Will being overweight/having hair become some sort of class signifier?

Although it might already be one?

But I saw another round of "Why do thirty year old look the same as 30 year olds today" and of course it's some combination of less smoking/skin care/finasteride/fashion. And it kind of got me wondering... stuff like Ozempic and finesteride are very popular now and are only going to get cheaper and better from here on out. Not to mention stuff like hair transplants are quite good and it's not like they are going to get worse from here on out, only better.

So... will being overweight and having receding hairlines/balding be some form of class signifier from here on out. Or is it already? And will it just become more of one?

17 points wutang9611

It already is.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6880978/

Bruv throughout literally all of history being less attractive has been associated with being poor. You have less time and money to invest in yourself. I don't want to make this a mean comment but I almost want to make fun of you for even having to ask this question.

The only difference is that in a world with more-than-sufficient food production and a modern understanding of nutrition, less nutritious food is always going to be devalued. In pre-modernity, I'm sure being overweight has been mostly associated with the upper classes but it may have varied region to region and era to era

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9 points JLandis84

People aren’t that different. It’s just in 1980 filters didn’t exist for regular people.

But yes aesthetics are part of class signifiers, especially dental health.

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5 points IanWallDotCom

I guess I am wondering if having a bad hairline or thinning hair (for a man) will be viewed sort of like having bad teeth.

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8 points donthatethekink

…I get the feeling you have a complex about balding.

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1 points piglungz

Probably not because finasteride is far more affordable than dental work. I’m able to afford finasteride no problem but if I needed new teeth I wouldn’t be able to pay for that. Also there are plenty of bald rich guys who never cared about losing their hair.

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1 points Ok_Insurance_4473

They are absolutely different

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5 points betarage

being overweight maybe. but the hair stuff probably not since a lot of men never go bald .and its not considered unattractive for men to be bald .some care about it a lot and get hair transplants but being bald is seen as a normal trait by most people.

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1 points Sumeriandawn

" not considered unattractive for men to bald"

Depends. Not all men could pull off the bald look

Could pull off bald look👍: Jordan, Bruce Willis, Patrick Stewart, Steve Austin

couldn't pull off bald look👎: Prince William. He was considered a heartthrob in his younger days

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1 points boomgoesdadynomite

Hair transplants are tacky

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1 points Sumeriandawn

Nope. They work

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