Coworker with hair loss. Should I get involved?

[rhysmorgan]

I have been thinking about this topic for about a week now. Maybe some of you can chime in with your experiences and thoughts.

I have this coworker that recently buzzed his head and I noticed his extensive hair loss. He covered it up pretty well before with a comb over. I did notice his crown loss prior to him buzzing his head, but didn't realize how bad the loss really was. I would say he is diffused NW4, in his early thirties. This coworker and I aren't close friends or anything like that, we just talk here and there.

Do you guys think I should get involved and tell him about available treatments? Should I just leave it alone and not get him involved in all this insanity? Have any of you ever given unsolicited hair loss advice? Maybe it is too late to save my coworker, but what about earlier norwoods? What is the protocol on giving hair loss advice?

I wish somebody would have given me advice years ago. A family member, friend, casual acquaintance, anybody. What do you guys think?

He's dealing with it in the best way possible. Your approach is to recommend highly ineffectual treatments to someone who has accepted their situation.

[Jcm800]

It all depends Ryan, I know the guy I asked quite well, I weighed it up, and no offence was taken..

[ryan555]

I am serious. You are probably right about him not caring, but it's hard to tell. If you sport a comb over you definitely are not proud of being bald. Him buzzing his head might be a sign that he has come to grips with it, but maybe not. I have been buzzing my head for close to 10 years and still care about hair loss. I understand what you are saying about available information on the internet, but not everybody knows about forums such as these.

Thanks for the response though. I will definitely take it under advisement.

If he doesn't know how to Google "hair loss treatments," then there is no helping him. Trust me, if he's concerned about it, he will seek out and find information. By the way, how would this be different than going up to an overweight person and giving them fitness advice? I say mind your own business. If nothing else, it's a really bad idea to get personal with coworkers.

[Jcm800]

Funny you should ask this, this week I approached a guy at work and asked him he felt about his thinning hair, as mine is too, We laughed about it, he denied it's thinning, and we left it at that. He claimed it wasn't a big deal.

[Notcoolanymore]

I am serious. You are probably right about him not caring, but it's hard to tell. If you sport a comb over you definitely are not proud of being bald. Him buzzing his head might be a sign that he has come to grips with it, but maybe not. I have been buzzing my head for close to 10 years and still care about hair loss. I understand what you are saying about available information on the internet, but not everybody knows about forums such as these.

Thanks for the response though. I will definitely take it under advisement.

[ryan555]

Are you being serious? No, you should not approach him about his hair loss. He might not care at all, in which case you will be perceived as nosy and rude. If he is self conscious about it, he doesn't want you bringing attention to it. He has the Internet, if he's worried about it there is a plethora of publicly available information for him to find on his own.

[Notcoolanymore]

I have been thinking about this topic for about a week now. Maybe some of you can chime in with your experiences and thoughts.

I have this coworker that recently buzzed his head and I noticed his extensive hair loss. He covered it up pretty well before with a comb over. I did notice his crown loss prior to him buzzing his head, but didn't realize how bad the loss really was. I would say he is diffused NW4, in his early thirties. This coworker and I aren't close friends or anything like that, we just talk here and there.

Do you guys think I should get involved and tell him about available treatments? Should I just leave it alone and not get him involved in all this insanity? Have any of you ever given unsolicited hair loss advice? Maybe it is too late to save my coworker, but what about earlier norwoods? What is the protocol on giving hair loss advice?

I wish somebody would have given me advice years ago. A family member, friend, casual acquaintance, anybody. What do you guys think?