Hair Loss and Identity: The Emotional Side With Dr. Niranjan Shintre

Healthy Mind, Healthy Life · Oct 13, 2026 · 30m

We talk about confidence and self-care, but how often do we talk about the quiet distress of losing part of how we have always seen ourselves? For many people, hair loss is not just a cosmetic concern. It touches identity, culture, and the way we feel when we look in the mirror. In this episode of Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, host Avik talks with Dr. Niranjan Shintre, a board-certified surgeon and hair transplant physician at Maxim Hair Restoration, about the emotional side of hair loss.

Dr. Shintre explains why he sees hair loss as a loss of identity, not only vanity, and why so many people…