These are the kind of people who sport comb-overs, insisting to everyone – including themselves – that they are not balding. A scale salesman once told me that many people, despite being willing to share their weight with a doctor, do not want to look at the precise numbers themselves.
但还有另一个复杂之处：有些人不愿面对自身的“私隐”。有些人想方设法把两侧头发梳到头顶，坚持向所有人——包括自身——表现自己没有秃顶。一个体重秤产品的推销员曾告诉我说虽然有些人愿意让医生称量自己的体重，但却不愿去看具体的数字。这些现实的数据让他们感到害怕。