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Why Eunuchs Don’t Go Bald

Why Eunuchs Don’t Go Bald

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Julius Caesar hid his baldness with a comb-over. Not even a dictator can dictate his own hairline.

In this episode, I explore the strange hormonal paradox behind male pattern baldness — why the same androgens that thicken your beard can shrink the follicles on your scalp. From ancient observations to twentieth-century hormone experiments, this is the biology of balding.

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