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With a sense of anticipation and vigilance, He Runfeng waited outside the operating room. Inside the door, the man lying on the operating table, surnamed Qu, is a hair friend He Runfeng just met, and is undergoing a hair transplant surgery without shaving.
Hair friends are the mutual name of those who lose their hair. Three years ago, He Runfeng began to suffer from hair loss. The colleague walked behind him and patted him on the shoulder, "Teacher He, you should pay attention to your hair." During a program shooting, he accidentally glanced at the back of his head with sparse hair and faint scalp in the camera, and he was shocked.
As a journalist and a veteran media person, He Runfeng could not accept that his image in front of the public was like this. He worries that hair loss will affect his credibility.
Later, when he participated in the shooting, he proposed two principles to the photographer: first, help him shoot thin, and second, never shoot the back of the head. "We have such good content, and as a result, netizens comment on the back of their heads at the bottom, which is not appropriate."
At the first time, He Runfeng used a way that he thought was very appropriate to suppress this unsatisfactory life. When traveling or traveling, the suitcase is always carrying hair powder, comb, hair gel. There is also a white cotton pad to wipe the spray powder, which is something he only recognized after hair loss.
All the hairs on the surface of the body, He Runfeng began to cherish. The makeup artist wanted to pluck out a few of his eyebrows, and he was also distressed, saying, don't pull them, just a few.
In 2008, when he was still a host on Phoenix TV, He Runfeng was extremely impatient with the makeup before the program was recorded, and every time he thought in his heart, hurry up, almost got it. As for the hair, it's a simple blow.
Now, He Runfeng's makeup time has obviously become longer. His hair is fine and curly, making it difficult to manage. It takes a lot of effort to make it look as dense as possible. The new producer did not understand the situation of his hair, and there was not enough makeup time reserved, he was embarrassed to explain, and he could only speed up the processing of his hair.
In order to reduce the time and emotions spent on his hair, He Runfeng decided to go to hair transplantation once and for all.
The most important thing is not negligence. Saving his hair, He Runfeng was cautious, just like doing news investigations. This time, he was both an interviewer and a party. Produced by Tencent News, the footage of the world's first male hair loss documentary "Baldness Happens" follows He Runfeng and records the whole process of his solution.
He Runfeng visited two hair transplant doctors in private hospitals and tertiary hospitals. The former had a positive attitude and told him that after the hair transplant, and then make an eyebrow, it was no problem to be five years younger. The latter, who is also a hair loss person himself, had hair transplant surgery a year ago. But he confessed that even if it is successfully planted, it needs to be maintained with long-term medication, otherwise, the hair should fall out.
It turned out that hair transplantation was not once and for all, and He Runfeng hesitated. Ten years of hair loss circle "old cannon", Xu Feng, founder of good hair network, showed him a lot of photos of patients who used drugs to cure hair loss, saying that today's hair transplantation is the result of institutional trafficking anxiety, so that many people who can use drugs to lose their hair run to hair transplantation, out of the essence of medical treatment.
The risks of hair transplantation should not be underestimated. Hair follicles are non-renewable resources, and there is a certain probability of damage when removed and planted. Choosing medication means that you have to rely on medication to maintain decency for the rest of your life.
Everything is irreversible. When the hair falls out due to some force majeure, it is equivalent to embarking on the road of no return, and all the person who loses his hair can do is try to delay the process, or rather, cover up the process.
But when Mr. Qu finished the operation and walked out, He Runfeng was still shocked. When he entered the operating room, Mr. Qu pulled up his hair, and there were multiple lines drawn on his scalp, looking a little sloppy. For now, the hair transplant surgery was a success. Mr. Qu's hair was washed with normal saline, blown dry and fluffy and shiny, and the whole person was radiant.
Mr. Qu's changes make people sigh, regaining hair, and returning to the hair loss person is self-confidence, dignity, and sometimes good luck. "This good fortune ... It's something that bursts out of confidence. ”
People who count hair follicles
When it comes to hair transplantation, there are many opinions. The information is one-sided and limited, and it cannot convince He Runfeng. He decided to go to the closest place to the truth - hair transplant training courses.
The person on the phone introduced that the hair transplant class was three days fast, the first two days of learning theory, the third day of practice, zero basic package teaching package meeting, tuition fee 3800.
Can hair transplantation technology be quick? He Runfeng couldn't believe it, and he had to find out.
The two-day theory class was intensive in knowledge points, the students had a strong learning atmosphere, and He Runfeng was deeply infected, taking notes while listening. On the third day, entering the practical stage, the instructor arranged for the trainees to take turns to take hair follicles on the scalp of a girl. The girl informedly agreed that because she accepted the observation and practice of the trainees, she could exchange it for a preferential price for hair transplantation.
At this point, He Runfeng began to be afraid: "What should I do if I break someone?" It's about your scalp, your nerves..."
Before the operation was over, He Runfeng returned to the training room and sat alone for a long time. In class, he also got an important industry insider: many hospitals perform hair transplant surgery, and the number of hair follicles actually transplanted is less than written on the contract. The mentor said, "No one counts." ”
But someone else did. He Runfeng found this person, his name is Zhu Zhibin, probably the first person in the country to count hair follicles.
Zhu Zhibin, 38 years old, worked in the jade business in Beijing and had a history of hair loss for 7 years. In October 2017, he took out the hair follicles from the back of the head and transplanted them to the top of the head at a cost of 28,000 yuan at a cost of 28,000 yuan. The confirmation of the surgical plan states that 3500 hair follicle transplants are planned.
But on the second day of the operation, when the gauze was unveiled, Zhu Zhibin looked in the mirror and felt that the top of his head was thin and pulled, how to see how wrong. He took a picture of the surgical area above his head, zoomed in on the computer, and counted them several times, all in their early 2,000s.
Go to the theory of aesthetic institutions, they say, it will take a year to see the real effect.
Zhu Zhibin accepted this statement. The next year of waiting, the more he thought about it, the more wrong he became, and he went to the institution again. Several complaints were fruitless, and in the end, he had to sue.
At first, Zhu Zhibin's appeal was simple. "I was able to accept it by returning the rest of the money to me, but then [the lawsuit] got angrier and angrier, and now he compensates me three times, and I don't think it will make up for my loss."
Over the years, Zhu Zhibin has thought of many ways to appeal to the Consumer Coordination Committee, the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, and the court, but he has failed. Repeated defeats in hair lawsuits became his obsession. Every day at the counter, he always subconsciously reached out to touch his hair and touch his heart once. It turned out that the hair behind his head had a thick layer, and now it was obviously flat.
The medical and aesthetic agency once offered to compensate him for the hair follicles on the top of his head, but he refused because the hair follicles in the back were not enough. "It won't grow any longer, you know what it means, right?" Lost forever. ”
Hair follicles, people who are not lacking do not care, and people who lack are hard to find. Zhu Zhibin made an analogy, and the hair follicles were like a hungry person who longed for steamed buns. He was determined to the end.
Before seeing Zhu Zhibin, He Runfeng thought that he would meet a person with a stubborn personality. But Zhu Zhibin was so gentle that it hurt him. At the time of the meeting, Zhu Zhibin was preparing to appeal again, with a thick stack of case materials in his backpack to provide the latest evidence to the court, in duplicate.
Crouching on the floor of the court's communication room, Zhu Zhibin spread out the materials and called the judge again to explain his demands. As he spoke deeper, his voice grew louder and more agitated, and he constantly emphasized, "I'm not here to make trouble, I just want an explanation." ”
In the past 38 years of life, Zhu Zhibin has been keeping to himself, coming to Beijing from Henan to make a living, without too much desire, just simply living a life. Making your hair look a little more is the only wish. He did not consult with his family in advance, and made his own decision for the first time, not expecting to encounter a series of setbacks.
Nor was he a calculating, competitive man who didn't even ask a lawyer for help. He has no expectations for compensation and money is not the most important thing. After asking, the hair is not, if he still loses his hair later, he can also shave his head. He just wanted to defend his rights and get a fair response, but now, it seemed like everyone was touching porcelain.
Watching Zhu Zhibin crouch on the ground and make a phone call, He Runfeng felt sad in his heart and thought, "Oh, what sins did we hair loss people create in our previous lives?" Do you still have to bear such a big grievance?
True or false, is there a so-called threshold
Through makeup, you can make your hair look more abundant visually, and you will also have an inexplicable confidence, as if your hair is really no problem. But He Runfeng was wary of this feeling, believing that it was the anesthetic of life. Occasionally, the makeup artist drew the hairline low, and he hurried to stop it, "I didn't look like this when I was 18 years old." ”
He was anxious about hair loss, but not in a false way to cure it.
He had thought that hair transplantation was a bright way to save hair loss, but now the situation became complicated, and the more he learned, the more he hoped to be shattered. Confused, he found Luo Linchuan. Luo Linchuan has lost his hair for more than twenty years and now runs a wig company.
Life is hard. Hair loss is one of those unspeakable sufferings. Luo Linchuan said. "If in the Qing Dynasty, the front had to be shaved off, right?" Isn't Brother Five also very handsome? In this society now, everyone wants that piece of bangs, resulting in those of us who do not have bangs, we feel miserable. ”
In college, Luo Linchuan began to lose hair, apply ginger, soap horn, all kinds of anti-hair loss shampoo, plum blossom needle acupuncture, all kinds of methods he tried, useless.
Recognized as an effective drug for the treatment of hair loss, external application of minoxidil tincture, and internal administration of finasteride, he took for a year, the effect is not obvious. Moreover, the side effects of the finasteride instructions were labeled, with a 1.8% chance of decreased libido and 1.3% impotence, and he did not eat it again later.
Because of the large area of hair loss, hair transplantation is not suitable for Luo Linchuan, and in the end, the only choice he can choose is to wear a wig. At the age of 35, he first came into contact with wigs and has rarely shown his real hair in front of people since then. Not even the closest people, his children, his ex-wife, have never seen him take off his wig in real life, and he wears it whether he bathes or sleeps.
In communication with people, Luo Linchuan rarely mentioned the word "wig", but replaced it with "hair piece".
People reject hearing "fake", but for Luo Linchuan, this is just the easiest way for him and many friends to solve the problem. "Don't it make sense to wear glasses and get porcelain teeth?"
There is a video blogger named Li Xiaoguang, who often posts wig popular science videos on the Internet. Like Luo Linchuan, he used any hair growth products to no avail, and there was no way to transplant his hair, and after a long time of entanglement, he simply shaved his hair.
After shaving his head, Li Xiaoyin felt that his heart suddenly opened up. There are many important things in life, and you can't always make hair loss difficult for yourself.
On the video platform, Li Xiaoguang has 16,000 fans, he does not shy away from showing the true situation of his hair in front of the camera, and in each video, you can see Li Flash smiling cheerfully while explaining the wig in his hand. To make it easier to secure the wig, he kept only the hair on the back of his head. But in reality, when entering public places, Li Xiaoguang will still wear a wig. He said that the main thing was the fear of scaring the people around him.
But He Runfeng noticed that there was a video in which Li Flash went to get a haircut, and there were other customers in the store, although no one in the picture looked at Li Flash, he was always worried, saying, "The uncle on the side is not looking at me." ”
Li Xiaoguang did not want to understand whether wearing a wig really made himself happier, or a kind of confinement, making himself pretend to be happy.
Sometimes when going out to play, friends are afraid that Li Flash is uncomfortable wearing a wig, and ask him to take it off, and his knee-jerk reaction is "Huh? Do you want to see me like that? "It's hard for him to show his fans that wigs are a solution, but his heart may still be fragile."
Is there a so-called threshold for true and false? Li Xiaohong understood it this way, "Because it is called a wig, there is a fake word. For example, if the liquid foundation is called fake foundation, will you think that it (face) is also fake? Without a true or false definite, it will not make everyone look at it that way. ”
Self-deprecating courage
Sitting with his friends for a long time, He Runfeng found that hair loss anxiety is not an exaggerated narrative that has been created, but precisely because it has not been faced squarely, it has caused a more negative impact.
In the past, when he was a teacher, Luo Linchuan did not even have the courage to go to class, and he had to straighten his hair for a long time before he could walk on the stage. Occasionally, when a classmate laughs or turns his head to ear, he suspects that the other party is secretly laughing at his hair.
The suspicious heart disease caused by hair loss even affected Luo Linchuan's marriage. The first wife experienced his hair change from more to less, and did not care, but he could not get over this hurdle in his heart. In the past, he did things vigorously and was an object that his ex-wife could rely on. After losing his hair, the two traveled together, and he didn't even dare to ask for directions, because he had less hair, didn't look like a decent person, and was prone to encounter the white eyes of passers-by.
"If someone discriminates against a disabled person, the whole society will scold you, but if you discriminate or ridicule a hair loss person, the whole society will die happily." What makes Luo Linchuan most difficult to accept is that the disrespect for hair loss people has become accustomed to everyone, and their normal behavior is also regarded as a funny thing.
Self-deprecation has become a way for many hair loss people to dispel external ridicule. Even if the heart does not accept it, it is good to achieve self-hypnosis, and some people do not even have the courage to laugh at themselves. Li Xiaoguang used this way well, "Laugh at yourself, to a certain extent, you may slowly accept it." Don't be afraid of being told by others, and others will feel that they can't have fun with you. I am pure self-hypnosis. ”
He Runfeng did not understand this mentality, "Why should I have the courage to laugh at myself? ”
"You don't even have the courage to laugh at yourself, and the hair loss thing, or any small setback, is a burden to you, something you can't get past." 」 Li Xiaohong said. He just wanted to be a little more comfortable. Whether it is self-deprecation or self-digestion, if you can't influence the attitude of others, change yourself.
And He Runfeng worries that the trend of self-deprecation will make the ridicule of the public become more turbulent, make people who cannot accept ridicule more unacceptable to themselves, and give birth to another extreme force.
At the store of Luo Linchuan Company, He Runfeng experienced the unit hair extension project, and tied 4 wigs to the root of a hair to increase the amount of hair. He took 25 units, washed his hair as usual at night, inserted his fingers into his hair, and suddenly felt a strong sense of involvement. He chuckled in his heart, worried about ripping off the hair he had just picked up, and began to gently stroke and wash his hair.
After a few touches, he found that it was too late, and one hair had already fallen off, and then he rinsed the hair, and another one had fallen. Two of his own hairs, plus the ones that were picked up during the day, a total of ten, the scene was frightening.
Before these two hairs fell, He Runfeng had a burst of joy and felt that hair extensions were also the possibility of saving hair. At this moment, the heart is cold again, how can those thin hair roots that are on the verge of falling off bear 4 hairs? It's an unbearable weight of life.
Coming out of the bathroom, he carefully lifted the two hairs, thinking, the director must shoot, can not throw. Then he pulled out a tissue and lined his hair neatly on it.
In the process of trying to solve hair loss, He Runfeng constantly refreshed his cognition. Thinking about hair loss and eventually falling back to an ultimate question, how people should cope with midlife anxiety and how to face aging.
Hair will be lost, and people will inevitably eventually face death. The fear of death remained, but at least he was more perceptive to his hair than he had been two months before. (Source: Tencent News)
Written by Liu Yan | Photo | Stills of "BaldNess" Editor| Gecheng Produced | Tencent News Gu Yu Studio
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