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I hope it grows nice and thick.
This 33 year old realized he was checking himself the mirror a lot
When he's sitting at the PC, this part right here really sticks out.
A 31 year old American determined to fight the odds
There has been a veritable deluge of men going to hair clinics.
We have been treating 2000 regular patients a month.
All they want is to have a full head of hair again
Can hair treatment change your life? "Growing hair before the wedding"
One third of Japanese men worry about thinning hair
At a clinic in the Yoyogi district of Tokyo,
many male patients come in for checkups.
They say the results can be seen after just three months.
I don't even know where its thinning from.
If I pull it up from back here it looks weird.
It would be great if you could make it thicker.
You should increase the dosage for four years
You've been coming to the clinic for 10 years. We have quite a long relationship.
Do I get a discount for being a regular?
Hell no.
At this clinic, a pill is available for male pattern baldness.
A checkup at the clinic is 3000 yen for first time visitors,
and 7500 yen for a month's supply of the pills.
Autumn is the season that most people experience hair loss
The volume of hair peaks in June,
then everything begins to change in summer and fall.
Dead leaves symbolize autumn,
which makes people think that their hair will get thin.
We found an American guy who is trying to increase his hair volume by next summer.
The 31 year old Kevin Leidheiser.
How do I compare with your other patients?
More volume than most.
Your hair has grown back faster than most.
I'm most concerned about the top, here.
At this visit, a photo was taken to compare with the previous visit
This is your first visit,
and this is 3 months later.
Kevin was diagnosed with AGA this June,
and it turns out he has a big event coming up
How long will it take?
When is your wedding again?
Next July.
We'll give you a bushy head of hair by then.
That's what I was hoping you'd say, doc.
Kevin is now in his 9th year in Japan
and is working as a translator.
Two years ago Kevin and Riho met
and lately they have been busy
planning their wedding.
They have been going to bridal fairs
and getting prepared far in advance.
One thing that has really been
on Kevin's mind is:
Everyone will be taking pictures,
and a picture tells a thousand words,
so I'm a little concerned.
Kevin-san wants to be able to
take a bow at his wedding ceremony without worrying about his bald spot.
His fiance Riho remarked:
It's the most noticable place.
When we walk up the aisle
people will be able to see us from behind, so
it would be nice if he had hair by then
Kevin started to worry about his thinning hair after he graduated from college,
but now he has another concern
You know how they have security cams in elevators?
When they have a monitor, it makes me realize how thin it is up there.
Kevin was shocked when he saw the back of his head in the security cam video.
When he's sitting at the computer just like this, its really noticeable
You can see it real good here! hehe
In an opinion survey published this month about balding
when asked what made them notice their thinning hair,
respondents answered:
"when I wash my hair", and "when I look in the mirror"
,"I can feel it on my scalp when it rains"
and "even if I comb the front down, part of the forehead is visible."
Some saw their coworkers' hair thinning and checked to find their own thinning as well.
Many people realize they are thinning in very ordinary day-to-day situations.
On the weekend, the couple went to try on wedding dresses.
Kevin tried on his first tuxedo.
Don't you just look spiffy?
It's dandy, ain't it?
We look like we could have the wedding today. -Shall we?
We really gotta try to grow that hair before the wedding, don't we?
Only 9 more months till the wedding,
and Kevin will continue with his hair treatment.
Wow, hair treatment really works!
Yeah, when you compare the before and after shots you can really tell the difference.
They must be really satisfied when they see the results.
They say that for 1 in 4, the growth is explosive.
It's just a pill right? -That's right.