Women in television are under pressure to stay slim and youthful, while their male counterparts can get away with wrinkles, look "sexy" with salt-and-pepper grey hair, and sport a paunch that is passed off as a charming "dad bod".
But little is spoken about the one exception to the rule – male pattern baldness.
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While women are deemed the sex most likely to chase the elixir of youth, men are becoming more concerned with body image as they measure themselves against culturally perceived standards of attractiveness, and out of that a growing trend for hair transplants has been born.
Just look at Australia's most popular TV host, Karl Stefanovic, 42. Fairfax Media understands the Channel Nine Today presenter bowed to the pressure to maintain his beloved boyish looks and underwent a subtle hair transplant to hide thinning at the front and top of his head a few years ago.
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In more recent times, the father of three, who split from his wife of 21 years last July, has continued his bid to turn back the clock sporting a new Rolex and trading in his family car for a top-of-the-range, high-performance, white, $170k C-Class Mercedes.
Stefanovic is not alone in addressing his hair woes with the likes of Shane Warne, Wayne Rooney, Robbie Williams and John Cleese all opening up about their hair restoration procedures.
Like Stefanovic, celebrity makeup artist and Nine's beauty presenter, Michael Brown, also underwent hair restoration at Martinick Hair after he felt "the harsh lighting of television" highlighted his "patchy scalp".
"It's not a nice feeling when you watch yourself back on television and you can see a patchy scalp – it can be so obvious in that environment," Brown told Fairfax Media.
"For 10 years, I never let anyone cut my hair as I was afraid they would cut the side parts that I would grow to make the area look thicker, so I cut my own. I would walk in the direction of the wind and wore a matte taupe eyeshadow to colour in my front hairline to make it look lower and fuller, a trick that worked for the camera, but not so well in natural light.
"I had my procedure in June 2015, and it has changed my life. I'm a much more confident man."
Actor James Nesbitt attributed his hair transplant to landing him more roles in television.
"Career-wise, it had an impact. In terms of the range of leading roles I've had since then, it's probably helped," he said last month.
"I'd go so far as to say they've changed my life."
Stefanovic's breakfast show opponent Seven's David "Kochie" Koch, 60, bucks the trend.
The Sunrise star is notably smooth, but Stefanovic is not offered that same luxury. His appeal is his handsome looks and a youthful charm – baldness is not part of that Peter Pan-esque image.
Fairfax Media asked a representative of Karl Stefanovic for a comment.
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