Re:Researchers find stem cells for hair regeneration
by x86_64Ubuntu on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @02:45PM
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I never thought of this till you mentioned it, like, never. But you are right, I can't think of any high-visibility East Asian person with a bald head that isn't a monk. Xi Jianping, Mao, Psy, Jack Ma and pretty much every prominent East-Asian has hair. I guess with me coming from the black community, we've always had Michael Jordan, Isaac Hayes and Samuel L. Jackson as the standard-bearers of baldness.
Re:Researchers find stem cells for hair regeneration
by SenHeng on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @07:33PM
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Watanabe Ken, while not fully bald, has shaved a few times before for some of his roles. He also tends to sport really short hair.
https://www.google.com/search?q=watanabe+ken&client=safari&r...
Re:Researchers find stem cells for hair regeneration
by slim on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @03:25PM
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Mao?
Re:Researchers find stem cells for hair regeneration
by x86_64Ubuntu on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @04:09PM
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I'm East Asian. Hair loss at a young age and shaving your head is still not considered very acceptable or attractive in any way in East Asian cultures, short of being a monk. There are a tiny handful of exceptions - but that's just that - exceptions.
If you're pushing 50? 60? etc. sure it happens to many so not a big deal - but even then I think more East Asian men choose wigs, hair transplants, or even au natural horseshoe rather than shave. If you're 20? 30? Or even 40? It's terrible - dare I say more so than men of other races/cultures.
As someone in his thirties that is starting to lose hair, I envy men of other races/cultures where shaving your head is considered an acceptable option.