By NANCY MORGAN

Joseph Romero, a 6 year-old Arizona boy, was diagnosed as transgender last October and is beginning his/her transition to becoming a female. When he/she reaches the age of 12, he will be given female hormones containing estrogen and plans to undergo surgery when she is an adult in order to become a full woman.

In the UK last September, a 12 year-old boy turned up at school as a girl. Over the summer holidays his parents changed his name to a female one and allowed him to don female garb and wear his hair in pigtails. The youngster is now preparing to undergo hormone treatment and surgery – and could become the world’s youngest sex-swap patient in the coming years. His school has graciously provided him/her a separate toilet and changing room.

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By NANCY MORGAN

Men, all men, want a full head of hair. No matter how secure, powerful, rich or successful a man is, his Achilles heel is the pattern of his hair growth.

It is the rare man who accepts the inevitable loss of his hair with grace. Most believe a full head of hair equates with youth, vigor and masculinity. And he will go to desperate lengths to hide a thinning thatch.

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