Thoughts on Hair Loss

[DepressedByHairLoss]

I actually posted this in the Replicel topic section since the topic of hair transplantation was discussed and I voiced my thoughts about it. But a lot of what I wrote has to do with dealing with hair loss in everyday life so I thought would copy and paste it over here.

I couldn't agree with you more, clandestine. And the fact that doctors still consider strip hair transplantation the gold standard of hair restoration is just downright sad, and really goes to show that we need much better options to fight hair loss. It's no wonder that the statistics show that less than 10% of people suffering from hair loss seek treatment, and even less opt for hair transplantation. One of the main issues that I have with hair transplantation is the permanent head scarring. Although people will say that the scarring is covered up the native hair, "a scar is still a scar" and that scar will be with a person for the rest of their life. I was talking to my friend late last night (waiting to sober up so I could drive home, haha) for almost 3 hours and a lot of what we talked about was how people change and how things that are important to a person now, may not be important to a person 5 or 10 years from now. He was a long-haired rocker when he was my age, but as he grew older, he couldn't care less about having a bouffant of hair and fitting in with the rock n roll lifestyle. So that made me think that maybe there will be a day when I will just be content shaving my long hair, looking like a big bad-ass (I've always been a big guy), and will not worry about constantly taking Propecia (which is causing me side effects). But if I ever got a hair transplant, those thoughts would be ruined since I would need to worry about covering up a scar on the back of my head for the rest of my life. Poor Clandestine, you posted one simple and accurate comment, and I respond by "talking your ear off" with my long-winded dissertation! Haha....
One last thing, I was actually at the club last night and I saw a couple of guys sitting at a table not far from me. They had shaved heads yet they still had girlfriends and looked very good. One of them actually looked like one of my favorite UFC fighters so I actually went up to him and said "dude, I'm not gay or anything and I love women (haha) but would you mind if I took a photo of you with my cell phone since you look just like one of my favorite UFC fighters". Haha, he and his friends got a good laugh out of it and I took the pic. So I texted that photo to my friends with the caption "the clone of Shane Carwin". But I had another reason for taking that photo. I thought to myself: here is a normal guy (not famous like Jason Statham) with a shaved head who still is in the company of an attractive women and is very confident about himself. That photo will serve as a reminder to me that if there comes a time where I actually do shave my head, I will know that I can still get women and still be confident, just like this guy was last night.
Wow, did I get off on a tangent or what!!