Concealer

[jeffreybaks]

woa, hehe

I mentioned earlier I'm not into bald if you missed it. Iv shaved it before, all my life Iv had buzz cuts. It just grows back u realize then you want to try something else. Thanks for the encouragement though.

Bald tend to look more normal in some ways in my mind on more rounded features, literally i mean. Not so much on thinner people with enlongated facial features. Besides were here to make the best of what little we got better, not to get rid of it. Thats the fun in it all, trying to figure out how the hell your going to make your hair look better then being bald. My grandpa looked like one giant melon head with a few frizzles on the back of his neck, although he was old when he passed last year at 88. I hung out with him a lot so there u have it, i probably picked up some of his genes.

[baldozer]

Jeffrey,

Light brown looks right for you. Dermmatch blends in with natural hair color exceptionally well. You only need to get it close - and you can blend colors if you need to.

There is nothing wrong with wearing concealer if it helps you feel better about yourself. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

That Hairsil stuff is garbage that does absolutely nothing to treat your hair loss. Save your money and ask your doctor for a prescription for Nizoral shampoo and use it once a week. The GNC UltraNourishHair pills do little to nothing meaningful to treat your hair loss as well. Talk to your doctor about Propecia or generic Finasteride. It looks like you have salvageable hair. Though you won't get it all back, you could get a lot back during the course of the three years you need o wait - if you use treatments that are proven effective.

What crap. There is nothing yet that regrows hair, otherwise you won't see any bald man!

[baldozer]

Theres a time limit on editing a post so i have a few more pictures to add. If anyone has used dermmatch and can give me any tips on colors that would be great.

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Why don't you just shave your head. I don't think bald will look bad on you, especially if you rock some facial hair with it. A thin face like yours looks good with a bald head IMO.

[jeffreybaks]

Not to get off topic or anything and I hope the admins don't mind, I have a tendency to get banned in just about every forum I use but since were talking about concealers I recieved this menaji face powder today. Its really sweet, I new it was going to be good but this stuff rocks! It smooths out my big pores farily well and gets rid of that nasty shine that alot of men have. I really like it, you can go to http://www.menaji.com/ and order it with free shipping and 20% off if you use the code MENAJI20 in your checkout where it asks for discounts. I got the powder for 28 bux to the door, its regularly 35 I think. Heres picture with it on for the first time.

Its really great I can get other peoples opinions so if I can help out in any way it makes me feel better. I used the medium blend in case anyone was wondering.

[Buster]

I'm pretty much in the same position. My hair color is similar to yours, although more so in the lighter colored photos. So anyways, I ordered light brown from DerMMatch in the fall and when I finally got around to trying it I didn't like it because it made the area where I was putting it look green (I guess in the areas where my hair is lighter in color). I think I would have been better off using the medium brown, but I really don't feel like ordering it again for another 50 bucks.

[jeffreybaks]

aparently my shipment got lost in transit to UPS carrier from the business I bought it from off of amazon so if I want i have to re order. You guys really think light brown is the best for my hair color? After looking more into it I was leaning more to dark brown before I made this thread. I recently got a mastershape brow pencil that uses wax and in one of the last photos u can tell my brows look more bold, but thats a deep brown and looks pritty damn close to my hair color except there is no dermmatch that remotely even comes close to it. The closest was light brown.

[drybone]

Tracy is dead on... Propecia completely re-covered my crown, I also use 5% Minox foam, but I have to believe the Propecia is the one providing some real growth which is very noticeable, I wasn't skin bald, but damn close on the crown, the remainder was similar to your hair, very thin, I've been on Fin and Minox for 8 months now, no sides whatsoever...only growth, big time growth.

I also had a 2500 hair transplant 7 months ago so I'm basically completely satisfied with my overall results which made me look 10 years younger in this short period of time, I now have a full head of hair.

Best of luck in your endeavors...!

Dale

Good for you Dale . Love reading success stories !!!

[sanook]

Thanks.

I would also recommend having a pack of wet wipes available. Just give your forehead a wipe when you're finished. Wipe right up to the hairline. This will remove any excess concealer that will fall down beyond your hairline when you're applying it. You often won't notice this unless you inspect it carefully in naturally light.

[MackJames]

you're a light brown - same as me.

I find it works best if you apply it to damp hair(not too wet). I also find applying a small amount of gel AFTER takes away the "dry" appearance it can give.

Remember not to apply it too close to your hair line otherwise it will look too obvious you're using it and will look like it's painted on.

I find its best to inspect it with a hand mirror close to a window with a decent amount of natural light. I think if looks good in natural light it should look ok in most lighting conditions.

This is great advice. Follow it to a T.

[sanook]

you're a light brown - same as me.

I find it works best if you apply it to damp hair(not too wet). I also find applying a small amount of gel AFTER takes away the "dry" appearance it can give.

Remember not to apply it too close to your hair line otherwise it will look too obvious you're using it and will look like it's painted on.

I find its best to inspect it with a hand mirror close to a window with a decent amount of natural light. I think if looks good in natural light it should look ok in most lighting conditions.

[MackJames]

I'm telling you, used right a good concealer works wonders. My hair is almost night and day. The color you chose seems right.

[inspects]

Talk to your doctor about Propecia or generic Finasteride. It looks like you have salvageable hair. Though you won't get it all back, you could get a lot back during the course of the three years you need o wait - if you use treatments that are proven effective.

Tracy is dead on... Propecia completely re-covered my crown, I also use 5% Minox foam, but I have to believe the Propecia is the one providing some real growth which is very noticeable, I wasn't skin bald, but damn close on the crown, the remainder was similar to your hair, very thin, I've been on Fin and Minox for 8 months now, no sides whatsoever...only growth, big time growth.

I also had a 2500 hair transplant 7 months ago so I'm basically completely satisfied with my overall results which made me look 10 years younger in this short period of time, I now have a full head of hair.

Best of luck in your endeavors...!

Dale

[drybone]

Hey Jeff

Hair Loss sucks. We agree and we are behind you 100% . Tracy gives you good advice. You are a good candidate for 'rogaine' or 'propecia' because it looks like you just lost your hair recently and have a good chance at growing some of it back.

Check with your doctor or see a dermatologist. Let us know what you decide

[jeffreybaks]

Iv changed a lot about my self though since I started losing my hair, I stopped smoking a pack a day and turned ovo-lacto vegetarian. You have to really change your entire life to stop balding in its tracks and a lot of time its still not enough. My life style was always to have fun but it comes at a price. It seems the world wasn't set up for people like me, I'm a transient eccentric and that makes fighting MPB doubly hard.

[jeffreybaks]

I have sulfate free conditioner I like, I dont have dandruff any more since I started using the 5% coal tar that helped a lot actually, its the same stuff as Neutrogena T/gel.

I don't mind having some hair loss per se, I think men with some hair loss are extremely hot. Its just tough sometimes to deal with. To a certain extend it only goes so far with me though, I don't think being completely bald is sexy on everyone(to you bald guys don't get pissed) and I dont want to ever be completely bald either.

It goes without saying, there's a lot of things to make people look better. Plastic surgery,veneers,implants,healthy skin, its not just hair that would be nice to have look better. I think people get worked up about hair cause its obviously the first thing people will see on some one. Iv been freaking out about my hair a lot recently though and I decided I need to do something about it.