Hi, I'm Wendy Zuckerman and you're listening to Science Vs from Gimlett Media.

This is the show that pits facts against follicles.

On today's show, Boulding.

Doctors say that they're closer than ever to finding a cure for baldness.

Baldness cure would be the holy grail of medicine, a cure for the follicle challenged.

It's a cure, really, in sight.

Now you're not going to die from going bald, but it can be so stressful that it's linked

to feelings of depression.

It can make people feel ugly and insecure.

And wherever there is insecurity, there's money to be made.

The hair loss treatment industry is worth billions of dollars every year.

And it can be hard to know what snake oil and what has real science behind it.

There's no easier person to take money from than a guy who's worried about losing their hair.

Matt Nelson is one Scottish lad who's been fighting the battle of the bald.

He's actually a senior producer here at Gimlett Media and Caitlin Sorry, our senior producer,

had a long chat with Matt about his hairy journey.

I think Matt's story is pretty emblematic of lots of guys who've lost their hair.

And he used to love his hair, like he used to do all sorts of weird stuff with it.

Yeah, it was a big point of pride.

You had like spiky hair.

Yeah, it was sort of like a hedgehog style cut.

And I don't know, there were sort of like eight or nine spikes on on top of my head.

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