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For the record, I totally recognize that it is very shallow for the hairloss to devastate me / anyone this much and all that truly matters is what is inside.
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How does that make anyone a hypocrite? If you have suffered or suffer MPB you have just as much right to discuss it on a hair loss forum as anyone else. I have MPB, I'm not depressed over it, I used to be a long time ago but I'm not depressed anymore I accept who I am it makes things much less stressful but I like to share my experiences and thoughts with those who have gone through or who are going through what I did. A little positivity never hurt anyone.Comment
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yes i tried it for 5 months. i used the foam and it was just so frustrating to apply every day and it always dried weird making my scalp show on top. i did not notice it help at all so i quit.Comment
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I'm not willing to paint my head. Thanks though.Comment
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Minoxidil does NOT show results until even close to 6-8 months at the soonest for some individuals and upwards until about a year at the most for others. You quit far too early to see any results whatsoever. If you felt that it was drying out your scalp you could have regulated this with a ketoconazole based shampoo.. since Nizoral is in shortened supply you might have tried Regenepure shampoo and its conditioner to moisturize your scalp.Comment
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Excuse me, your son is not even Norwood 2 and you are worried. At age 20 I was almost completely bald. Like you, my mother was also very stressed out. Anyway, I think it was a blessing in disguise. It made me work harder in other areas of my life. Academically I did very well, I got a gold medal in my Bachelors, which I did in Electrical Engineering, which is among the toughest degree in the world.
And baldness didn't hurt my looks either. People, both men and women used to say how handsome I was, even though I was bald. I met my wife through a family friend. She knew I was bald before I met her. She once told me that when she heard that I was bald, she thought I would be some ugly fat kind of guy, but she was very surprised when she saw me, as she didn't expect I would be that good looking. If you are handsome, you will be handsome even bald. So maybe its a blessing in disguise for your son too, as he may focus more on his career now.
Look I became bald, but still I have a wife, a son and a daughter, what else do I need? Having said that I still hope my son himself doesn't become bald. My wife's father is 67 and has hair of a teenager, also her brothers have thick head of hair, so I hope my son has inherited from then rather than me
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Balding has forced me to get my arse into gear. Lose weight, get a better job, exercise more and generally be the person I've always wanted to be. Obviously hair would be great to retain, but in it's current form it looks like I have odd hay on my head!Excuse me, your son is not even Norwood 2 and you are worried. At age 20 I was almost completely bald. Like you, my mother was also very stressed out. Anyway, I think it was a blessing in disguise. It made me work harder in other areas of my life. Academically I did very well, I got a gold medal in my Bachelors, which I did in Electrical Engineering, which is among the toughest degree in the world.
And baldness didn't hurt my looks either. People, both men and women used to say how handsome I was, even though I was bald. I met my wife through a family friend. She knew I was bald before I met her. She once told me that when she heard that I was bald, she thought I would be some ugly fat kind of guy, but she was very surprised when she saw me, as she didn't expect I would be that good looking. If you are handsome, you will be handsome even bald. So maybe its a blessing in disguise for your son too, as he may focus more on his career now.
Look I became bald, but still I have a wife, a son and a daughter, what else do I need? Having said that I still hope my son himself doesn't become bald. My wife's father is 67 and has hair of a teenager, also her brothers have thick head of hair, so I hope my son has inherited from then rather than me!Comment
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"but the mental effects on such a young person can be just as devastating". If that was true than people like Michael Jordan, Steve Balmer and thousands of successful bald men would have been failures in life, while guys like Ted Bundy and Richard Ramirez (famous serious killers) would have been sane because they sported full head of hair.
"and I at least thought this boy would be safe from the flawed genetics, but very unfortunately not".
So according to you Michael Jordan and the likes have flawed genetics, LOL! Why don't you post a picture of yours so that we can judge how much superior genes you have!Comment
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Your Michael Jordan, etal reply on each of these points is ignorant and actually doesn't even make a lot of sense. Can you not relate to losing your hair at age 20 as gut-wrenching? Not a 40+ year old man, a 20 year old kid! And yes, I feel that it IS flawed genetics no matter whose side it comes from, or is it desirable in your opinion to go bald at 20?? Other than this, some very knowledgeable, supportive and helpful posts - thank you everyone.Comment
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Flawed genetics? I'd have to disagree, it's society's perception that makes people fear going bald, the general consensus that balding is a negative thing in terms of looks, but biologically it isn't a threat to your health or life, it has only become mentally damaging to some people and it is undesirable to go bald at age 20 due to the way some members of society look upon balding such as yourself by considering it to be flawed genetics, for instance if everyone in the world experienced baldness or culture saw it as a positive experience and it was desirable to go bald then nobody would call it flawed genetics. Something that is detrimental to your health due to your genes would be considered flawed genetics such as an illness you are born with. Male pattern baldness however is a natural and normal process that many millions of men in the world experience. The only reason that Baldness is a negative thing is because society has deemed it to be for no other reason than it isn't considered to be as aesthetically pleasing to some people. It's like the recent current trend of people pointing the finger at people with red hair, does that mean those with red hair are genetically flawed due to the modern day trend that ginger hair isn't as aesthetically pleasing as say brown? No, of course they aren't. It's the same with people who are losing hair, they aren't genetically better or worse than anyone else its just that parts of society have decided that their baldness doesn't look as good as hair. Now if there was a link made between male pattern baldness and illness then you could argue its flawed genetics.
It's not genetically abnormal to experience male pattern baldness. It's society's perception of it that's the problem.Comment
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