The Man Who Wouldn’t Go to the Hospital Even with a Broken Arm Came in for Hair Loss

Is hair loss just something to laugh off?

“Doesn’t a person only go to the hospital when they’re really sick?”

I hear things like this often, and I sometimes think about it too.

If a human being were completely unaffected by any illness, what reason would they ever have to come to the hospital?

Not long ago, the same YouTube link kept arriving from people I know.

Most of them added the words, “You really have to watch this.”

When even a junior colleague who usually doesn’t say much sent it with, “Hyung, this is for real,”

I felt like something was going on.

When I played the video, a familiar name came up.

The sketch comedy channel ‘Nerdult’.

It was a channel I remembered watching a few times before.

It started lightly and in a familiar way.

A friend who endures a headache, a friend who doesn’t care even if a tooth breaks at a drinking party, a person who still doesn’t go to the hospital even with a bent arm...

Their shared philosophy is simple.

“I’m not dying.”

It was familiar.

Because this is a common sight around us too.

People who tough it out without medicine when they feel a little sick, people who usually avoid going to the hospital.

But the mood changed in a single moment.

The moment hair loss appeared.

“Is there Propecia*? This is an emergency situation.”

Only then did the characters’ attitudes change completely.

Serious expressions, tightly strained voices.

A situation that feels more urgent than a broken arm, more urgent than jaundice.

With just one sentence — “My hair is falling out” — the characters’ attitudes changed 180 degrees.

It was funny, but strangely relatable.

I myself have met many hair loss patients, and there is one question I have heard countless times.

“Um... is it very serious?”

People who wouldn’t go to the hospital even with a bent arm come in for treatment when their hair gets thinner.

Not because their chest hurts, and not because their stomach hurts.

That shows just how much hair is not merely a “part of the body,” but something that functions as part of the self.

Hair loss is not lighter than a cold

People’s reactions to hair loss are truly interesting.

Even if they usually brush it off, saying, “You won’t die from losing hair~,”

once they actually look in the mirror and see the hairline gradually receding, their hearts sink.

“Just shave it off then,”

to be honest, that is something only someone who has not experienced hair loss can say.

Once hair really starts falling out, it becomes not just a matter of style,

but a matter of how to live and what choice to make.

At that crossroads, many people come to see me more quietly than expected, but with certainty.

Even if it is a seemingly minor condition, it becomes a heavy disease when it threatens one’s identity.

That is hair loss.

So, you should get treatment.

Thanks to this video, I was reminded of that once again.

Hair loss is not a cosmetic issue.

It is a real “disease” that affects a person psychologically, socially, and in terms of identity.

And a disease like that deserves treatment.

From tomorrow, when I see patients, I may say this:

“I’ll prescribe Propecia*; this is an emergency.”

It may not be fatal,

but I will not just stand by and let your confidence collapse.

Photo and video source - YouTube channel Nerdult