Early Baldness

Early baldness can be particularly devastating to young adults as they may often not have any bald friends or even close relatives to confide in. For example, there is the well known story of Peter Dankorich, the prodigious 20 year old chess master, who at the peak of his cognitive prowess, began to lose his hair. He became something of a pariah in the hair-centric chess world (think Kasparov's Davidian curls, or Fischer's Caulfieldesque crew (who was ironically less of a pariah despite his long-voiced desire to have a parrot trained to relay any communication deemed absolutely necessary from the USCF),etc.) He was forced to abandon the circuit and was last seen in his infamous sex video, where he appears to be snorting Propecia off of the torso of a young prostitute. This example does not perfectly illustrate the essence of the young and bald dilemma, as the average grandmaster has quite a head of hair regardless of age. As men age, the percentage of follicly challenged men climbs monotonically. Thus age "thins out" the ranks of guys that still have hair. So in a way the playing field becomes more even. Now consider being almost completely bald in your mid 20's. You are automatically at a distinct disadvantage in terms of physical attractiveness as compared to men from your age group, excepting of course blacks and certain kinds of Asian. Thus it appears the only option to mate would be to try to mix with a slightly older circle, where there are more bald men. Great, but most likely you would now be at a financial disadvantage compared to the males in this older circle. I believe therein lies the heart of the problem.

Check out the Baldiness for more information about Peter.