Gaëtan was 18 when he started losing his hair. “It started by deepening at the level of the gulfs, then it thinned out at the rear”remembers the young man, now 26 years old, who only wanted to give his first name. For years, he camouflaged his early baldness with a hair routine. “Every morning, for thirty minutes, I applied a densifying powder to the top of my forehead, the contours were perfect. » But as soon as he played sports or went to the swimming pool, he feared that his efforts would disappear in a fraction of a second.
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In 1990, 44% of French people without baldness reported losing their hair, according to an IFOP survey published in 2015. Twenty-five years later, this figure reached 76%. Loss of hair mass has passed “from a still minority phenomenon to a societal phenomenon”reports the study. Among 18-34 year olds, particularly men, concern about chronic hair loss is gaining ground.
Sometimes this anxiety turns into obsession. From the age of 22, Jordan (his first name has been changed), 26, began to lose hair at the top of his head. Every evening, in front of the mirror, he meticulously examined his hairline, constantly complaining about his hair loss. “My girlfriend at the time couldn’t take it anymore, that’s all I talked about”continues Jordan, whose early baldness really shook his self-confidence.
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