new guy feel so unhappy

[DAVE52]

OK so they find a cure .

What is it .... a pill you have to take for the rest of your life with side effects

Maybe I'm jaded but by the time they fiund a cure I'll be long gone

The best cure is to shave your head and embrace it

[matlondon]

Not this silly conspiracy theory claptrap again!

Let's think of some examples shall we? Just because dial up internet made companies a lot of money from people racking up huge phone bills, it didn't stop someone introducing cheaper, faster broadband did it?

Just because large oil companies rely on the automotive industry, it hasn't stopped the continuing development of electric cars and cars that run on hydrogen has it?

Just because Microsoft dominated the market for well over a decade, it didn't stop Apple breaking through did it?

That's the point; sure, there are those who don't want a cure to come out. But the reality is that the returns from a cure and all the things above will be far too great for any company, regardless of size, to stop it. Also, you simply cannot silence that many people.

Oh, and of course, the returns from Propecia are pathetic compared to what Merck could make from a drug which is more effective and has less side effects.

The difference between this product is that you'll have an endless supply of people losing their hair, people will lose there hair 100 of years in the future, but a product that stops and regrowns you hair well your looking at returns that will last hundreds of years and massive profits.
So those that dont want to find cure will lose out of some major profits to be made, its increasing returns to scale if they bring out a cure.

Look right now only a very small proportion of people >4% are seeking hair lose help, because its a risk and not 100%, you bring out a product that is 100% to give all your hair back you'll most likely see 90% or more customers.

The Demand is there, just need to fill it in, teeth hair regeneration will be the 2 biggest products that this capital system will ever see, we arnt talking about million we are talking about billions even trillions to be made in profits.

[Jack21]

People ask me all the time what the scar is and they're 100% sober. Don't feel bad. I simply say that I had surgery and would prefer not to get into the details. I can't see the scar unless I look at the back of my head with another mirror so I pretty much just don't look at it unless I'm cutting my hair. Out of sight, out of mind I guess. I get a bit of a shock every time I see it, but then realize that most people see me the way I see myself in the mirror and don't walk around me to look at the back. I don't know. I just try to deal with it.

i read ur story (every last post) and I feel for you. if it makes you feel any better, I'd think the scar on ur head looks badass, not just the ones on ur shoulder



Now that I think about it, I remember being at a party at my friend's brother's house (this was while I was in college) and there was a guy there in his late 20s/early 30s with a shaved head and a massive scar in back, ear to ear. Well, being the insensitive douche that I am when drunk, I bluntly asked him how he got it and he got really really upset. Obviously I felt bad...I really don't know what I was expecting him to say...its not like he could've gotten it from anything "cool". I suppose, like I said, I thought it was badass...

I doubt it, but I hope that guy wasn't you

[Fixed by 35]

Not this silly conspiracy theory claptrap again!

Let's think of some examples shall we? Just because dial up internet made companies a lot of money from people racking up huge phone bills, it didn't stop someone introducing cheaper, faster broadband did it?

Just because large oil companies rely on the automotive industry, it hasn't stopped the continuing development of electric cars and cars that run on hydrogen has it?

Just because Microsoft dominated the market for well over a decade, it didn't stop Apple breaking through did it?

That's the point; sure, there are those who don't want a cure to come out. But the reality is that the returns from a cure and all the things above will be far too great for any company, regardless of size, to stop it. Also, you simply cannot silence that many people.

Oh, and of course, the returns from Propecia are pathetic compared to what Merck could make from a drug which is more effective and has less side effects.

[DAVE52]

............ just counting the days till they bring out a cure, have been saving my money for that.

You really think they want to find a cure
If they do think of how many docs will have nothing to do
Think about the manufacurters of all these uselss so-called hair remedies all goign bellyup

[matlondon]

I'm having one of those weeks now

I probbaly sleep two or three hrs a night and then wake up at 4 am and then toss and turn until 8 am

I'm exhausted when I get into work and can't wait for the day to end so I can go home and pass out due to being so f'n tired

I look forward to the week end when I don't have to get up and face the world

I think I need to visit the shrink again so he can put me on depression pills or something

Like you, I hate what my hair loss has done to me mentally and I wish I could be like other people an dnot give a rat's *ss .

Some of us just take it a lot harder, as the values in society a rated hihger amounst us. just counting the days till they bring out a cure, have been saving my money for that.

[zero_confidence_balder]

i read ur story (every last post) and I feel for you. if it makes you feel any better, I'd think the scar on ur head looks badass, not just the ones on ur shoulder



Now that I think about it, I remember being at a party at my friend's brother's house (this was while I was in college) and there was a guy there in his late 20s/early 30s with a shaved head and a massive scar in back, ear to ear. Well, being the insensitive douche that I am when drunk, I bluntly asked him how he got it and he got really really upset. Obviously I felt bad...I really don't know what I was expecting him to say...its not like he could've gotten it from anything "cool". I suppose, like I said, I thought it was badass...

I doubt it, but I hope that guy wasn't you

[zero_confidence_balder]

Read his story
If it is wans't for the scar in the back of his head he wouldn't have a problem
Apparently it is very noticebale
I feel for hm and I apparently don't have a huge scar I just have zero confidence right now

my bad, didn't know that. Sorry

[DAVE52]

dude, seriously? I can barely tell the difference. your hairline may have receded a TINY bit, but you honestly look good in the second pic. Shaved head suits u man. I'm not just shitting you to make you feel better haha

Its all about confidence and how you present yourself to other people. Girls (or guys if ur into that) LOVE confidence in a man

Read his story
If it is wans't for the scar in the back of his head he wouldn't have a problem
Apparently it is very noticebale
I feel for hm and I apparently don't have a huge scar I just have zero confidence right now

[zero_confidence_balder]

I should add that he's the only person who has said "good for you for shaving your head" (not in those exact words, but you get the gist). Everybody else looks at me in horror and says "Jack, why did you do that?" my family included. When even your parents are appalled by your appearance and suggest that you do something to hide it what the hell are your chances of making peace with it? 1 person in is my corner and the rest of the world is telling me to "Please put a hat on" or "just go to hair club". Its been 1 week of work with my shaved head and it is really, really miserable but I am positive that after enough time has passed people will get used to it. I tried this before and only lasted a couple of weeks. This is going to take months if not a year. I throw a hat on every chance I get so its fine away from work but I spend 9 hours a day 5 or 6 days a week at work. The hazing that I had to endure in the army when I was moved to a veteran rifle company was horrible. Combat was terrifying and I would be lying if I said that it doesn't still screw with my emotions. But this, the disdain shown to a man b/c he is now ugly and used to be good looking - I just can't understand it. It is the worst I have ever felt in my life. I just want to go back into the army but with my injuries I'd be sitting behind a desk which is the one thing that is worse than death - worse even than this. At least I still have my honor even if my hair is gone.

This was then.



This is now. It is tough to look at the two next to each other.

dude, seriously? I can barely tell the difference. your hairline may have receded a TINY bit, but you honestly look good in the second pic. Shaved head suits u man. I'm not just shitting you to make you feel better haha

Its all about confidence and how you present yourself to other people. Girls (or guys if ur into that) LOVE confidence in a man

[DAVE52]

............. There are days that i can't stop crying i just want to die today is one of them, i have watery eyes as i type this, i can't work because i dont want to stress my hair any longer i want to work but iam scared thet it will get faster. Every night i dream and hope that the cure will be around the corner dreaming that histogen and folica will release their product in the UK soon, i try and aviod the sun, i just hate my life really, sometimes i wonder why was i bless with such bad luck all i want is to have hair like beckham or brad pitt.

I'm having one of those weeks now

I probbaly sleep two or three hrs a night and then wake up at 4 am and then toss and turn until 8 am

I'm exhausted when I get into work and can't wait for the day to end so I can go home and pass out due to being so f'n tired

I look forward to the week end when I don't have to get up and face the world

I think I need to visit the shrink again so he can put me on depression pills or something

Like you, I hate what my hair loss has done to me mentally and I wish I could be like other people an dnot give a rat's *ss .

[Fixed by 35]

In that case, surely you don't have a hairline? I think you can just about make out the difference between baldness and hair on a shaved head, but so what? Apparently its trendy, although I don't like it myself. If it really bothers you, get one of those micro tattoo things.

[packette]

I would say I'm pretty close to a vi.

[Fixed by 35]

To be honest, whenever I see someone who has wet shaved the top of their head, I assume they're a Norwood VI or VII. Why would anyone else do that?

[packette]

Can I ask you guys a qustion? If I shave my head completely with a blade, can people still easily tell where my hairline ends??
Thanks!