Baldness is not an illness
Look, Mom! No Hair.
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Whoever said it was?
The use of the term "heal" implies that there's a disease that needs to BE healed.
Then it was maybe a poor choice of word but It's not about semantic is it?
A scar across your face is not a illness either but people are willing to spend a fortune to have it removed.
When Patrick Stewart was asked, "Won't we be able to cure or prevent baldness by the 24th century?", his standard reply was "By that time, no one will care."
To which I politely say: Bollocks. Male vanity will still be around a hundred or a thousand years from now. Fortunately for Patrick Stewart, he has a nicely shaped skull and looks good with no hair.
During the Star Trek TOS years, Shatner wore a piece in front to fill in his receding hairline -- the classic "Kirk lace." By the time of T.J. Hooker, he looked like he was wearing a full wig -- or a small furry animal on his head.
To which I politely say: Bollocks. Male vanity will still be around a hundred or a thousand years from now. Fortunately for Patrick Stewart, he has a nicely shaped skull and looks good with no hair.
I got used to Picard's smooth skull, but it took quite a while because I was used to seeing Kirk's full head of toupee.
During the Star Trek TOS years, Shatner wore a piece in front to fill in his receding hairline -- the classic "Kirk lace." By the time of T.J. Hooker, he looked like he was wearing a full wig -- or a small furry animal on his head.
Thread? Hell, it's a whole damn website!
Die, 
thread, die!!!
thread, die!!!Die,
You're not helping, besides, I think it's remained civil enough so far and without too much digression.
All threads have a life span. This one should be euthanized.
I won't lose any sleep over it if it is.
There's been a rumour that the glue securing Shatner's underwater rug to his fat head in TVH started to cloud and fizzle, when Kirk's diving scene was first attempted. His rug then started to undulate convulsively, until it dislodged and swam off on its own fizz power ...
There's been a rumour that the glue securing Shatner's underwater rug to his fat head in TVH started to cloud and fizzle, when Kirk's diving scene was first attempted. His rug then started to undulate convulsively, until it dislodged and swam off on its own fizz power ...
"It's A-live! A-live! A-LIVE!!"
The difference is, outside of a David Cronenberg movie there probably aren't going to be a lot of people who actually want to have scars across their face.
Baldness, OTOH, is often an artistic choice that is actively sought. Some of us just don't like the way we look with hair.
"Just when I thought I was out....they pull me back in." 
The difference is, outside of a David Cronenberg movie there probably aren't going to be a lot of people who actually want to have scars across their face.
Baldness, OTOH, is often an artistic choice that is actively sought. Some of us just don't like the way we look with hair.
There is a difference between purposely shaving your head completely and keeping a crown of hair around a sunroof like Picard does.
Shaving your head is not the same thing as being bald.
If you want to see Patrick Stewart with hair, watch I, Claudius (he played Sejanus).
Vanity or not, that doesn't mean the "fashion" of having hair will be relevant. Fashions change, 'ideal body type' changes, there's no reason to think that we won't get to a point where being bald is no longer "a thing".
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