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Colin Ward tried to tell himself he loved wearing hats. But the truth was his hair had started to disappear. Like many 31-year-olds stuck with inconvenient genes, his from-the-back combover was dredging up diminishing returns as the years went on. That was no secret to anyone in his life, but Ward was determined to fight this battle to the end. As far as he was concerned, denial was superior to the bare-naked alternative. It would take something dramatic to shake him out of the pattern.
“I would just try to hide it. Really, I ignored the problem,” says Ward. “Until last spring.”