{"id":439625,"date":"2025-04-29T13:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T08:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=439625"},"modified":"2025-04-29T13:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T08:29:08","slug":"pakistani-men-are-at-risk-of-losing-their-second-most-prized-possession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/pakistani-men-are-at-risk-of-losing-their-second-most-prized-possession\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani Men Are at Risk of Losing Their Second-Most Prized Possession"},"content":{"rendered":"

For most men, nothing comes before their \u201cmardangi<\/em>\u201d (manliness)\u2014but their hair is a close second.<\/p>\n

Now, experts warn that this second-most prized possession is under serious threat, with 70% of Pakistani men up to middle age facing baldness.<\/p>\n

At a recent seminar in Islamabad, the Hair Transplant Society of Pakistan revealed that nearly 30 million people in the country are struggling with hair loss.<\/p>\n

The problem isn\u2019t just limited to men; more women are also reporting thinning hair due to genetics, illness, and stress.<\/p>\n

Despite the growing crisis, there are only about 150 qualified hair transplant surgeons in Pakistan, while the need is closer to 5,000.<\/p>\n

To tackle this, the Society has announced plans to train 1,000 new surgeons, aiming to provide safer and higher-quality treatments for those desperate to save their hair\u2014and their confidence.<\/p>\n

Dr. Rana Irfan, President of the Society, explained that hair loss can start as early as the 20s and gets worse with age.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Pakistan, 20% of individuals begin to lose their hair in their 20s, 40% by their 40s, half by their 50s, and 70% by their 60s,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

With unqualified practitioners on the rise, the Society warns that unsafe procedures are putting people at risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For most men, nothing comes before their \u201cmardangi\u201d (manliness)\u2014but their hair is a close second. Now, experts warn that this second-most prized possession is under serious threat, with 70% of Pakistani men up to middle age facing baldness. At a recent seminar in Islamabad, the Hair Transplant Society of Pakistan revealed that nearly 30 million people in the country are […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":439627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1298,2199,2532,2573,2577,2530,2578],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-439625","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-culture","8":"category-featured","9":"category-health-and-wellness","10":"category-research","11":"category-social","12":"category-social-issue-cause","13":"category-street-buzz"},"wps_subtitle":"70% of the awaam is suffering from this.","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hair-loss-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hair-loss.jpg",1000,560,false],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hair-loss.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Sher Alam","categories_name":["Culture","Featured","Health and Wellness","Research","social","Social Issue\/Cause","Street Buzz"],"title_text":"Pakistani Men Are at Risk of Losing Their Second-Most Prized Possession","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=1298,2199,2532,2573,2577,2530,2578&exclude=439625","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439625"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=439625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}