The FUCK! I'm Going Bald? Thread

[stray]

Everyone tells me I'm paranoid, but I know my hair.. I think I'm thinning on top (possibly could be traced back to April when I died 3 times in one month :X But after I shaved it all off, I noticed some thinning... and it's grown out thin).

So what works, do you think? I actually bought some Rogaine equivalent (cheaper), that's supposedly for top thinning. Anyone have luck with it? I can't be the only fool who's tried this.

[Trippy]

I have a friend who used it (not sure if he still is). It did help slow his hair loss but it didn't stop it completely.

[Broughden]

Everyone tells me I'm paranoid, but I know my hair.. I think I'm thinning on top (possibly could be traced back to April when I died 3 times in one month :X But after I shaved it all off, I noticed some thinning... and it's grown out thin).

So what works, do you think? I actually bought some Rogaine equivalent (cheaper), that's supposedly for top thinning. Anyone have luck with it? I can't be the only fool who's tried this.

I started going bald at late 20's. Never used rogaine. Figured being thin on top was better than having oily hair from the medication. Now I just shave my head.


I suggest this:

[stray]

Lol, I don't know about that either.


I feel like I've wasted money on the Rogaine crap too. I hear the head can get worse if you stop using it. Great..

[apocrypha]

Trying to hide male pattern baldness in any way just serves to highlight both the baldness *and* your insecurity about it.

Embrace it. You don't have any real choice. Crew cut for the rest of your life is the only thing that doesn't make you look like a douche.

[schild]

Lol, I don't know about that either.


I feel like I've wasted money on the Rogaine crap too. I hear the head can get worse if you stop using it. Great..

I'm going bald. I keep my hair under half an inch, if that. Generally about a quarter after a haircut. My problem is that I'm only going bald on the top of my head and nowhere else, and I'm not gonna be some motherfucker with a roman crown. The moment it gets super bad, it's shaved head time.

[stray]

Trying to hide male pattern baldness in any way just serves to highlight both the baldness *and* your insecurity about it.

Embrace it. You don't have any real choice. Crew cut for the rest of your life is the only thing that doesn't make you look like a douche.

What exactly is male pattern baldness? It's only thin on top. No one can really tell unless a light is shining on top.. Like you can make out my scalp shape. I have no receding pattern though. In fact, I have even have a couple of stray hairs at the top of my forehead (not that that really means anything, but I'm just illustrating that I have more than enough hair in the front).

Anyways, I agree though.. I'm not interesting in hiding anything.. But if there's a way to nip it in the bud now, I would. Or if i should just say fuck it and shave my head, I'll do that too.

edit: sounds like we might be in the same predicament, schild.. or i'm heading there.

[schild]

There's no way to combat it. It is, in fact, the holy grail of the cosmetics industry. So much so that there are multiple movies about it. Hell, wasn't Duplicity about it and that came out just last year?

ANYWAY.

Just cope. Enjoy your hair while it lasts and eventually, take a razor to your head. C'est la vie.

[Merusk]

Yeah, no cure no way of coping.  Sorry 'bout your luck.

[stray]

<desperately tells himself> It was too much dyeing.

Damn, I hope.

But thanks for the advice. I might just need to actually cope. 

[Yegolev]

Male pattern baldness is what males get.  Female pattern baldness is what females get, which is an overall thinning.

I figure I will have two choices if mine starts to go: be a creepy douchebag or shave my head.  Haven't decided yet.

[Nebu]

I started going bald at late 20's. Never used rogaine. Figured being thin on top was better than having oily hair from the medication. Now I just shave my head.

I shaved my head at 36 and have been shaved ever since.  I have discovered that there is a population of women out there that have a thing for bald men.  It was a wonderful discovery. 

As an alternative, I could have used Chia seeds. 

[schild]

<desperately tells himself> It was too much dyeing.

Between Asian genes and dyes, yea, you had it coming.

[SnakeCharmer]

Yup.

Getting a thin spot in the back.  Going to look like I'm wearing a skin colored yamaka in a 5-10 years.  The rest of my hair is fine - nice and thick, with zero grey.  But that little spot in the back where I've got a cowlick?  Getting thin.  I've made the rogaine or razor decision.  I won't go with the full Telly Savalas look, though.  I've got an ugly, lumpy head.   I'm just going to keep cutting my hair closer and closer.

[slog]

Another vote for shaving your head.  I've been doing it for about 5 years now.  I started out with the "do it yourself clippers at 1/2 an inch guard" haircut at age 30.  Gradually, I've worked down ever since. 

The real issue isn't about whether or not you should shave your head.  It's the following:

1) How many times a week to you shave it?
2) What Razor?
3) In the shower or in the sink?


The answers are 1) 3 times a week 2) Anything with 4 blades.  The Headblade is nice if you are not coordinated and 3) In the shower.  (get a suction cup mirror from Wal-mart)

[gryeyes]

I think I may be going slowly bald,but Ive always had a receded hairline so its difficult to tell. I did shave my head down to skin and i swear it grew back a bit thinner then before. I really could give less of a fuck I shave my head anyway,if it gets bad Ill shave it to skin. Sucks that pale white guys tend to look sickly with shaved heads.

[Trippy]

<desperately tells himself> It was too much dyeing.

Between Asian genes and dyes, yea, you had it coming.

Asian males are less likely to have male pattern baldness than Caucasians cause they tend to produce less DHT in their bodies. That's actually what drugs like Propecia do -- they reduce the production of DHT.

[Nebu]

Asian males are less likely to have male pattern baldness than Caucasians cause they tend to produce less DHT in their bodies. That's actually what drugs like Propecia do -- they reduce the production of DHT.

Very true.  This is also why they demonstrate the side effect profile that they do. 

[Selby]

Get on the drugs while you still can or prepare yourself for the razor.

[schild]

I can't see those drugs doing more than delaying the inevitable.

And only a minor delay at that.

[Signe]

Stop worrying about it or you'll go bald.  Srsly.

[Brogarn]

Count me as another who said "fuck it" and shaved his head. February of '96 and haven't looked back.

[Sky]

Confidence is sexier than hair.

[stray]

Stop worrying about it or you'll go bald.  Srsly.

What everyone is telling me.


Asian genes.. Actually, it's my old man (caucasian) who went bald (but very early, like in highschool...). If I get anything from the Asian side, it's this poofy ass Asian fro (think Spike Spiegel). I will literally look like fucking Bozo if I go bald on top.  


Anyhow, I actually shaved my head. With an 8 guard, which is as long as it gets shaving wise. For some reason, it doesn't seem as thin now.

[Cyrrex]

Turns out you were just wrong about thinning, and now you're just a shaved douchebag.

I've been going bald very slowly for about 13 or 14 years.  I am at the point where I am considering shaving it all off, but my wife is being a bit of an ass about it and I'm not sure why.  I think she's afraid that I'll have one of those lumpy, misshapen heads (and she may be right).

[Yegolev]

She is afraid it might make you attractive.

[NiX]

Anyhow, I actually shaved my head. With an 8 guard, which is as long as it gets shaving wise. For some reason, it doesn't seem as thin now.

That's because you are your own worst enemy and now you paid for it. Does anyone know, genetically, where your hair comes from? If baldness can be seen in grandparents, I am fucking set. At 80 my grandfather has a full head of hair.

[Viin]

I think some folks look at their mother's father. Donno if that's accurate or not, but maybe that'll make you feel better (or worse).

[Ard]

I figure I will have two choices if mine starts to go: be a creepy douchebag or shave my head.  Haven't decided yet.

If you choose creepy douchebag, do not forget the overly large handlebar mustache.  It's a requirement and not an optional.

[Yegolev]

Does anyone know, genetically, where your hair comes from? If baldness can be seen in grandparents, I am fucking set. At 80 my grandfather has a full head of hair.

The gene for male pattern baldness is on the X chromosome and therefore always comes from your mother.

If you choose creepy douchebag, do not forget the overly large handlebar mustache.  It's a requirement and not an optional.

Ah, good lookin' out, I was going to go with gold jewelry and the Super Mario moustache.  Combined with a combover, I thought I would be unstoppable.

[Cyrrex]

I think some folks look at their mother's father. Donno if that's accurate or not, but maybe that'll make you feel better (or worse).

This is what I've always heard as well, and it holds true in my case.

She is afraid it might make you attractive.

I doubt it, but who knows?  It did wonders on my nutsack.

[Yegolev]

 

[Lantyssa]

You could always get a wig.

One of my cousins has been nearly completely bald since his early 20's.  He shrugged and took a razor to it.

[Yegolev]

Are you talking about his head or his nuts?

[Tebonas]

Short hair, then go shaved head if that doesn't work anymore. No problem with that, you just completed the evolution from ape to man!