What do you do if you start to notice the plink, plink, plink of hairs falling into the sink. You know…the dreaded “b” word? Should you try to preserve your hair at all costs? Should you simply let go and let God? Should you jump into the arms of a Turkish barber and hope he saves you from yourself? We let two men on opposite ends of the hair spectrum duke it out – should you go bald? Or should you go for broke for your hair?

There’s an episode of the TV show Curb Your Enthusiasm, where comedian Mr Larry David is at a table in a restaurant. He looks over at another part of the room that’s buzzier than his and sees that everyone seated there is much more attractive. He’s perturbed at where he’s been seated. “You know what I think, you have a good-looking section and you have an ugly section,” he tells the maitre d’. It’s a great analogy for so many aspects of life, where appearance could be dictating our success – without us even knowing about it.

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What do you do if you start to notice the plink, plink, plink of hairs falling into the sink. You know…the dreaded “b” word? Should you try to preserve your hair at all costs? Should you simply let go and let God? Should you jump into the arms of a Turkish barber and hope he saves you from yourself? We let two men on opposite ends of the hair spectrum duke it out – should you go bald? Or should you go for broke for your hair?

There’s an episode of the TV show Curb Your Enthusiasm, where comedian Mr Larry David is at a table in a restaurant. He looks over at another part of the room that’s buzzier than his and sees that everyone seated there is much more attractive. He’s perturbed at where he’s been seated. “You know what I think, you have a good-looking section and you have an ugly section,” he tells the maitre d’. It’s a great analogy for so many aspects of life, where appearance could be dictating our success – without us even knowing about it.