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Hey everybody, this is a great place when it comes to getting advice about preventing hair loss and coping with hair loss.
I've been reading a lot of the messages recently, and finally I had to register and make an account after seeing too many of you depressed because of hair loss, especially at a younger age.
I understand how much your self-esteem takes a hit, especially after you first notice that you are losing your hair, whether it's the hairline or the crown. I too started losing my hair at 20 years old...finally it reached a point where I went on Propecia and later Rogaine....with not much success. I am close to 23 and have accepted that I will eventually be bald.
I was down on life orginally...but eventually I understood that HAIR LOSS WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE ONLY IF YOU ALLOW IT TO DO SO. Don't ever think that you can't get the girl of your dreams because you're going bald. Don't ever think that you can't go out in public and have the time of your life without feeling ashamed of your lack of hair.
It's very difficult, but if you can focus on moving past having hair, and accepting the new you, I guarantee you will start enjoying life like you never have before.
Is my male pattern baldness stopping me from enjoying my life??? HELL NO!!! Fellow hair loss sufferers, I advise you to start doing something that will build your confidence: Start working out with a purpose, take martial arts classes, take public speaking classes, read some books about self- acceptance....Anything that will make you feel more comfortable with yourself. Because like other people have been saying..."IT'S JUST HAIR!!!"
When you lose your hair, you don't lose your personality. You don't lose your intelligence. You don't lose your sense of humor, and you definitely don't lose the looks of your face & body. You are still the same guy that your friends and family love! And if some of your friends/family are too shallow to realize, you will need to understand that what matters is HOW YOU VIEW YOURSELF.
You're confidence may shatter when speaking about your hair loss to your friends or to people you haven't seen since you've had hair. Not hiding it and being accepting of it will make it much easier for them to accept it. I promise! If it doesn't bother you, it won't bother them.
It's true that everyone has their own problems. As you get ready to go out and worry if people are going to point out your baldness, everyone else is worried about their big ears, their birthmark, their weight, their adams apple, their skinny arms, their crooked tooth, and I can go on all day.
And it's true that physical first impressions are meaningful...but if you hit them with an alternative first impression, like your wit, your ambition, your swagger, or your confidence...THAT'S how people are going to remember you.
I am 5'6'', balding, and almost 23 and I recently started dating the most beautiful girl I've ever been with (my friends say she's a 9)....and I got her because of this new belief in myself...after I accepted my baldness. I stand tall, speak with assurance, and could care less about my receding hairline and my bald spot.
LIFE DOES NOT MEASURE YOU BY THE HAIR ON YOUR HEAD!
I've been reading a lot of the messages recently, and finally I had to register and make an account after seeing too many of you depressed because of hair loss, especially at a younger age.
I understand how much your self-esteem takes a hit, especially after you first notice that you are losing your hair, whether it's the hairline or the crown. I too started losing my hair at 20 years old...finally it reached a point where I went on Propecia and later Rogaine....with not much success. I am close to 23 and have accepted that I will eventually be bald.
I was down on life orginally...but eventually I understood that HAIR LOSS WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE ONLY IF YOU ALLOW IT TO DO SO. Don't ever think that you can't get the girl of your dreams because you're going bald. Don't ever think that you can't go out in public and have the time of your life without feeling ashamed of your lack of hair.
It's very difficult, but if you can focus on moving past having hair, and accepting the new you, I guarantee you will start enjoying life like you never have before.
Is my male pattern baldness stopping me from enjoying my life??? HELL NO!!! Fellow hair loss sufferers, I advise you to start doing something that will build your confidence: Start working out with a purpose, take martial arts classes, take public speaking classes, read some books about self- acceptance....Anything that will make you feel more comfortable with yourself. Because like other people have been saying..."IT'S JUST HAIR!!!"
When you lose your hair, you don't lose your personality. You don't lose your intelligence. You don't lose your sense of humor, and you definitely don't lose the looks of your face & body. You are still the same guy that your friends and family love! And if some of your friends/family are too shallow to realize, you will need to understand that what matters is HOW YOU VIEW YOURSELF.
You're confidence may shatter when speaking about your hair loss to your friends or to people you haven't seen since you've had hair. Not hiding it and being accepting of it will make it much easier for them to accept it. I promise! If it doesn't bother you, it won't bother them.
It's true that everyone has their own problems. As you get ready to go out and worry if people are going to point out your baldness, everyone else is worried about their big ears, their birthmark, their weight, their adams apple, their skinny arms, their crooked tooth, and I can go on all day.
And it's true that physical first impressions are meaningful...but if you hit them with an alternative first impression, like your wit, your ambition, your swagger, or your confidence...THAT'S how people are going to remember you.
I am 5'6'', balding, and almost 23 and I recently started dating the most beautiful girl I've ever been with (my friends say she's a 9)....and I got her because of this new belief in myself...after I accepted my baldness. I stand tall, speak with assurance, and could care less about my receding hairline and my bald spot.
LIFE DOES NOT MEASURE YOU BY THE HAIR ON YOUR HEAD!
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