Branding Baldness

This episode reviews a survey assessing 34 hair loss professionals (e.g., dermatologists and transplant surgeons) views and understanding of baldness. In particular the survey assessed the professionals' understanding of a commercially-biased & misleading study. This biased, other, study has been cited >150 times. This AI generated podcast by NotebookLM is based on the following study: Jankowski, G S, and D Kranz. “AGA Practitioner Challenges: A Mixed-Methods Pilot Survey.” Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology 23, no. 1 (2023): 207–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocd.15940. Further information: https://thebaldingbuddy.wordpress.com/

This episode considers how men respond to baldness. In a large, nationally diverse, sample of men, this study assessed what men were currently doing about their baldness, what they would do in the future and how stigmatized baldness was. This AI generated podcast by NotebookLM is based on the following open-access study: Jankowski, G. S., Kranz, D., & Razum, J. (2024). Men’s baldness stigma: A mixed methods international survey. Journal of Health Psychology, 13591053241259730. Further information: https://thebaldingbuddy.wordpress.com/

'Treating' baldness with cosmetic, surgical or pharmaceutical products is not the only response to baldness. Many men shave, grow or pay no mind to their baldness. This classic study by Dr Dirk Kranz shows the psychological benefits of acceptance. This AI generated podcast by NotebookLM is based on the following study: Kranz, D. (2011). “Young Men’s Coping with Androgenetic Alopecia: Acceptance Counts When Hair Gets Thinner.” Body Image 8, 4: 343–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2011.06.006. Note the study has a commercial link to an anti-baldness business and thus should be intepreted with caution. Further information: https://thebaldingbuddy.wordpress.com/

This episode explores how websites have branded baldness into a disease. Specifically, how popular websites and forums dedicated to men's baldness stereotype baldness as isolating and in need of 'treatment' using products the same webistes sell. This AI generated podcast by NotebookLM is based on the following open-access study: Harvey, K. (2013). Medicalisation, pharmaceutical promotion and the Internet: a critical multimodal discourse analysis of hair loss websites. Social Semiotics, 23(5), 691–714. https://doi.org/10.1080/10350330.2013.777596 Further information: https://thebaldingbuddy.wordpress.com/

This episode considers how research has branded baldness into a disease. Specifically psychology, medical and other research often funded by businesses, has changed how we view baldness - for the worse. It considers questions like: Why did baldness stop being a bodily change and start being a depressing disease? Why do men fear baldness when it is so common & so harmless? Are cosmetic & surgical products really necessary to 'treat' baldness? How has research changed how baldness is seen? This AI generated podcast by NotebookLM is based on the following open-access study: Jankowski, G. S., & Frith, H. (2022). Psychology’s medicalization of male baldness. Journal of health psychology, https://lnkd.in/eBXAn8Kj Further information: https://thebaldingbuddy.wordpress.com/