Hair loss affects men's self confidence

 

Sept 2006

A survey of 1,900 men and women in Britain found that men experienced a form of "Samson Syndrome," a loss of confidence, triggered by their hair loss.

The survey, conducted for the store chain Boots, analyzed the experience of men with hair -- 55 percent and men who had experienced some form of thinning and/or hair loss -- 45 percent.

Of the men surveyed with hair, 20 percent believed that losing their hair would make them less attractive to women. Men with little or no hair, with 17 percent stating that they feel much less attractive without hair, than when they had a full head of hair.

One in 10 men also believed that their hair loss would eventually result in feelings of depression.

Thirty-five percent of respondents with some form of hair loss said they had experienced teasing as a result of fleeing follicles, while 14 percent felt upset, angered and found that it greatly affected their self confidence.

Exhibiting Delilah-like behavior, 52 percent of the women admitted to teasing a man about his hair loss and one-third of the women believed that men losing their hair were less attractive than those with a full head of hair.