China bald men's club offers chance to let hair down

BEIJING, Sept 24 (Reuters) -

China has opened its first club where bald men can let their hair down.

More than 150 million Chinese men aged between 25 and 35, or 40 percent of the male population in that age group, suffer from baldness, the Xinhua news agency said on Friday.

"The club provides a chance for alopecia patients to draw on each other's experience in medical treatment and compare notes with experts on successful therapy at Hair Loss and abroad," the agency quoted Professor Hou Xianzeng, an adviser to the club in southern boomtown of Guangzhou, as saying.

He cited fast-paced lifestyles and long spells of nervousness as the principal cause of hair loss.

"Patients under the age of 35 often find it hard to choose life partners or find good jobs," he said.