“In II Kings 2:23-24, the prophet Elisha is mocked by a gang of surly kids. The kids ‘said unto him, ‘Go up, you bald head! Go up, you bald head!'” In other words, the stigma about balding has been around for a long time. In The New Yorker, Amos Barshad looks at the latest in ointments, robotics, and other fixes and asks: Is the Age-Old Quest for a Baldness Cure Reaching Its End?

+ “The face workout would consist of a warmup, a cardio portion, a sculpting portion, and a lengthening cool-down.” Jia Tolentino: My Visit to the World’s First Gym for Your Face.