Honestly, what is so wrong with going bald???

[FlightTL]

I'm a full Norwood 6 slick bald. It is emotionally painful, but I have to ask,



What is so wrong with going bald???



I mean these guys handled it well:

https://sites.google.com/site/thesebaldingmenarebeautiful/

[baldozer]

I'm a full Norwood 6 slick bald. It is emotionally painful, but I have to ask,



What is so wrong with going bald???



I mean these guys handled it well:
https://sites.google.com/site/theseb...narebeautiful/

I agree, sometimes people over-exaggerate things. You may lose 1 or 2 points by being bald, but its not a very drastic change. You can still look handsome with it.

[8868alex]

If you are fine with it, all power to you. Whilst I recognise that there are those who look good with it, please don't expect a positive reaction to that rallying cry.

[BigThinker]

What is so wrong with going bald???

For me it's a matter of two things, and they're intertwined:
1.) having hair gives me an edge over guys without hair, as far as looks are concerned. Also, I have weird shaped head. So it would be extra negative for me to go bald
2.) most girls my age (25) prefer guys with hair to guys without hair -- generally speaking of course. If most girls prefer their guy to have hair, then I prefer to have hair. Similar to how we guys have preferences/expectations of girls in order to be interested.

I have no shame in being superficial and wanting to look my best, and I expect that in girls that interest me. It sucks that that is how the world works, but I'm willing to roll with the punches.

[Aames]

It forever lowers your beauty. And, please, stop posting Vin Diesel, Jason Statham, etc. as examples of men rocking a shaved head. These people have millions of dollars and incredibly high status. Even if you were to look exactly like them, women would not pine after you as they do them. The average person needs every edge they can get, and hair is a huge one.

[Tracy C]

What is so wrong with going bald???

If you can accept it and move with your life, there is nothing wrong with it at all. There should be no reason for any man to feel he absolutely must do something about it if it does not bother him to be bald. Millions of men have gone bald for thousands of years and they turned out just fine. In reality, most men do not want to be bothered with doing anything about their hair loss and they simply accept it and move on with their lives.

Balding is only a problem if a man cannot deal with it emotionally. If he is not equipped to deal with it, there is absolutely nothing wrong with him doing something about it if he wants to.

[DepressedByHairLoss]

I think most men hate going bald because they simply know that they look much better with a full head of hair. That's the simple answer. I agree with baldozer that sometimes people tend to over-exaggerate things. I mean, it seems like half of the people on here; most people would not even notice that they were losing their hair to begin with. Tracy, I disagree that most men simply do not want to be bothered with treating their hair loss. Quite the opposite. I think that most men are just completely dissatisfied with today's limited and major-invasive options for treating their hair loss.

[baldozer]

I think that most men are just completely dissatisfied with today's limited and major-invasive options for treating their hair loss.

I totally agree with you. Oral drugs are always a risk to your health. If you are taking them for treating fatal diseases like diabetes or hypertension, its understandable (even in those cases I would first try to control them by exercise and diet before taking oral drugs), but risking your health for hair, men like me won't do it. Imagine, if you get insomnia as a side effect, what a nightmare that would be! I would take sound sleep and health any day over hair!

[FlightTL]

Imagine, if you get insomnia as a side effect, what a nightmare that would be!

No pun intended!




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On a serious note, I knew a guy in high school who started loosing it the same time i did. Difference between him and me. He didn't let hair loss bother him. The moment he hit Norwood 3, he started clipping it all off, and has led a successful and happy life.

[BigThinker]

I agree with Tracy that if you genuinely don't care, there is nothing innately wrong with being bald. I do disagree that it's strictly "emotional" , and that guys who don't want to lose their hair are suffering from emotional instability -- I'm assuming that's what she's insinuating, but I'll let her define if she wishes. I think it permeates all facets of health, even physical (the itch is annoying as all hell). One could even argue it permeates physical health because of how some women view it as sickly and undesirable genetically. It's a mental health thing for me (if that's separable from emotional health anyways). I feel good when I look good. I feed off the feeling of catching womens' eyes. I feed off the feeling of being able to look a girl in the eyes with pure confidence and throw a smirk. I just don't see that same mental fortitude and confidence without hair -- who knows until I'm actually bald though.

Like DPH said, "I think most men hate going bald because they simply know that they look much better with a full head of hair. That's the simple answer." That's it in a nutshell. I want to look my best, especially since I'm in the physical prime of my life. I refuse to not combat hair loss. I've known the feeling of having a girl think your hair is thick and handsome, and it sucks to lose it. I've heard girls literally say my roommate's hair is so thick with charm in their voice, and it kills to not have that little piece of aesthetics anymore. Hair matters. To what degree it matters varies between social scene, culture, and individual preference.

Regarding what Aames said, +1. I agree fully. I won't look like Jason Statham or Vin Diesel bald, so it's asinine to sugarcoat hair loss by presenting those anomalous examples

[baldozer]

I agree with Tracy that if you genuinely don't care, there is nothing innately wrong with being bald. I do disagree that it's strictly "emotional" , and that guys who don't want to lose their hair are suffering from emotional instability -- I'm assuming that's what she's insinuating, but I'll let her define if she wishes. I think it permeates all facets of health, even physical (the itch is annoying as all hell). One could even argue it permeates physical health because of how some women view it as sickly and undesirable genetically. It's a mental health thing for me (if that's separable from emotional health anyways). I feel good when I look good. I feed off the feeling of catching womens' eyes. I feed off the feeling of being able to look a girl in the eyes with pure confidence and throw a smirk. I just don't see that same mental fortitude and confidence without hair -- who knows until I'm actually bald though.

Like DPH said, "I think most men hate going bald because they simply know that they look much better with a full head of hair. That's the simple answer." That's it in a nutshell. I want to look my best, especially since I'm in the physical prime of my life. I refuse to not combat hair loss. I've known the feeling of having a girl think your hair is thick and handsome, and it sucks to lose it. I've heard girls literally say my roommate's hair is so thick with charm in their voice, and it kills to not have that little piece of aesthetics anymore. Hair matters. To what degree it matters varies between social scene, culture, and individual preference.

Regarding what Aames said, +1. I agree fully. I won't look like Jason Statham or Vin Diesel bald, so it's asinine to sugarcoat hair loss by presenting those anomalous examples

I get stares from women even though I'm bald, but recently I had been walking around with a beanie hat, because I am visiting a place where the whether is cold, and guess what, I was getting a lot of stares from girls, feels good man !

Sometimes I wonder, why the solution for baldness is not just simply putting some kind of a hat on. The only important thing is the hairline. Why baldness is such a big deal, I don't understand, when it can be so easily hidden. At least, its not like fat or short, which can't be hidden. OK, if you are short, you can wear lifts, but your proportions would still look small, but a bald man can easily create an artificial hairline with a hat. You can see some rock singers donning a cap all the time, such as the singers from AC/DC and Scorpions.

[BigThinker]

I don't doubt that. Being 25 though, it's fun being the young dude at work with smooth skin, naturally agreeable build, thick hair (previously), sense of fashion, overall good looks. I was ugly, skinny, and far less fashionable until age 22/23. Not going back.

I do agree that it won't be impossible to continue catching glances and maintaining confidence without hair, but it'll be a considerable and undesirable buffer to the penetration of my looks and overall presentation.

[DannyBoyy7]

Most care about hairloss because of society and thinking women/men wont find them attractive yes maybe you do look better with hair but still i bet if bald became the new fashion most would drop their wigs pills etc in a heart beat...people these days just care way to much about what others think some women/men like bald people and some dont beauty is in the eye off the beholder its that simple...you shouldnt look like anything for anyone you should look how YOU want to look...if you want hair cause you generally want hair then by all means do what you can to get it back but if you are doing it to please the opposite sex etc then......

[burtandernie]

I have seen time and time again people talking about MPB and I have yet to hear anything good about it. Every guy I know balding is not real happy with it so I dont know analyze that how you will. Hair is certainly a desirable thing to have and makes you look younger if your hair is exceptional for your age. justin beiber is the classic example of what girls want and even older girls still prefer that its just most guys have lost a lot hair as they age. Like the dumb doctors telling people to get a mature hairline and its just normal. Not really everyone has that I know many men that dont so if your balding its just a disadvantage on top of any others you have. Most people have flaws and MPB is just one more for the pile

[baldozer]

I have seen time and time again people talking about MPB and I have yet to hear anything good about it. Every guy I know balding is not real happy with it so I dont know analyze that how you will. Hair is certainly a desirable thing to have and makes you look younger if your hair is exceptional for your age. justin beiber is the classic example of what girls want and even older girls still prefer that its just most guys have lost a lot hair as they age. Like the dumb doctors telling people to get a mature hairline and its just normal. Not really everyone has that I know many men that dont so if your balding its just a disadvantage on top of any others you have. Most people have flaws and MPB is just one more for the pile

Ok, but why is that baldness is much more prevalent amongst caucasian race, which is the best looking and smartest race. You wont find bald men amongst ugly south indians for example.It seems to affect good looking people more.