26 and going bald. You can clearly see my scalp under my hair, and I can see myself sporting a big ol' 100% bald spot within a year. Both Grandfathers went bald at an early age, and at 46 my Dads starting to get really thin too. I had no chance.
I went through a really depressing stage a few months back. It suddenly hit me when I looked in the mirror how bad it was. I took time off work as I was so embarrased, went on long road trips alone just to get away from everyone, ignored all phone calls, didn't go shopping for fear of being noticed, really rough time. I'm a very level headed person, but this really got to me.
Then after a few weeks it sunk in. It hasn't happened overnight, and nothing has changed in my life. Nobody's attitude towards me has changed, and nobody really takes any notice of it apart from me. So what am I so upset all of a sudden?
By all means try medication if you want, might help, might do sweet FA. But you'll probably regret it you don't at least try something. I'm on midoxidil and it doesn't seem to have helped at all, I'll give it a year but not all that bothered. It's only delaying the inevitable, and it's too expensive to do it for the rest of my life.
Oh, and 'hair grafts' are ok for a few years, but they don't look natural, and eventually you'll start going bald again only this time with mean-looking scars on your head.
