Whats A Short, Bald-Headed, Potbellied Guy to Do?
Well-Informed Barber: I’ve noticed your hair is thinning quite a bit on top. Borscht Belt Comedian: So? Who wants fat hair? Barber: Very funny. But I guess you haven’t read the latest issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. A study out of the Boston University School of Public Health shows that men with bald spots can have more than three times the risk of heart attack as guys with a full head of hair. Comic: You should talk. If your hairline recedes any more, you’ll have to start buying floor wax instead of Brylcreem. Barber: Ah, but the study also says that only a bald spot on top so-called vertex baldness is the problem. If you’re losing hair in front or on the sides, you’re probably O.K. Comic: You’ve got to be kidding. How can baldness have anything to do with the heart? Barber: The researchers don’t know. It could be that both are related to a common factor a high level of the male hormone dihydrotestosterone is one plausible culprit. In any case, an editorial i
