Shane Warne, hair transplants and the suffering of men going bald
Hair loss is psychologically traumatising for many men and women, who are now being exploited by clinics 'overharvesting' their heads for a profit.
Dr Russell Knudsen was a GP in the 1980s when he became interested in treatments to help the hairless become hirsute.
Over the last 40 years he’s seen procedures improve but the latest cheaper techniques risk exploiting desperate patients.
Here he also talks about the emotional vulnerability of the men he sees.
6minutes: There are lots of jokes about male pattern baldness. Can you talk a little about the people you see. How traumatising can it be for them?
