Experiences Balding After 40 Years Old

[Morbo]

I think he's saying hair loss matters a hell of a lot less at 40 than 20. And, even though I'm only in my mid-20's, I can say with fair confidence I wouldn't be devastated by hair loss at 40+.

This.

Hairloss will effect people at any age. The loss of identity, youth and looks will remain at every stage in life, there is no doubt about it.

But on the other hand the feeling different or alienated from people your age (how many/few guys lose their hair in their teens or 20's compared to 40-50's?), the doubts about finding a suitable partner/job that many of us haunts, the 'unexpectancy' dealing with it in that period of your life. The fact that girls and guys are more shallow when it comes to looks when they're young, compared to more emphasis on status, career and personality when they're older. May I also ask; how many bald role models do you have when you're this age?

These are all things 'older guys' generally taken don't have to deal with.
I don't think there is a single guy who would've preferred losing his hair 10 years earlier. How down I sometimes am about my hairloss, I still thank my lucky stars I started losing it right after my school-career instead of 5 years earlier before it.

[ChrisM]

My cousins lost their hair in their 20s and 30s.



When you're the last man standing in your circle of friends/ family and you have been for many years, the specter of baldness is frightening.

I'm not saying it's any harder for me than it is for anybody else. It's hard for everybody.

But my friends who lost most of their hair in their 20s and early 30s have made peace with it now that they are my age. They are comfortable in their own skin.

You think hair loss after 40 doesn't matter?

Hmm.

Tell me, who was the last bald president that we had?

Eisenhower.

During his tenure as president, Televisions became more and more common in American households.

There has not been one bald-headed president elected since.

All presidents since then have been over 40 years old.

You think hair loss doesn't matter after age 40?

Untrue. The last bald President we had was Gerald Ford who replaced a disgraced Nixon and stepped into his office as he was his Vice President at the time and he would be succeeded by Jimmy Carter which was at least nearly two decades after Eisenhower and television was quite prevalent around that time and he decided not to run for re-election for a second term past that point.

Gerald Ford was a college football hero with a bad back by that point in time but what distinguished him was humility and calm reserve in his leadership though cameras would snap him falling from airplane walkway showing him as being a tad clumsy! He clearly had a NW5 by the time he was in office.

[mlao]

I think he means the last elected president. Ford was appointed by Nixon to replace vice president Spiro Agnew. After which Nixon resigned and Ford took over the presidency.
Ford never won a presidential election.

[mpb47]

Is there anyone who didn't notice any hair loss until after they were 40? I recently turned 40, and friends, family tell me that I have a full head of hair. That's true to a point, but I'm pretty sure I've experienced corner recession.

I saw the only hair loss specialist around here and she only served to confuse me more.

She says I was still a Norwood 1 (I'm pretty sure that I'm not).

I asked if I should be on propecia, but she didn't seem to think so.

She also told me I could use Rogaine three days a week but that it was "up to me."

No other doctor and nothing I've read has ever indicated that using Rogaine three days a week had any benefit whatsoever.

Anyway. Anyone have a good head of hair at 40 only to bald later?

I'm worried about inheriting the norwood 3v pattern that is on my mother's side of the family. All her brother's have it.

Thanks

Yes it can start later in life. I have a couple of articles about it I can post the links if you like.

My hairline matured in my mid teens but I didn't start mpb (or at least I did not notice it) till I was pushing 40. Same with another friend- so yes it can happen.

[MackJames]

Untrue. The last bald President we had was Gerald Ford who replaced a disgraced Nixon and stepped into his office as he was his Vice President at the time and he would be succeeded by Jimmy Carter which was at least nearly two decades after Eisenhower and television was quite prevalent around that time and he decided not to run for re-election for a second term past that point.

Gerald Ford was a college football hero with a bad back by that point in time but what distinguished him was humility and calm reserve in his leadership though cameras would snap him falling from airplane walkway showing him as being a tad clumsy! He clearly had a NW5 by the time he was in office.

Ford wasn't elected into the presidency. And he did run against Carter and lost.

[itsmyhairs]

What I meant was that if you're 40+ and you're married and shit then who cares about a little bit of hair loss?

It's nowhere near as devastating as it is for a guy that's 19, just started his adult life and has it completely destroyed by rapid balding.
Unless he's charismatic, tall, well built, intelligent, totally at peace with himself and oozes self confidence then it is over for that poor son of a bitch, he'll never get laid, he'll never find a partner, he'll never achieve success in college because he'll be afraid to face the world.

For a 20 year old guy that's losing his hair, he'd better be twice as good in every respect as his NW1 friends or it's GAME OVER.

[ChrisM]

I think he means the last elected president. Ford was appointed by Nixon to replace vice president Spiro Agnew. After which Nixon resigned and Ford took over the presidency.
Ford never won a presidential election.

He never used the word elected in his initial statement.. and that makes the difference. He used the word elected since then after the fact which opens the door to discuss Ford which disproves the first statement that there wasn't a bald man in office after Eisenhower period which was not true at all.

[ChrisM]

Ford wasn't elected into the presidency. And he did run against Carter and lost.

The OP never mentioned the word elected in his initial remark when I looked at it. He did mention it in the follow to say that as if to qualify both points that whether by election or otherwise no bald man has succeeded Eisenhower. That is clearly incorrect. As to the second point I might have confused him with LBJ who never sought a second term just previous to Nixon who( LBJ) also had a receding hairline at his age.

[gmonasco]

What I meant was that if you're 40+ and you're married and shit then who cares about a little bit of hair loss?

People don't magically stop caring about their appearances the moment they turn 40 or get married. Why do you think facelifts are such a common form of cosmetic surgery?

[Luzianaman]

Yes it can start later in life. I have a couple of articles about it I can post the links if you like.

My hairline matured in my mid teens but I didn't start mpb (or at least I did not notice it) till I was pushing 40. Same with another friend- so yes it can happen.

Yeah it would be great if you can post the links.

What Norwood scale are you and your friend?