Shamed for balding? Experts dissect how it hampers mental health and workplace

Updated On: 24 February, 2023 01:26 PM IST | Mumbai | Nascimento Pinto

Recently, a UK man, who was forced to quit his job for being ‘bald’, won Rs 70 lakh in damages after he sued his firm for workplace discrimination. While it ended in favour of the man, it brings to light a much larger issue of bald-shaming that many men face daily but goes unnoticed as a ‘casual remark’

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When Bandra-based Malcolm Fernandes started turning bald six years ago, he didn’t see much of a problem, but it was people around him who would constantly feel the need to remind him of being bald. “Aunties keep giving me tips on how to grow hair as they feel I am ashamed of being bald,” laughs Fernandes, who is one of the rare few who has always been confident about his appearance.

Since then, even when a little hair grows on his head in places, the city-based supply chain professional shaves it off because he loves the ‘bald look’ as he feels it suits him. There are countless people like the 33-year-old who are bald and that includes both men and women but even as some of them are constantly battling the stigma with it, neighbours, friends and family do not fail to remind them of how having hair seems to be the epitome of being handsome or beautiful due to unrealistic beauty standards set by society.

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