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    Default At 19: Coming to grips with baldness...

    I'm 19 years old, in my second year of college. I have been struggling with noticeable hair loss ever since the start of college and it has been hell. I have learn't to cope with the constant emotional turmoil of hair loss, and I did go through the five stages of grieve concerning. I am always the person that listens to and solves other peoples problems and just solve my own - which I'm sure hasn't helped with my emotional state. I attempted many things to aid it, but i resigned to attempting to merely conceal it using products like DermmMatch and Nanogen as nothing else seemed to work.

    Unfortunately now I've realized that I cannot keep this up, especially on a student budget, and hair numbers are getting to a certain point where I'm not really disguising anything. I'm resigned to shaving it off, there is no other way...
    But I'm scared of my immediate future following hair loss... Has anyone got any good clothing tips for young bald guys, I feel that from following this path I need to re-invent my image, and dressed with style and complimentary could be key.

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    Quote Originally Posted by johnone23 View Post
    Unfortunately now I've realized that I cannot keep this up, especially on a student budget, and hair numbers are getting to a certain point where I'm not really disguising anything. I'm resigned to shaving it off, there is no other way...
    But I'm scared of my immediate future following hair loss... Has anyone got any good clothing tips for young bald guys, I feel that from following this path I need to re-invent my image, and dressed with style and complimentary could be key.
    I'm right there with you mate. Second year of college, balding, blah.

    Understand there are options. Propecia (generic finasteride), Rogaine (generic minoxidil) and Nizoral A-D shampoo, dubbed 'the big 3', are proven to treat hair loss.

    Propecia has the potential for sexually related side effects, some of which might persist after discontinuing medication in a subset of men. Research these well.

    Good luck.

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    Thanks man, it is somewhat comforting to know that there are other people with my woes... young... in college .
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    Quote Originally Posted by johnone23 View Post
    Thanks man, it is somewhat comforting to know that there are other people with my woes... young... in college .
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    Yea, it ****ing sucks. But you know that. I'm seeing so many young guys (>20, early 20's) come forward with mpb problems, makes me wonder what the is going on with our generation.

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    Im right there too! Ugh I hate this club were in! Anyway my hairloss had such a bad impact on me i had to leave my college and come to a college close to home.I could not take the constant attempt to hide my hairloss from everyone and wearing hats 24/7 on campus, which noone wants to be that dude. I am so tempted to shave my head too but im scared ill look twice my age and just look like a creep. Hang in there bro im right with you, its a constant uphill battle and im just praying everyday a better treatment like histogen will be here soon. People say hairloss is tough but having it at 19 is truly heartbreaking.

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    Could not agree more! It is so brutal. It does seem unjust and unfair, mostly due to the age thing. If it happened to me at 30 or 40, when my life was in place, or married etc. It would have been less emotionally taxing. My biggest fear, and I'm sure yours is too is the unknowing of the future, and how/if shaving my head changes my future.

    I have just got to wrap my head around the fact that my life will be different, that is the last mental stage I have to cross before I shave my head.

    Although I'm resigned to shaving my head, I am going to go for a 2 or a 3. I have no intention of looking like a bond villain! Aha. Anyway, hang in there man, and let me know how you get on!

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    Quote Originally Posted by johnone23 View Post
    I'm resigned to shaving it off, there is no other way...
    Quote Originally Posted by john2399 View Post
    I am so tempted to shave my head too but im scared ill look twice my age and just look like a creep.
    Shave it off, brahs! After a certain point, that's the only way. Keep using Nizoral, Rogaine, or Propecia (or generic versions) to keep what you have until Histogen comes out. And if Histogen never comes out, well, f*ck, I don't know what to tell you. I guess I suggest we all band together and start burnin' cities to the ground until they fix this sh*t. Desperate times, desperate measures, amiright?

    (PS, I don't actually take Propecia and chose not to start, but it comes highly recommended on this site.)

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    Quote Originally Posted by clandestine View Post
    But you know that. I'm seeing so many young guys (>20, early 20's) come forward with mpb problems, makes me wonder what the is going on with our generation.
    I can't help but wonder myself. I know that in many cases it is simply a matter of a young fella freaking out over developing an adult male hair line. However, when these young guys haven't posted pics of the problem so it is hard to say what is really going on.

    I see tons of young guys while I am out and about. Nearly all of them in their late teens/early twenties have adult male hair lines. Since the adult male hair line is natural and normal for males, this is not a good indication that MPB is happening. It only means that these males are maturing physically.

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    When I went to see my GP about my hair loss problem, he made note that he had seen many young men in my condition and reassured me that I was not alone in this situation (however reassuring that can be).

    I've decided to give myself a 'buzz-cut' purely for convenience reasons. Furthermore, by doing so I will be able to comprehend any changes to my hair over the next month and two months following the combination of treatments I'm undertaking;
    - Procerin (Saw Palmetto complex)
    - Toco-8
    - Iron supp
    - Multi Vitamin (Inc. Biotin)

    I mean yes it is shit, but it gets to the point where we have to ask ourselves who are we kidding. I mean let's say that we get a girl in a dark club and bring her home, and she finds out there that you have hair problems, or you form a relationship and she finds out further down the line??? What will her reaction be? We can't keep this charade up forever... it is not our fault, but it is no-one else's either... it just happens. I was 18 years old, it was Matriculation day for my college at Cambridge and we were having a meal and one of the guys on my staircase was a bit drunk and just came out and told me he could see my scalp. And looking back at the photo's he was right, that was the first time it truly hit me. I had thin hair growing up, but at least I had lots of it, but unfortunately I couldn't fall back on thick hair when it started falling it...

    I wonder if anybody watches House M.D.? Don't want to be that guy with the spoilers but while watching Wilson be diagnosed with cancer, go through the chemo and the turmoil of extending his life or enjoying the one he's got left it really puts things into perspective for me. Yes, hair loss sucks but we all know that, and I think deep down, past the treatments and the concealers and transplants, realistically, there is nothing we can do to guarantee a fresh full head of hair again, and we have to cross the emotional barrier and accept that. There is no doubt that hair loss has destroyed my later teenage years, no doubt, but I can't let it destroy me further.

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