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Are bald men better in bed?

Bald men have higher levels of the male hormone testosterone.

“I prefer my man tall, dark, bald and handsome,” a female friend shocked me recently.

I was puzzled. She revealed that bald men are ‘warriors in bed’, that they know the right buttons to make a woman go bananas! Doing a bit of research, I found out that in fact, bald men have higher levels of the male hormone testosterone, making  them more masculine thus increasing their sex drive. According to Dr John Ong’ech, an obstetrician gynecologist, it is true that balding is dependent on testosterone. The doctor confirmed that testosterone is the hormone that determines sex drive in men. However, he says, this wouldn’t necessarily mean comparison between bald men and virility.

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