Hair loss has long been shunned in South Korea, a country renowned for its extreme beauty standards and cosmetic surgery industry.
While the stigma surrounding baldness remains, the taboo of discussing treatments is being challenged.
The president says procedures should be covered by health insurance, warning it is a matter of survival when it comes to people competing for jobs.
Al Jazeera’s Jack Barton reports from Seoul, South Korea.
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