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  1. May 2017
    1. In the survey, men with hair transplants were perceived as more attractive, successful and youthful. People also thought those with hair transplants looked more “approachable.”

      The article states that those surveyed found men who had undergone hair transplants as more attractive. This directly contradicts the initial article, which claimed bald men were more attractive. The survey was given by researchers from John Hopkins, and provided survey takers with before and after pictures of males who had undergone hair transplants.

    1. Previous research has found bald men are tougher, more dominant and more powerful than their counterparts.

      The article claims that men who had either gone bald or shaved their head were perceived as having more masculine traits than those with a head of hair. This claim is backed by a study that is not provided.

    1. Research (link is external) in Social Psychological and Personality Science suggests that there are some fairly major benefits to being bald. The researchers had participants (men and women) rate photos of bald men, and men with a full head of hair, on how dominant, agreeable, and old they might be. The bald men were perceived to be about one year older, slightly more agreeable, and much more dominant. Overall, being bald, or not, made a big difference in how men were perceived.

      This article states that bald men were generally perceived as more dominant, and as older than their haired counterparts. They weren't seen as specifically more attractive, but they had positive qualities, exactly like the article from BBC. This article refers to another study on perceptions of male dominance.

    1. The men were consistently rated as more intelligent, influential, knowledgeable, well-educated, high social status, honest and helpful – traits collectively known as social maturity. 

      This article states that bald men weren't specifically seen as more attractive, but they seemed to have positive qualities including intelligence, and honesty. While these traits are not necessarily factors of attraction, they can be perceived as attractive to people. This information is backed up by a study done by Frank Muscarella. a psychologist at Barry University.