THE EVOLUTION OF HAIR CARE

Wednesday January 11, 2006 in: Hair Tag(s):

THE idea of men caring about their looks is about as strange or even laughable to both men and even women back in the good, old days-good old days defined as having less pollution, less taxes and cheaper goods.

Back then men are men and women are dates. We are the "alpha male", the provider, the pater de familia who go out into the fields to hunt, chop wood and do all those manly jobs to bring home the bacon.

Good looks-bah! Those are for sissies and "girly men" as Arnold Schwarzenegger calls them then and now as "Governator" of California.

And back then and now men shudder at being called sissies, wussies, wimps and other names that belie their masculinity.

But in came women's liberation and gender equality and pretty soon being macho isn't that cool anymore.

And along with those changes came other ideas like the concept of personal grooming for men.

Now looking at the mirror isn't so unmanly for guys anymore. And women appreciate them all the more for it.

But with appreciation came criticism and criticism giving way to all sorts of misperceptions about what constitutes good looks in a man. Like the idea that a full head of hair signifies youth and manly vigor.

Ergo it is said that thinning hair or baldness in a man is equated with impotence and old age. As such baldness and thinning hair became as much of a concern for men as sagging breasts are for women.

Thankfully science has come out with a lot of treatments for thinning hair or complete baldness and thus men have options to cure these maladies.

But while that Rogaine, Zoloft or Propecia is still kicking in, what's a guy to do to cover up his receding hairline? As stated there are some options.

military guys First, one can resort to hair repair transplant to hide that growing bald spot though for some it's a continuing process that doesn't stop at one session..

If that's the case a good haircut or hairstyle may be just what the style doctor ordered.

The military cut style which trims the hair enough to make it appear that the balding spot had been taken off along with the rest of the good remaining hair would erase any impression that one is balding.

The key element here is subtlety in change. In this case the mirror is your friend; as you notice changes in your hairline and other parts of your body make the necessary improvements that would complement, not clash with your looks. That way people won't see you trying so hard.