By Katherine Ellison

Special to The Washington Post

Amid photos of balding scalps and eager gossip about new remedies on a Reddit thread about hair loss, you’ll often find cries of distress.

“I don’t feel at peace, ever. My nervous system is constantly in fight or flight,” read one in response to a question last year about the “absolute worst part about balding.”

The site, on which all of the pictured scalps are male, highlights an age-old phenomenon: While women may also lose hair, men do so in greater numbers, earlier and, on average, more obviously.

What’s different today, experts say, is that male anguish about it has never been more evident. Social media, dating apps, “Zoom dysphoria” and a sometimes predatory marketplace are stoking the anxiety.

“I’m seeing more of a visible me

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