This article is from the Self Improvement FAQ, by Loren Larsen llarsen@cs.clemson.edu with numerous contributions by others.
In every town there are private stylists who used to work for outfits
like Hair Club for Men and now do the same work, perhaps much more
caringly, affordably, and professionally, on their own. If you can
find one of them, you might be much happier in the long run. Look in
the Yellow Pages and call the companies with the smaller ads first. If
you can't find a small company, you might start with a large company
and if you don't like it ask your stylist if s/he'd consider doing the
same work at home.
Surgery is serious business. The abilities of surgeons vary. You
therefore want a rather well established company for the surgical
procedures, so look for the bigger ads. Companies with large ads but
rather small offices can be fine, however. Surgeons who do
transplants usually do other types of surgery in hospitals on other
days, so you shouldn't insist on a large hospital setting; such
outpatient procedures can be done safely in a specialist's office.
Wild-sounding procedures, whether covered or not covered here, should
be investigated thoroughly. No endorsement of any particular
companies (other than Clairol's Chocolate Mousse) is implied here.
Trust your feelings when you visit a hair-service company. Do the
employees seem happy? If they don't, find a place where, at the very
least, they do. Before you buy, interview a company's current
clients. That research, if you do it well, may pay off handsomely.
Good luck.
And once you have all the hair you've ever wanted, read again that
hair is an illusion like all the others. True, it's less of an
illusion now that it's sprouting abundantly above your brain. But
it's all just a bunch of material stuff, and none of it has much to
do with who you really are.
Or does it?
Your body might be an illusion, but that doesn't mean it has to be an
unsightly, dreadful illusion. Why not let your illusion touch your
highest ideal, if that's what you truly want to do.
 
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