably brutal fashion. ( The article turned out to be based on some flawed data analysis). And following Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter, people were tweeting “before” and “after” photographs of his scalp, mocking him for his noticeably enhanced hair. This might all sound a bit “won’t somebody please think of the Royals and billionaires!”. But it’s evidence that baldness is considered fair game – and that it’s something even the world’s richest man feels insecure enough to spend one trillionth of a percent of his vast fortune on “fixing”.
Statistically, male pattern baldness is most common in caucasian men, and least common in Japanese, Chinese and Native American men.
I wonder why there isn’t the same stigma surrounding baldness in Black men in particular, who experience it at the second-highest rate.
