Balding
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My hair is already receding, but not at an alarming rate.
Like, it's further back than it was three years ago, but not alarmingly so.
Just enough so that you can notice if you look really closely.
Also, seeing as it seems to be being mentioned, my grandparents on both sides had white hair.
My dads hair started losing pigment about fourty (according to my cousin), and seeing as I look exactly like him, I'd say about the same will happen to me.
He's got all his hair, though, so I dunno.
Like, it's further back than it was three years ago, but not alarmingly so.
Just enough so that you can notice if you look really closely.
Also, seeing as it seems to be being mentioned, my grandparents on both sides had white hair.
My dads hair started losing pigment about fourty (according to my cousin), and seeing as I look exactly like him, I'd say about the same will happen to me.
He's got all his hair, though, so I dunno.
What?! My mother was a saint!MaxTheReaper said:
It's just such a chick thing to do, almost excessively vain if you will. There's nothing wrong with a man having gray hair, it can actually be turned into a plus and give you more charisma (see George Clooney).
I dunno really, it's just that when I immagine someone dyeing their hair I think of some squallid 40 year old divorcee who's trying to hide his age to pick up younger women.
My dad is completely bald apart from a little bit around the back, and apparently has been this way since he was about 30. His brother is completely bald. My granddad on my mum's side had a full thick head of hair right up to his death, but one of my cousins is completely bald and the other nearly so.
As for me... my hair has never been particularly thick, it's always been the kind of fine hair that goes fluffy when washed, which is bloody annoying. Lately it's getting very thin on top, but I've still got plenty around the back. My brother, on the other hand, is two years younger than me (we're nearly 26 and 24 respectively) and is going bald a lot quicker than me and has taken to shaving it to the scalp. Basically, we're a carbon copy of my dad and uncle.
It never bothered my brother because he's always kept his hair short, therefore it's not so obvious. I, on the other hand, have done a lot of daft things with my hair over the years and always had it long, so it's really obvious now that it's disappearing. Luckily it's not receding as much as it's thinning, so there's a bonus. I look at photos taken less than a year apart and wonder what the hell happened. It really bothered me for a while, but I've pretty well made peace with the idea now - I figure I don't have a lot of choice.
As for me... my hair has never been particularly thick, it's always been the kind of fine hair that goes fluffy when washed, which is bloody annoying. Lately it's getting very thin on top, but I've still got plenty around the back. My brother, on the other hand, is two years younger than me (we're nearly 26 and 24 respectively) and is going bald a lot quicker than me and has taken to shaving it to the scalp. Basically, we're a carbon copy of my dad and uncle.
It never bothered my brother because he's always kept his hair short, therefore it's not so obvious. I, on the other hand, have done a lot of daft things with my hair over the years and always had it long, so it's really obvious now that it's disappearing. Luckily it's not receding as much as it's thinning, so there's a bonus. I look at photos taken less than a year apart and wonder what the hell happened. It really bothered me for a while, but I've pretty well made peace with the idea now - I figure I don't have a lot of choice.
From what I understand baldness is not in my genes however I frequently find myself shaving my head entirely bald (like... Moby bald...). It makes me feel like some perversion of a monk.
For those of you going bald, I guess it sucks but you can at least look cool about it like our good friend Mr. Pitts [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/profiles/view/Russ+Pitts].
Sometimes I paint pictures on my bald head.
For those of you going bald, I guess it sucks but you can at least look cool about it like our good friend Mr. Pitts [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/profiles/view/Russ+Pitts].
Sometimes I paint pictures on my bald head.
The only problem with growing a big beard when you're bald is that it looks like someone has just twisted your head upside downThe_Deleted said:
And no, I'm not balding right now *touches wood*. My dad has a bald patch with some hair, and it's identical to his dad's hair. On my mums side my Grandad had thick hair til he died. So I remain hopeful.
Exactly, which is why I fear a mere mortal such as myself can't hope to be as badass.Erana said:
I'll be a dork like Dr. Venture
Brock: Dean, whad'ya do, shave with a hatchet? Dean: I used the razor with the big pink handle.
Dr. Venture: That's my Daisy! I...use that one for my head.
Hank: I thought God shaved your head.
Dr. Venture: He does, but he leaves the sides, Mister Wisenheimer.
Yeah, but if you drink from an ale horn you look fucking quality!The Maddest March Hare said:The only problem with growing a big beard when you're bald is that it looks like someone has just twisted your head upside downThe_Deleted said:
Honest.
Well I'm 21 and its slowly receeding in the front a bit and has thinned out I'm just hoping it stops there as I can still look ok with my hair cut shorter. You'd think it be the opposite but it parts and makes it look like its farther back then it is. Either way dad or mothers father I seem prety doomed to have little/ no hair by 30-40
Haha that does sound awesome, I have to admit XDThe_Deleted said:Yeah, but if you drink from an ale horn you look fucking quality!The Maddest March Hare said:The only problem with growing a big beard when you're bald is that it looks like someone has just twisted your head upside downThe_Deleted said:
Honest.
My hair has been thining since I was 15-16, so much so that my barber actually commented (and continues to comment) on it. I'm now 20, and the front of my hair is, while not noticibly thin if you don't know me, to my family, very much thinner then it used to be.
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.
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.
They say botox injections inserted into the scalp will premote the regrowth of hair...
Fortunatley I have hair... Unfortunatley it's naturally black...
Fortunatley I have hair... Unfortunatley it's naturally black...
It's the comments more than anything. I'm really pale so I must be 'alternative' and come from a place where all people with black hair are trying to make an anticonformist statement. I'm too old for all that shit xDThaBenMan said: