Who Says There's Life After Baldness?!

[Highlander]

I was reading a lot of comments from people on here that were telling me hair doesn't equal happiness, and it made me do some thinking. So much so that I decided to call my mother up for a chat. I wanted to come clean on my battle with hair loss, and hopefully get some advice from her.

I just got off the phone with her then, and I can't express how cold-heartedly and horrendously you lot have lied to me...

After telling my mother that I wasn't feeling well, we got talking about the medication I took that started all this. As soon as I mentioned hair loss she had this to say:

"Highlander, I've known about this for a long time. Your dermatologist called me up in private and told me about what the medication had caused in you. When you were sleeping at nights I would come into your room and inspect your hair to see how things were going.

I didn't want my son to go bald, and I still don't want you to. Every hair you lose is to me like losing another part of my son. I married your father because he had a full head of hair, and I didn't want to have my children to have to suffer through what my brothers had to.

If you go bald I don't know what I'll do. I find it hard just to imagine the day. I don't want to have to look a bald man in the eyes and call him my son. Please, Highlander, do what you can to fight this."

There you go! If I go bald my own Mother won't even love me! Don't tell me this doesn't matter! Don't tell me happiness isn't found only with what's on my Head!! MY HAIR IS MY HAPPINESS!!!!!!!

NW1 OR DIE AT NW3!!!!!!!!!

[Highlander]

I think it's time I take a break from this hair loss forum. I can't handle the negativity anymore. I came here to get away and talk about my secret shame, and instead it's turned into yet another facet of my life that I fear going into.

Read this at my funeral:

"Alas, poor Highlander! I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! My gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? "

[gmonasco]

[youngsufferer]

I used to say people who complained of early hair loss were babies. I recently started to get back in touch with old friends that I had lost contact with.(because of my hairloss) Things didn't go well.


If you're 18-21 and losing a lot of hair, either kill yourself or become a hermit. I'm a big fan of philosopher David Hume, and after reading more and more I can only come to the conclusion that life is not worth living with this disease. We are selfish creatures by nature, in a sense that everything we do is strictly motivated by self interest. I hang out with my friends because I enjoy their company, or I do nice things for my mom because I enjoy making her feel like a good mother. There is no such thing as unconditional love in this world because love is conditional. How can you love(which is simply brain chemicals) something you have no affiliation with? Coming to this realization made me realize that life is about self righteous pleasures. The sad thing is I haven't really felt any pleasure since 18 years old right before I started losing hair.

Every single day I look in the mirror nowadays is just disappointment, knowing it'll only get worse, never better. I play out scenarios in my head of how my life will be, only to shoot down my own ideas because I remember I'll be bald by then. This disease has robbed me of everything, every simple pleasure I used to have is gone because of this stupid shit. I could care less being a hypocrite and complaining like I am now, I have nothing because of this disease.

[Highlander]

Originally Posted by youngsufferer

I used to say people who complained of early hair loss were babies. I recently started to get back in touch with old friends that I had lost contact with.(because of my hairloss) Things didn't go well.


If you're 18-21 and losing a lot of hair, either kill yourself or become a hermit. I'm a big fan of philosopher David Hume, and after reading more and more I can only come to the conclusion that life is not worth living with this disease. We are selfish creatures by nature, in a sense that everything we do is strictly motivated by self interest. I hang out with my friends because I enjoy their company, or I do nice things for my mom because I enjoy making her feel like a good mother. There is no such thing as unconditional love in this world because love is conditional. How can you love(which is simply brain chemicals) something you have no affiliation with? Coming to this realization made me realize that life is about self righteous pleasures. The sad thing is I haven't really felt any pleasure since 18 years old right before I started losing hair.

Every single day I look in the mirror nowadays is just disappointment, knowing it'll only get worse, never better. I play out scenarios in my head of how my life will be, only to shoot down my own ideas because I remember I'll be bald by then. This disease has robbed me of everything, every simple pleasure I used to have is gone because of this stupid shit. I could care less being a hypocrite and complaining like I am now, I have nothing because of this disease.

Good Lord, I know how you feel.

Just get on the big three, ride it out, hope to maintain what you've got, and maybe a HT here or there. Death isn't an option until every avenue has been exhausted / you become NW3 sub-human scum.

[youngsufferer]

Originally Posted by Highlander

Good Lord, I know how you feel.

Just get on the big three, ride it out, hope to maintain what you've got, and maybe a HT here or there. Death isn't an option until every avenue has been exhausted / you become NW3 sub-human scum.

The horrible truth is that I already am NW3, refuse to take fin. If this new pgd2 inhibitor is another dead end, I'm sad to report that I won't be part of this life anymore, it's simply not worth it.

[Highlander]

Just take fin. It's either you live with the sides, or don't live at all. The choice is yours. Also try RU58441 or whatever it is. The topical Finasteride.

Are you using minox or niz at the moment?

[youngsufferer]

Already had pubertal gynecomastia removed last year, not dealing with that again so fin is out of the question. Niz seems to be slowing my loss down, my only guess would be I have really really bad inflammation without it, and i saw 0 results from minox. I'm just praying for OC000459

[Highlander]

Originally Posted by youngsufferer

Already had pubertal gynecomastia removed last year, not dealing with that again so fin is out of the question. Niz seems to be slowing my loss down, my only guess would be I have really really bad inflammation without it, and i saw 0 results from minox. I'm just praying for OC000459

I also had pubertal gyno. Taking fin hasn't caused it to come back. It's merely listed as a side-effect that is possible, but by no means guaranteed.

How long did you use minox for? You need over a year on it, and sometimes all it does is slow down loss too. Niz and Minox are good, but you really need fin for the heavy lifting. The other two are just like supplements to Finasteride.

Out of curiosity, what was the recover time like for your gyno operation? I heard from some people that you can't even lift your arms for a few days, and need someone to help you with everything.

[youngsufferer]

Originally Posted by Highlander

I also had pubertal gyno. Taking fin hasn't caused it to come back. It's merely listed as a side-effect that is possible, but by no means guaranteed.

How long did you use minox for? You need over a year on it, and sometimes all it does is slow down loss too. Niz and Minox are good, but you really need fin for the heavy lifting. The other two are just like supplements to Finasteride.

Out of curiosity, what was the recover time like for your gyno operation? I heard from some people that you can't even lift your arms for a few days, and need someone to help you with everything.

I used minox for I believe 8 months, got frustrated spending the money. I went to Dr. Wilcox located in Texas here in the states. Mine was a minor case, but he developed the technique of going in through the armpits leaving no visible scarring. Looks great and only downside is being 5k poorer. I was back in the gym after week 2,