With a Head Weight of 60g, How Much Does the Mind Weigh?

One day, out of the blue, I became curious.

As hair falls out, does the head really become lighter?

Physically, that seems obvious, but can the mind also become lighter along with it?

I have met many patients while treating hair loss.

People react to hair loss in very different ways.

Some sigh in front of the mirror, and some find it hard to go out without a hat.

One patient said they were shocked to see their scalp under the lights while taking a family photo.

Losing hair is not just a change in appearance; sometimes it can feel like part of one’s identity is being shaken.

On the other hand, there are also people who say that hair loss actually made life feel lighter.

Some said they turned the time they used to spend styling their hair every morning into time for reading books or exercising.

"Honestly, shaving it all off felt refreshing. I didn’t have to hide it anymore."

In words like these, there is sometimes a sense of liberation.

Perhaps along with the hair, the complicated thoughts filling the mind were also slowly being let go.

Another person said this:

"Before, I thought having hair was the same as having value. But once it was gone, I found myself no longer bound by that.

I realized that people were more interested in who I am than in my hair."

Then does losing hair really mean the body has become lighter?

It is said that the average human head has about 100,000 hairs, and each strand weighs around 0.6 mg.

Altogether, that comes to about 60 g—roughly the weight of one egg.

Physically, you could call that weight loss, but it is hard to feel that the body has become noticeably lighter just because 60 g is gone.

But for boxing athletes, it can be different.

Some even choose to shave their heads to make weight, and for those who need to save every single gram, hair can certainly be something to reduce.

For them, hair may not be decoration for appearance, but weight that needs to be shed.

Of course, not everyone experiencing hair loss can change this positively.

For many people, hair loss still feels like a psychological burden.

"When did it start progressing?", "Have you thought about a hair transplant?"

Comments like these can sometimes sound like thoughtless concern, but from the listener’s perspective, they are by no means light.

Even if you try to laugh it off, at that moment, one corner of the heart feels heavy.

(Our society also tends to ask questions like these quite easily.)

Does losing hair really mean carrying a heavier burden?

Perhaps it is an opportunity to let go of the attachments or fixed ideas we have been holding onto.

Of course, the difficulties caused by hair loss should not be taken lightly.

But it is certainly comforting to know that some people discover new turning points and possibilities within it.

I sometimes ask patients this:

"Has hair loss made your life much harder?"

Then, after thinking for a long time, many people give an unexpected answer.

"No, not as much as I thought."

The presence or absence of hair does not define who we are.

What really matters is the attitude with which we accept it and live.

As hair falls out, does the head become lighter?

In the end, the answer depends on our minds.