This disease.

[DepressedByHairLoss]

This disease.

I wonder how many young men have been driven to suicide from this disease. Not that I'm any where near this mindset; but I wonder.

It can be so taxing for a person, emotionally. So incredibly crushing, especially at a young age.

I wonder as well how men and women with alopecia totalis cope? Maybe they're better off, having never had hair at all to have lost.

This disease wages war on the spirit. Our options are so limited; I find the feeling of helplessness often overwhelms all.

This disease wages war on the spirit.

Clandestine, you're wise beyond your years and your posts are very eloquent and true. People who do not suffer from hair loss (or suffer from extremely minimal hair loss) cannot comprehend the drastic and negative effects that hair loss has on a person's life. As Spencer says, hair loss colors every aspect of our lives from our relationships with women to our motivation to achieve and succeed in life. When a person's visual looks erode, it rages hell on their spirit.

You're right about our options being so limited as well. As I've said before, statistically only about 5-10 percent of people seek treatment for hair loss. That's not because they're simply content in watching their looks deteriorate before their eyes, it's because today's treatment options are so limited and/or ineffective.

Another thing that I can't stand is the state of the hair restoration industry today. They seem to be perfectly content on making exorbitant amounts of money on hair transplants and wigs, while not doing much of anything to innovate to help out the majority of hair loss sufferers. And the small innovations that they do make and pigeon-holed to hair transplantation and will never appeal to the majority of hair loss sufferers. So-called innovations like an ARTAS robot or head tattooing will never even come close to appealing to the mainstream.