Hey everyone,
Just wanted to share my story.
I'm 20 years old now, and I guess, I can be categorised as a NW 4-5.
I started to notice my balding relatively late, since it never occured to me that you could go bald at such a young age.
Heck, I didn't even notice that people were balding in my daily life.
One day I had bought a camera, I guess it was in early 2010 (I was 18).
I noticed that my crown was thinning a little bit, and I couldn't believe it at first sight, honestly. I was in denial for quite some time.
Though, at this time I still had a 'almost' full head of hair, so I wasn't resorted to a "buzz cut" or a "close shave" to hide any balding.
I was very confident in how I looked at this time, and my style.
But that changed rapidly! The following months after noticing the slight thinning on my crown, my temples receded ALOT.
When I look a pictures from when I was 17years old, I had signs of a receding hair-line. I just didn't notice it.
But well, some friends started to tell me "Wow, you have really high temples!!".. And then it was a reality for me - I was balding.
I had tried to talk with some doctors about it, because it seemed be very unusual to go bald at such an young age at such a fast pace. I considered propecia, but it was hard to get a receipt for it, and there was some side-effects linked to it. Plus it was high-maintance. So I just opt for the buzz-cut for 2 months.
Then it went extreme... I developed a BALD crown, it wasn't just thin.. it literally looked bald.. the area round it started to thin serverely, and my hairline continued to recede.
So I needed to 'hide' my hairloss, and then I embraced it by SHAVING it all off. I rather have a shaved head, than go around with a balding head. I'm still VERY self-concious about it to this day. If I'm not fully shaved, I wont feel comfortable with walking around like that. So I wear some cool hats or caps, if I'm too lazy to shave it. It's also itchy sometimes..
It changed how I looked, my whole appearance. So I started to hit the gym a lot more, and paid a lot more attention to my fashion/style. I was very conscious of how I looked, and tried to downplay my weaknesses, and upplay my strenghts. So it hasn't hurt me so much I guess, I occasionally get told I'm handsome. Even though some may argue, that I was more universally appealing to the opposite sex with a full head of hair - which is probably true.
Since I started to shave my hair early on, almost no people in my social circle knows that I'm balding. They think I do it because I think it looks it, and if I in rare times chose to tell it they are very surprised. Balding is something people associate with aging, and older people.
Just wanted to share my story.
I'm 20 years old now, and I guess, I can be categorised as a NW 4-5.
I started to notice my balding relatively late, since it never occured to me that you could go bald at such a young age.
Heck, I didn't even notice that people were balding in my daily life.
One day I had bought a camera, I guess it was in early 2010 (I was 18).
I noticed that my crown was thinning a little bit, and I couldn't believe it at first sight, honestly. I was in denial for quite some time.
Though, at this time I still had a 'almost' full head of hair, so I wasn't resorted to a "buzz cut" or a "close shave" to hide any balding.
I was very confident in how I looked at this time, and my style.
But that changed rapidly! The following months after noticing the slight thinning on my crown, my temples receded ALOT.
When I look a pictures from when I was 17years old, I had signs of a receding hair-line. I just didn't notice it.
But well, some friends started to tell me "Wow, you have really high temples!!".. And then it was a reality for me - I was balding.
I had tried to talk with some doctors about it, because it seemed be very unusual to go bald at such an young age at such a fast pace. I considered propecia, but it was hard to get a receipt for it, and there was some side-effects linked to it. Plus it was high-maintance. So I just opt for the buzz-cut for 2 months.
Then it went extreme... I developed a BALD crown, it wasn't just thin.. it literally looked bald.. the area round it started to thin serverely, and my hairline continued to recede.
So I needed to 'hide' my hairloss, and then I embraced it by SHAVING it all off. I rather have a shaved head, than go around with a balding head. I'm still VERY self-concious about it to this day. If I'm not fully shaved, I wont feel comfortable with walking around like that. So I wear some cool hats or caps, if I'm too lazy to shave it. It's also itchy sometimes..
It changed how I looked, my whole appearance. So I started to hit the gym a lot more, and paid a lot more attention to my fashion/style. I was very conscious of how I looked, and tried to downplay my weaknesses, and upplay my strenghts. So it hasn't hurt me so much I guess, I occasionally get told I'm handsome. Even though some may argue, that I was more universally appealing to the opposite sex with a full head of hair - which is probably true.
Since I started to shave my hair early on, almost no people in my social circle knows that I'm balding. They think I do it because I think it looks it, and if I in rare times chose to tell it they are very surprised. Balding is something people associate with aging, and older people.
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