Splashing out nearly $15,000 on hair might seem a little excessive, but for Mr Ng Ze Yuan, 31, it goes to the root of his self-confidence.
He started showing signs of male-pattern baldness during national service. At the age of 29, "before it got worse", he spent a day in a hair clinic having 1,400 follicles transplanted from the back of his head to other parts of the scalp.
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