Is hair loss really more distressing for women?

[KeepTheHair]

Hey fixed have you seen my recent posts about Spironolactone and fluridil? Eager to hear what you have to say.

I am going to give Spironolactone a try soon, going to order some anduse on my temples together with minoxidil 15%. I think otherwise I don't really have a good chance of any regrowth at the temples. I gotta use all the guns I have.

[heynow1234]

without a dobt its worse for women. How many bald guys do you see in a typical day? ( i see a ton) How many bald women do you see in a typical day?

Its acceptable for guys to be bald, we might think it sucks but you ask alot of people and they would say no one cares if a guy goes bald, you ask those same people about a woman going bald and people would say its a big deal.

[KeepTheHair]

You will see less women because it is more acceptable for them to wear wigs etc

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without a dobt its worse for women. How many bald guys do you see in a typical day? ( i see a ton) How many bald women do you see in a typical day?

Reason: women can wear wigs without fear of being suspected of wearing a hair piece and without fear of ridicule. We know almost as many women experience hair loss as men, so where are they? Hiding under the safety of a wig, most of the time.

Its acceptable for guys to be bald, we might think it sucks but you ask alot of people and they would say no one cares if a guy goes bald, you ask those same people about a woman going bald and people would say its a big deal.

Because we've been misled into believing it is less common for women. Men are just expected to 'tough out' the ridicule, that's the difference. So what if baldness looks ugly on a woman? It looks ugly on a man too. There's no differences except that it is acceptable to hold a man up to ridicule.

[crashul]

All right, intriguing topic. I think it's FAR worse for a woman to have hair loss than it is for a man. Good arguments have been presented so far.
I totally agree with what Layercake said and i would add this: i've seen a LOT of bald guys with beautiful women, but NEVER a bald chick with a handsome man.
There is an old saying where i come from, it goes: " A man has to look just a bit better the the Devil". Like almost all sayings it has a grain of truth in it but should not be taken ad litteram.

[KeepTheHair]

I don't see why a balding woman would suffer more than me.

[crashul]

I don't see why a balding woman would suffer more than me.

she wouldn't necessarily, suffering is subjective and no to be measured by the severity of what causes it-but she would have a stronger/or more reason(s) to suffer.

[Katjie]

There seems to be this conventional wisdom that hair loss should be far more distressing for women than for men and I'm sorry but I just don't get it.

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Also, when you speak of conformity, statistically men in their 20s are no more likely to lose their hair than women. So why are men berated for wanting to conform when women aren't?

I think it's time to accept hair loss affects both men and women just as hard and the jokes about male pattern baldness need to stop.

I don't think it's going to help you feel any better by discussing this topic. The jokes will always be around and I think it fits in the territory of guys calling each other stupid names like butthead, whereas women don't.

I disagree. Id rather be a balding dude than a balding chick any day. I mean....I'd rather just not be balding, but If I had to choose.

I just feel like the pressure to "look good" is a bit higher for girls. Also there are a lot more bald guys so its less of a big deal. In addition guys are generally more visually than emotionally driven. What I mean is: I know a fair few ugly-ass guys with smokin hot girlfriends. I don't know too many if any hot guys going out with ugly girls.... but this is all just personal experience so I could be wrong.

Definitely agree.

Both men and women have hair loss. Most of the time it's more obvious that men are going bald because their hair is usually so short you can see the scalp immediately and the hairloss tends to be right on top in full view whereas woman can tie their hair up or get a volume blow dry and style it better to hide the hair loss and their hair loss is generally more diffuse anyway. That all makes a BIG difference in your perception about their hair loss.

I think bald and balding men have just as many career opportunities though. Most people don't care about your bald head if you're intelligent or funny or at least have a positive attitude about life.

On the other hand I think women look sick and fragile when they are losing their hair. I just looks so much more wrong, IMO.

[Layercake]

yeah , guys go bald. It a common part of being a guy.