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I can understand no1 at any age wants to lose their hair.......I am not 50, but I am pretty sure losing your hair in your teens is a hell of a lot more devastating than losing hair at 50+. And I mean a HELL of a lot more devastating for so many reasons.
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I started losing it at 17, went to the dermatologist at 19, told me I would be bald in a matter of years, and here I am, full-blown NW5 at 23 waiting to have his first FUE in february. No kid should have to go through this shit but it sure teaches you how hard life can be.Comment
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The guy didn't say it was 'easy' or 'fun' to lose your hair in your 50's, he said it was nothing compared to (read: a lot harder) losing it in your teenage years, 20's or early 30's and he's absolutely right about that, so I don't understand the aggravated replies. In your teenage years you're basically alone in your fight.
I started losing mine in my mid 20's and now a few years later, nearing my 30's, I do find it a lot easier to deal with it, mostly because you start to encounter people within your age group (between your age and 5 year above) on the workfloor and beyond, who are dealing with the same thing, and simply because females in that age group are a lot more mature and care less about your hairloss.
In your teenage years and early 20's your looks are all you got and are of pivotal importance on the schoolyard or dancefloor. In your 30's your looks are still important but you get a lot more other attributes who are equally or even more important. (financial/social status, humor, common interests, etc)
Most people in their 40's are also settled down and don't need to stress themselves with the worries about what potential life-partners will think about it.
No matter how sad I was with my hairloss, I'm still grateful I got my first bald spot at 25 and not in the 7 years before.
It's not even worth the 10000000th discussion about it.Comment
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It has been shown that women get even more picky with age and tend to care even more about looks as they get older.
The opposite sex doesn't even matter. I'm already bald and I get my fair share of girls. It's just my reflection in the mirror. Of course the later the better, but it's like that with everything. I was just saying it's dumb to say things like "I won't care about my looks in my 40's" or "once you settled with a woman and had children, you will not care about being bald". My best friend who has a heavy history of balding in his family but hasn't started to lose it yet come up with those statements all the time, it's just not true.Comment
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No it's not.
I don't know if you speak Dutch. But it's basically a research done by a datingsite which confirmed that women care the most about looks from 18 to 24. It's a generally known fact and has countless of researches backing it. It's not even worth the discussion: Looks are the most important when you're young. It's still important when you get older but in terms of desires from the opposite sex, it's value noticeably decreased as you/they mature.
Only, nobody said that.
He said he would care about it less.Comment
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You guys are all young balding, not bald, and unable to really understand the consequences. I keep reading posts about girls, women, looks etc., yet all of you fail to point out the most essential aspect of hair: protection. And you fail because you still have it. Even if you are an ascetic, you need your hair for protection. And let's say that in winter, and generally when the weather is fresh, you will wear a hat. This is in fact what I am doing. But what about summer and hot days as of late? Still a hat? With such heat and subsequent (huge) perspiration of a bald scalp I say no. What then, get a sunburn on my bare head if I go out? Scalp it is not like arms and legs that receive solar radiation under angle when you walk, it is much more exposed. Or should I talk about getting very easily scratches on the head?
In my age and personal situation the discussion about women is meaningless to me. But I want my hair back to protect my head from every kind of external aggression.Comment
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We are here beacuse of our hairloss which for all of us here (i presume) has started. Whats done is done.
Whats important is if this man made hair follicle models can be used instead of real hairs. I have no problem of them being implanted on my scalp if they are cosmetically on par with real hair follicles.
Maybe someone should contact the study authors about this. I'm currently on vacation but I might send them an email myself.Comment
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I doubt this technology will be available to be implanted in our heads. it's probable that it will be used only for researchComment
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don't get me wrong that would be absolutely incredible but I don't see that happening. maybe the hairs only survive so long or somethingComment
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Yup I have the same thoughts as you. As I said I'm gonna put some effort for a change and I'll try to contact them next week. It might be they won't answer me or I won't be able to find a way but I'm still gonna' try.
If this is used for research it is still a good thing. I mean Replicel had 50% increase of follicles in mice, however the results weren't nearly as effective on humans. Testing on this artifical follicles might be far better and less expensive.Comment
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couldn't agree more. it could really be an effective less time consuming way of doing research (especially if it acts as a human hair, as you said testing on mice only can do so much). if it speeds research up and that's all it's for even that would be a huge step forward.
keep us posted on what you hear and findComment
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Since these are not made from your own cells they would be rejected by your immune system.Comment
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Look man, this is starting to annoy me.
Your problem is you're assuming too much and you're trying too hard not to read the posts the way they are written, and you're just looking for what you want to see. That is why you 'fail'.
This is my hair the way it's looking now:
I too am getting sunburns, I as well get little protection from cold, wind and rain and what-not with this haircut. A lot of guys on this forum who are still in their teens are just as advanced. So please don't tell me I/we don't understand. We're dealing with the same problems as you AND MORE.
When you're looking back after going bald, every year you had with your hair was one to cherish. There's absolutely nobody out there who's wishing they've lost their hair one year earlier, let alone 10 or 20.
I shall repeat myself once more: nobody is saying it's fun or pleasant to lose you're hair at an older age. But it's simply not better or even the same to lose it when you're still young. It never is and never will be.Comment
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More? I don't think so. I started losing hair during my teen years. Like 15-17. And that was in the 80's, when there was literally nothing to slow it down. I hope you understand that it cannot be worse TODAY, generally speaking of course.
Also, seeing your situation I would say that you are rather the exception among young guys in the forum, and I was even worse at young age. A lot of vocal guys around here are just receding, going to a mature hairline with still much hair left. I see it all the time in the hair loss forums. I don't say it's nothing. It is a big deal. But certainly not the problem caused when you lose everything (and fast) from your head.
And I am really sorry to see that you are thinning in this diffuse pattern. Really. It is hair loss in its worst.Comment
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