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Jake O'Kane: Hair today, gone tomorrow...

I'd have argued I was in possession of a full head of hair but there was no arguing with the studio lights bouncing off my bald patch. I mentioned my hair loss to an aunt. "Awk well, sure you being ginger, it's really a kindness from God."

Jake's ears are burning... Sean at Cambridge Barbers on Belfast's Lisburn Road sorts out Jake's hairy ears
Jake O'Kane
I thought I'd end this short series of columns on the ageing process by considering hair - or rather, the loss of it. I first realised I was losing my hair when I caught sight of myself on a telev[...]

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