My Story

[Exodus]

I've been meaning to post in this forum for ages, but had to wait for my account to be activated!

So I'm 23 and diffuse thinning massively, I mean its getting to the point where my scalp is noticeable and hair on my sides is pretty thick. Does this suck? Yeah you bet, when I noticed it I panicked, had knots in my stomach and generally my sleeping sucked!

I even broke down in front of my mum because I was so worried with how people think of me. I then had thoughts of appearing as 'the bald guy' on facebook and thoughts of how would my friends react and how would I cope with even setting foot in a bar!

Even going to work seemed painful, I was withdrawn and bloody depressed to be quite frank.But as the days go by, I realise, I can't live life like this, you just can't. I wanna be successful and still do all the things I want to do, with or without hair.

But then I had like some eventual change of thought and a generally my perspective changed. Yes there will be some people who make comments, there will be people who will not touch a bald guy with a barge pole and generally there will be some utter nobs. But so what, I wasn't perfect with hair and I doubt Ill be without hair, but I'm still the same person.

I won't lie, I do feel slightly depressed its happening at such an early age and I do wish I can control it. I went to see my GP about Minoxidil, Finasteride etc...and just thought, can I be arsed doing all of this treatment and risking my testicles (the answer was no).

No, instead, I've joined a gym, committed to getting fit and just improving my confidence and going on with life.

I doubt Ill be a regular user of this forum, but when I see people like Highlander, I know they're just screwed up in the head (yes mate, I've read your posts and they're weird...).

So my perspective.