That baldness itch you cannot scratch

You are entitled to having an ego of course. What I think odon is saying and I must agree is that you are now simply making the problem bigger by your (to others perceived as) whining approach. The people that are supposed to help see you are just wallowing in your depressive thoughts which you post repeatingly.
I think it is striking how you react about porkstocks dad. How I read that post his dad sounds very comfortable. Remember I posted a pic of Devin Townsend for example? Same with your perception of Jason Statham. The problem really isn't just that you are getting bald at 19 (which yes we all can agree on sucks majorly) but how you perceive any and everybody that is bald, have to cut their hair short because of getting bald and of course the lovely people that don't give a shit and enjoy their remaining long hair without worrying what judgemental assholes might think of their bald spot on top or their big forehead.

Yeah I've heard Judaism is all about looks...

 

yeah man fuck this thread. I gotta stop thinking about it. I still am really wanting to take the drugs for it though, but I know the possible consequences. I gotta stop browsing certain forums (I don't mean HF) They are making me angry.
Maybe it's jsut my frizzy long hair that's bothering me. I'll prolly cut it short soon or jsut try to gorget about it. There's no point in draggin on this thread, I'm fucking pissed as all hell, but thinking about it and writing about it on the internet is not going to help + it's embarassing. So peace, thanks for talking to me. Don't reply I guess.

Maybe I'll get my grampa's high forehededness. He's still got like enough hair not to be "bald" so maybe I'll stay like him. I'm around that region now, but just on the edge of it. Maybe it'll just level out for a while. I mean I'm not even fucking 20.

I want to dip school and live in a commune in a forest. I lived in the forest all summer and didn't loose hair and feel like shit all day at all. Apparently the city makes your hair more grimy and gross too, because of the air, not to mention biking through traffic for half an hour every morning. Fuck the fucking city.

 

You think you got problems? Going bald is a nuisance at worst

Just shave your head already. Then it's a choice.

No one worth caring about will care if you don't have thick/long hair. Stop obsessing and liberate yourself.

 

quoted for emphasis :2thumbsup:

 

Man I really want to liberate myself, but I don't want to shave my head. And it seems like with MPB, shaving your head is the only way to liberate yourself.

I like my long hair, it still looks cool when I wear a bandana....

 

Hair loss blows man. I have this problem too.

I actually made a note about it here:

http://sprng.me/ibd0b

I think topical glycolic acid is the best bet as it purges the dead skin, liberates the follicles from keratin, oil and infection, etc

I have a bottle that I hope to try soon.


Oh, also, my backup plan if all else fails was a long or long-ish wig/piece on somewhere like Hair Direct or a cheaper alternative, like this guy:

http://www.hairdirect.com/video/clients/ron.aspx

or a wig like the long-haired guy in this Hot Tub Time Machine shot, as of course the fringe would hide it quite well:

http://www.lefrelonvert.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Hot-tub-time-machine-450x2701.jpg

Other options are bandanas, hats, making the most of the hair at the back, and so on. The whole thing sucks though, I totally know how you feel.

Oh, a forum called "Immortal Hair" is well worth a visit too

 

Oh, and finasteride messed me up too!

 

man I could never deal with this.

Honestly HF has been better for me than any of the hairloss forums. The people with thousands of posts about hairloss are bound to be fucking neurotic asshole pricks -- and all they do is tell you to take finasteride anyways.

HF actually has some highly intelligent people who give great advice!

I just want to get an HT!

 

Maybe... I'm one of those guys with thousands of posts though lol

But... that's because my hair loss started after a decline in systemic health. I researched heavily partly due to vanity but also due to a concern for my health. If you ask me I have no doubt AT ALL that male pattern baldness is intimately tied to systemic health, at least for many, and this is via the HPA axis (human stress response) - specifically the CRH hormone.

Immortal Hair is not like other hair forums trust me lol

But yeah erm... honestly give the glycolic acid a whirl, or if not maybe I can just let you know if it works for me

Also sorry for all the edits of that last post - this is something I have looked into a lot...

 

maybe I'll check it out. Fuck fucking hairlosshelp. Why did I start an account there? those guys are cocksucking asshole Fin-supporting motherfuckers

 

haha that place is pretty bad but hair loss TALK is even worse!! lol

Immortal Hair is all natural and cool and open-minded and stuff

 

Hedgeclipper - could you have deeper issues related to appearance and confidence perhaps? And hair loss is just a catalyst???

 

I guess so, but that really just means hair loss is the deeper issue. IT's a very shitty issue. I used to very much like myself, but the hair loss totally ruined that

 

In That Pic That I Commented On, We Didn't Get To See Your Receding

Hairline, Any Chance Of A Pic Showing How Bad The Situation

Really Is....???



Cheers Glen.

 

Hedgeclipper, I have so many young friends who are going through this as well. Hair thinning.
And they cut it short are are rocking it! I'm sorry it's affecting you in such a horrible way, I'm sure other people who see you don't even pay attention to that!

 

I'm with glen (ha, he wishes!), we need to see a pic.

 

I actually think it's very insensitive and ignorant to make out that losing almost all the hair on one's head is not a big deal and shouldn't bother someone.

Of course it bothers the person, it's an awful thing to happen

Sorry, I just don't get why people brush it off. My hair has been slowly thinning for almost 5 years (it still looks ok) and not once have I thought "Meh, who cares right, it's just hair "

I'm sorry but it's just not like that. Hair is a part of self-image and who you are. We've all (as far as I know!) had hair on our heads since birth. To suddenly lose it permanently feels awful.

I don't really give any time to people who try to make out the person is just being silly or vain to the point of concern for their mental health.

Just because we aren't very good at controlling something or it is common, doesn't mean it is nothing.

Not being sexist at all but for most women out there in this world... if they were to lose their hair, what do you think it would happen? Tears, distress, depression. Hair is a big part of self identity.

When I first started losing mine I cried several times and really badly too.

I think usually it's not even that the body wants to shed its hair - it's a hormonal imbalance that's usually health-regulated (genes lay the groundwork for this though, of course).

Anyway erm, all I'm saying is don't belittle something that is obviously hurtful because that just makes it more hurtful.

Thanks!

 

I don't think most of us are doing such a thing to say it is a nonexisting problem or something. It's just that he should accept himself and wether he like it or not his lack of hair is part of himself. It's not fun to read him saying he is disgusted by the look of his head due to his hairloss. It's not going to get better. Not all people that look at him think the same. He simply has to accept all of himself in order to make the best of it.
It's the same with people having a too big nose for instance. If you don't get to terms with your big nose you stay either unhappy or struggling to get the means to do something radical about it (surgery).
And the real reason a person would be such unhappy with his/her nose is because they assume everyone is as disgusted by his face as the owner of the nose itself. When reality is more likely that people may be disgusted by his/her depressive attitude and lack of self acceptance than his actual nose.
Sure, people may notice other people have a bigger nose or a serious lack of hair but is it really worth getting depressed over? I see so many people that do not match the beauty stereotype yet are so happy and radiant and confident in their appearance and with themself it really is not a problem for them to not match it! :2thumbsup:

 

hm, I don't agree that having a big nose and losing all your hair are the same.

But yeah erm, this is why we research ways to stop hair loss

As I say I am currently very much suspecting a stress hormone called CRH (which elevates tissue DHT and starts the process). It doesn't have to be triggered by mental stress either, also physical stress like poor health in general or GI distress.

 

I posted about this on one of those hairloss forums (that hippilopa recommended). pics r there.

http://immortalhair.forumandco.com/t9566-what-should-i-do-pics


It's getting to a breaking point now. Like I've been mildly depressed about it for years, but I'm only now on the tipping point of looking like a baldie


I just feel so sad everytime people are like, what you're 19? dude I thought you were 30something. Hurts a lot.

they don't when you're older. At my age they do.

Unfortunately, I think due to our toxic environment, my generation will be going bald MUCH much younger. Like there are a lot of men who started in their 30's and slowly progressed over the years in the previous generation, but those men, in this generation, will start in their teens and be at the stage that the older generation would've been at 60, when they're 30. It probably has to do with the modern diet and environment, etc.

I really wanna get the surgery, just to make it through my 20s. It's not hard to be a successful baldie, if you had hair when you got started, but attaining any success in life when you're ALREADY a baldie is very difficult. Unfortunately, the docgtors tell me I have to wait until I'm at least 20 or 21 to get the surgery. The doctors just say take finasteride. But everyone knows you can't have sex anymore once you take it. It has even been reported to turn a small percentage of those who take it gay. And that's pretty fucked up.