中国男人还能保住自己的发际线么？英语读头条（第681期）
With hair loss on the rise, Asia's men grapple with what it means to be bald
随着脱发率的上升，
亚洲的男性正在努力解决秃顶的问题
Despite his father having an "m-shaped" hairline, Alex Han from northeast China never thought he'd experience hair loss in his 20s.
尽管他的父亲有一条“m”形的发际线，但来自中国东北的亚历克斯·韩从未想过他20多岁时就开始脱发了。
While studies have suggested almost all Caucasian men will eventually face some degree of male pattern baldness -- and around half can expect to lose their hair by middle age -- Asian men, and East Asians in particular, have historically experienced the lowest incidence of hair loss in the world.
研究发现，几乎所有的白种人最终都会面临某种程度的男性脱发——大约一半的人预计到中年会脱发——但亚洲男性，尤其是东亚男性，历史上脱发的发生率是世界上最低的。
A 2010 study from six Chinese cities found that fewer than 3% of men aged 18-29, and just over 13% of those in their 30s, experienced male pattern baldness. Earlier research from South Korea suggested that only 14.1% of the entire male population was affected, while Japanese men were found to develop male pattern baldness approximately a decade later than their European counterparts.
2010年，一项来自中国六个城市的研究发现，在18-29岁的男性中，只有不到3%的人脱发，而在30多岁的男性中，只有略高于13%的人脱发。韩国早期的研究表明，只有14.1%的男性有脱发现象，而日本男性比欧洲男性晚大约10年才出现男性脱发。
But as Han, now 34, later discovered, genetics isn't everything. Stress, poor diet, lack of sleep and smoking can all contribute to hair loss. And with lifestyles in China changing dramatically in recent decades, so too are the country's hairlines.
但正如现年34岁的韩后来发现的那样，基因决定不了一切。压力、不良饮食、睡眠不足和吸烟都会导致脱发。近几十年来，中国的生活方式发生了巨大变化，中国人的发际线也同样发生了变化。
"I was prepping my masters entrance examinations and there was a lot of pressure, so I probably didn't sleep very well," Han said in a phone interview. "At that time, (my receding hairline) was under control, but after three years in Beijing getting my masters, I moved to Germany for PHD study ... and not only me, but other Asian students there, had a problem with hair loss."
韩在接受电话采访时说：“我当时在准备考研，压力很大，所以我可能睡得不太好。”那时，（我的渐渐后退的发际线）还没有失控，但在北京获得硕士学位三年后，我搬到德国攻读博士学位......不仅是我，那里的其他亚洲学生也有脱发的困扰。”
It's an issue faced by many in Han's generation, and younger. A 50,000-person survey by the China Association of Health Promotion and Education reportedly found that the country's 30-somethings were going bald faster than any other group. Almost a third of respondents who were born in or after 1990 reported thinning hair, according to Chinese state media. A similar poll by Beijing's prestigious Tsinghua University reportedly found that an astonishing 60% of students had experienced some degree of hair loss.
这是许多韩先生这代人所面临的问题。据报道，中国健康促进与教育协会一项5万人参与的调查发现，中国30多岁的年轻人秃顶的速度比其他任何群体都快。据中国官方媒体报道，在1990年或之后出生的受访者中，近三分之一的人报告头发变稀。据报道，北京著名的清华大学的一项类似调查显示，惊人的60%的学生曾经历过某种程度的脱发。
Chinese state broadcaster CGTN went so far as to describe hair loss among the young as an "epidemic." But lifestyle changes have been accompanied by transformations in both technology and disposable income. Hair transplants are a viable solution for a growing number of men, and the Chinese market for the procedure is expected to hit 20.8 billion yuan ($2.9 billion) in 2020, more than four times what it was four years ago, according to market research firm Statistica.
中国国际电视台甚至把年轻人的脱发描述为一种“流行病”，但生活方式的改变伴随着科技和可支配收入的转变。对于越来越多的男性来说，植发是一个可行的解决方案，据市场研究公司Statistica的数据，2020年，中国的植发市场预计达到208亿元人民币（29亿美元），是四年前的四倍多。
Han opted to travel to Thailand for the transplant, which sees thousands of hair follicles grafted from other parts of the body -- such as the chest, or back of the neck -- onto the head. The eight- to 10-hour procedure cost him around $9,000, though he found clinics in China quoting "a sixth of that." The transplant may take months to take effect, though Han expressed hope that he will "see the results and see my hair return to normal in the next two or three months," adding, "then I'll behave as if nothing has happened."
韩选择前往泰国进行植发手术，数千个毛囊从身体其他部位移植到头部，如胸部或脖颈后部。8到10个小时的手术花费了他大约9000美元，中国的诊所报价仅为这个费用的“六分之一”。植发手术可能需要几个月才能生效，不过韩表示希望他能“看到结果，看到头发在未来两三个月内恢复正常，”他补充说，“然后我就可以表现得好像什么都没发生过一样。”
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