Why do I keep seeing old people with perfect hair?

[clandestine]

Are they all on propecia or some shit? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.

[DepressedByHairLoss]

I agree with this. I see more younger people balding now than ever.

[Shan]

I have client who is about 65 years old with the thickest longest hair and a perfect hairline.

While some friends of mine who aren't even 27 have balding and receding problems

[hairlessM]

Because only less than 6% of ALL people are bald and thats being generous, the majority of hair loss cases are slight and can be covered easily. Think about it:

7,003,554,291 people
3,526,050,280 males

Excluding those males who are unlikely to be noticeably thinning.
1,251,445,975 males between 0-19 and
307,940,601 males between 20-24

So potential baldies =
1,966,663,704 males between 25-100

Using the "standard %" ie 25% < 30yrs, 30% < 40yrs, 40% < 50yrs etc =
806229175 male hair loss victims or 12% of the world population.

Now the "standard %" above is ALWAYS used in the context of "experience some hair loss", ie 30% of all males in their 30's experience "SOME" hair loss. As we all know some hair loss may be as little as some slight recession or the complete slap head.

The overly optimistic idea that at least half of the 806229175 male hair loss victims are noticeably thinning, thinned, thinished (haha) to everybody around them leaves 403114587 chrome domes or 6% of the total world population.

6% is depressing so think of it as 12% of all men. If you're still feeling down about it then think about the poor woman with one of the 12%, she had an 88% chance of landing a man with hair, talk about bad luck. Feel better?

Social example: A bar with 10 men (you being one of them) and 10 woman, there is a high chance your the only... well yeah.

Excluding the "non dating" population and going with the 25-49 age bracket (I'm not including 20-24 as I put this in the unlikely to be noticeably thinning category) I get this:

2,489,440,958 people
1,261,181,982 males

Potential baldies =
395649941 males between 25-49

The overly optimistic at least half leaves 197824970 noticeably thinning, thinned, thinished or 8% (16% of men) of that selection of the population.

Social example: Lets go back to the bar with 10 men and 10 woman. Now you have a better than 50% chance of having a buddy!

Don't get too excited just yet. As we all know women don't age well either and most woman over 30 are undateable anyway, which only leaves 532,945,957 total woman of our "dating" population... worldwide. Whoa. Total men minus our noticeably thinning men = 1,063,357,012 men with unnoticeable hair loss.

Social example: 1,261,181,982 men competing for 532,945,957 woman, and 1,063,357,012 (84%) of all the men, almost twice the total amount of woman, have unnoticeable hair loss. Yikes.

I don't have time to add variables like height into the equation.

[recedingone]

What?

Most women over 30 undateable? Lol.

[brianb619]

I think it simply has to do with genes---whats the saying you get your hair loss depending on if your mother's father is suffering from it?

B

[mpb47]

At my local grocery store I looked just for the heck of it. I would say roughly 50% of the men are balding. Now some are much older and there are some old men with most/all of their hair but it is the exception. Just look around when you go out to stores and such.

[Notcoolanymore]

At my local grocery store I looked just for the heck of it. I would say roughly 50% of the men are balding. Now some are much older and there are some old men with most/all of their hair but it is the exception. Just look around when you go out to stores and such.

Everywhere I go I see people losing their hair, the sad thing is I see quite a few women losing hair as well.

[25 going on 65]

Because only less than 6% of ALL people are bald and thats being generous, the majority of hair loss cases are slight and can be covered easily. Think about it:

7,003,554,291 people
3,526,050,280 males

Excluding those males who are unlikely to be noticeably thinning.
1,251,445,975 males between 0-19 and
307,940,601 males between 20-24

So potential baldies =
1,966,663,704 males between 25-100

Using the "standard %" ie 25% < 30yrs, 30% < 40yrs, 40% < 50yrs etc =
806229175 male hair loss victims or 12% of the world population.

Now the "standard %" above is ALWAYS used in the context of "experience some hair loss", ie 30% of all males in their 30's experience "SOME" hair loss. As we all know some hair loss may be as little as some slight recession or the complete slap head.

The overly optimistic idea that at least half of the 806229175 male hair loss victims are noticeably thinning, thinned, thinished (haha) to everybody around them leaves 403114587 chrome domes or 6% of the total world population.

6% is depressing so think of it as 12% of all men. If you're still feeling down about it then think about the poor woman with one of the 12%, she had an 88% chance of landing a man with hair, talk about bad luck. Feel better?

Social example: A bar with 10 men (you being one of them) and 10 woman, there is a high chance your the only... well yeah.

Excluding the "non dating" population and going with the 25-49 age bracket (I'm not including 20-24 as I put this in the unlikely to be noticeably thinning category) I get this:

2,489,440,958 people
1,261,181,982 males

Potential baldies =
395649941 males between 25-49

The overly optimistic at least half leaves 197824970 noticeably thinning, thinned, thinished or 8% (16% of men) of that selection of the population.

Social example: Lets go back to the bar with 10 men and 10 woman. Now you have a better than 50% chance of having a buddy!

Don't get too excited just yet. As we all know women don't age well either and most woman over 30 are undateable anyway, which only leaves 532,945,957 total woman of our "dating" population... worldwide. Whoa. Total men minus our noticeably thinning men = 1,063,357,012 men with unnoticeable hair loss.

Social example: 1,261,181,982 men competing for 532,945,957 woman, and 1,063,357,012 (84%) of all the men, almost twice the total amount of woman, have unnoticeable hair loss. Yikes.

I don't have time to add variables like height into the equation.

Did not read this post until the thread got bumped. Numbers are wrong. At least w/ white guys, most are visibly balding at some point in their 20s (if you are good at NW spotting or diffuse spotting you will realize this). Luckily women usually do not think of it as balding until you are NW 2.5-3 (some are even oblivious at NW3 but it can depend on styling), however they will subconsciously realize the dimensions of your face are off
By middle age virtually all white guys have hair loss except a handful of lucky ones

Height matters but it is nothing compared to having an attractive face (part of that comes from hair)

[35YrsAfter]

Stats

The following table of hair loss-related stats seems to have a reliable source:

Here

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[NotBelievingIt]

Until I noticed my own balding, I simply never gave it a second thought on other people.

Nor did I try to spot obvious comb forwards/overs and pieces.

Now I can't help myself. I don't obsess over it, but I certainly pay more attention to it.

[25 going on 65]

The following table of hair loss-related stats seems to have a reliable source:

Here

35YrsAfter also posts as CITNews and works at Dr. Cole's office
forhair.com
Cole Hair Transplant
1045 Powers Place
Alpharetta, Georgia 30009
Phone 678-566-1011
email 35YrsAfter at chuck@forhair.com
I am not a doctor and the content of my posts are my opinions, not medical advice.
Please feel free to call or email me with any questions. Ask for Chuck

Yeah I have seen very conservative numbers like this before, but if you look at hair IRL it is VERY rare to see a white guy who is not visibly balding by 35. Some people do not think of it as balding, just "a bigger forehead" or "naturally thin hair w/ alot of scalp showing"
A guy who has the same hair in his late 20s as he did at 20 is lucky, not the norm

Sometimes I will look around a room @ every guy's hair....usually the only ones you can look at & clearly say "he is not balding at all, he has 100% density & a NW1 hairline" are <25. After that age most guys have loss in the temples, hairline corners, diffuse thinning, crown thinning, or a combo of those. Sure it seems "normal" for a 30 year old to have no temple points, receded corners, etc. but it does not look good unfortunately

[Dan26]

^^ Yes its true vast majority of guys over 30 can no longer pull off the same hairstyles as younger men with perfect hair due to this, even though they have no visible hairiloss to an untrained eye.

[mpb47]

bald is a relative term depending on who making the observation.

I have had 2 different women at work say they were surprised to find i was older than (2 different guys). I asked why and they said because I was not bald like them.

Yet years ago a friend used to try to "push my buttons" and say I was in the beginning stages of mpb. My hairline had barely receded at that point yet she insisted it was coming.

Just depends on the person making the observation.

[Notcoolanymore]

bald is a relative term depending on who making the observation.

I have had 2 different women at work say they were surprised to find i was older than (2 different guys). I asked why and they said because I was not bald like them.

Yet years ago a friend used to try to "push my buttons" and say I was in the beginning stages of mpb. My hairline had barely receded at that point yet she insisted it was coming.

Just depends on the person making the observation.

I hope this friend of yours is a slick NW6 right now.