How far would you go for a full head of luscious locks?

Alex Finken ( @iam.thats.a.bad.idea ) coughed up $17,500 for a hair transplant in hopes of reclaiming his confidence. But the next day, he woke up with severe swelling that made him look more like Humpty Dumpty than a heartthrob.

“Some people look OK with it, it goes around their eyes and just looks like they got in a boxing match,” Finken said in a now-viral TikTok . “I literally just look like an egg.” 4

The 27-year-old from Denver isn’t alone in his follicular frustration. An estimated 35 million American men experience measurable hair loss — and while the risk increases with age, up to 30% begin shedding before they turn 30 .

“I’d been dealing with thinning and male pattern baldness since my early 20s,” Finken t

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