is there a day that you dont think about baldness?

No, not anymore, I used to a lot during my twenties but thankfully I'm free from that mental shackle now. If it does cross my mind from time to time it's not long before I'm thinking about something else.

For me its a blessing in disguise. First of all I don't look bad at all bald, it suits me. Secondly it saves me a lot of hassle, as I don't have to wash, dye (my hair is greying) and pay for a haircut. Hair is overrated anyway. I have noticed that bald makes my good facial features stand out more. I have good eyes, nose and smile. It doesn't affect my look in anyway. I think there is no point in spending so much money on hair, as in having hair transplants, or risking your health for it by taking hormone dis-balancing drugs.

Maybe an hour here and there if I'm having fun. A day? Hell no.

Not one day passes that my thinning or fear of going completely bald does not occur.

I think about it every time I apply a topical, take a pill, dermaroll, etc. I will NEVER accept it. I refuse.

It's really hard not to think about it an entire day.

I look into the mirror in the morning to brush my teeth, I take a shower dry my hair, I walk to my car and see my reflection in the window, I arrive at work open the glass entrance door -> again my reflection, I take a leak and wash my hands at the sink to again notice a mirror in front of me, etc...

It's kinda surprising how many times a day you're more or less forced to look upon you're own face. I didn't even used to be a vain person to begin with.

Nope, every single ****ing day... I used to have dreams and ambitions, everyday they seem to be sinking further and further into the ground. Every time I look in the mirror I hate what I see looking back at me, I don't see the same person anymore.

Probably every single day (as Im on these forums). BUT I don't let it bug me as much as it used to. I wear a hat outdoors, but next week, once the weather is warm, it's going and the world can see my buzzed head in all its glory. F*** their views and opinions.

The only time I've felt awful was on a recent night out when I was the talk of the night. I blame that on not being seen in years by friends and my buzz was short on sides and top and it grew out looking odd. Im so tempted to go no-guard for a few weeks and see how it is....

It comes and goes. My thinning and receding has been very slow, starting when I was 25. I'm 33 now and still have enough on my crown to comb and style. I must confess that it gets to me the most when there are a lot of other changes going on in my life, and the change in my appearance is just a peg to hand the rest on. People tell me it doesn't look bad, but, being of very conservative habit, I don't like change to begin with.

Whenever I'm photographed, I must admit, I get a little nervous as well. Therefore, I'm a little camera-shy unless I wear a hat. Doesn't help me much with the driver's license or passport, though. I dread renewing these.

That said, with my pace of thinning, I tend to go through periods in which I don't think of it at all. Until another photograph is taken of me, that is.

It plagues my existence.

Not a single one

From the day I started to spot thinning I can't remember a day where I was proud of my hair. Plus, when I read hair news, new bad ideas and misconceptions comes:



Take it easy Bill. Of course you have hair so you don't care much about our plague.

Not to offend anyone, but baldness does not make anyone look better. It's a statement so sad it makes me think we will never truly defeat baldness for what it is, a genetic mistake.

And what about this?


"10% of voters suggested warm showers could be the cause of baldness"
I don't believe it.

I'd say I think about my hair every single day, because I look at it and style it after every shower.

I only worried about my hair a couple times a week before treatment, and frankly I almost never "worry" about it now that I've started fin. I'm hesitant to even use the word "worry" now, because it's more of just a basic consciousness.

I've said this way too many times, but I'll bore you all with it again: once the itch from my scalp was gone, my worry was gone. Maybe it's irrational, maybe it's unjustified, but something in my head just switched over when the itch was gone. The itch was that elbow nudge in my side and that voice saying "hey, hey, man.. hey, you're going bald.. hey, this is the feeling of your hair follicles being strangled.. problem?". The itch no longer "speaks to me", except after the occasional intense workout, but even then my endorphins are on high, so I'm not even worried.

I question whether or not I would have this peace of mind right now, if I hadn't started a real treatment. I like to tell myself I have the mental fortitude to make it as a bald guy, but I really don't want to ever have to find out.

I have been balding for over 10 years now and I have thought about it every single day....probably even at least once an hour for every hour of those 10 years. I am constantly reminded of it......

-Mirrors, reflections.

-Photos.

-Other bald people.

-Being around people that take the piss out of me.

-Being around people who talk about hair related things, particularly a friends or colleagues new hair cut.

-The cold weather, the top of my head feels cold and weird.

-The hot weather, the top of my head gets burnt.

-When I see a hot girl that I like and I think 'should I ask her out' but then think 'no, I am bald, she won't like me'.

-Feeling conscious generally but especially when meeting new people as you know they are judging your hair. Also meeting old friends can be embarrassing as it is a shock to you.


All of this combined leads to daily negativity and thinking 'if only I had hair'.

I feel your pain everytime I see my reflection this is the first and almost only thing I check and especially if pictures of me show up on facebook or anywhere else my biggest worry is how noticeable my baldness is and I pick pictures solely on this critereria.

At work, I have compulsive rituals I have to check my hair in the bathroom as much as possible.

Any negative comment puts me in a place of total despair for days. I look at my teenage pictures and feel sick.

I come on here and other places and I love reading hyperbolic negative posts especially Highlander and the old Scorpion threads and I actually get a good laugh and feel better about my own situation but at the same time a part of me agrees.

I know of all the places with mirrors on the streets of my city and I check my NW3 forehead everytime I walk past them.

I try to save as much as possible in the hope of a HT or a new treatment coming out. New car? Who needs that? Travelling? What's the point I can think of much more interesting and intense things to experiment in my area than being a tourist running aroudn with his camera.

I no longer want to be the center of the attention or to pursue situations that put the spotlights on me. I would want to ghost like the mtgow mysoginist who pretty much live like reclused men but the most stupid thing is that I am fairly successful with women and they keep me busy socially. Do they care about hair? Certainly but a lot less than I do.

Hair loss sucks more than many things I have faced. I would rather have served a few years in the can, saying this rationnaly as someone who knows a few people in there.

If you are on meds and responding well, you will basially all but forget about it.

When I was on both minox and propecia - After the first year, my loss reversed so much that I basically forgot about it. I did not have to do any careful combing to conceal the thinning and for all practical purposes I was back to normal.