Anyone Else At Nw3 Or Below Go Through Cycles Of Wanting A Cure And Not Wanting A Cure?

[tdag]

This is going to make me sound like a sociopath but as someone with mild to moderate male pattern baldness(receding hairline) currently on finasteride there are times that I hope that a full blown cure never happens in my lifetime. The reasoning is, that the vast majority of people dont consider me bald or balding. For as long as I can maintain with finasteride I will never be considered a bald man. But the value in that is only present if there are bald people to be compared to. If there is a cure there will be very few bald men and having hair will become the standard not an advantage. Basically as long as I can maintain my hair without a full blown cure, a cure might be a net negative for me as I might be able to go back to a more youthful hairline that might add a point but there will be millions of men with more severe hair loss adding 3+ points to their attractiveness. So in the end a cure means much more competition.

Of course I then realize there is no guarantee I wont lose more hair even with finasteride, or the possibility of side effects starting causing me to stop the drug. Of course I also realize the relief it will bring to many men(and women) suffering and I do hope for a cure again. However I cant help but think that a cure will just inflate standards more than they already are and I wonder what life was like before there was as much pressure for both men and women to be perfect in their appearance.

 

[dunno]

I dont fight hairloss so i can feel superior to others, i only fight it to feel better about myself.

 

[jd_uk]

This is going to make me sound like a sociopath but as someone with mild to moderate male pattern baldness(receding hairline) currently on finasteride there are times that I hope that a full blown cure never happens in my lifetime. The reasoning is, that the vast majority of people dont consider me bald or balding. For as long as I can maintain with finasteride I will never be considered a bald man. But the value in that is only present if there are bald people to be compared to. If there is a cure there will be very few bald men and having hair will become the standard not an advantage. Basically as long as I can maintain my hair without a full blown cure, a cure might be a net negative for me as I might be able to go back to a more youthful hairline that might add a point but there will be millions of men with more severe hair loss adding 3+ points to their attractiveness. So in the end a cure means much more competition.

Of course I then realize there is no guarantee I wont lose more hair even with finasteride, or the possibility of side effects starting causing me to stop the drug. Of course I also realize the relief it will bring to many men(and women) suffering and I do hope for a cure again. However I cant help but think that a cure will just inflate standards more than they already are and I wonder what life was like before there was as much pressure for both men and women to be perfect in their appearance.

Overthinking to the extreme. There will also be bald men that many others consider better looking/more attractive. Just as there's no point basing everything on looks, there's no point basing everything on one body feature.

 

[tdag]

I dont fight hairloss so i can feel superior to others, i only fight it to feel better about myself.

Right I guess I forgot to say that there are 2 reasons most men fight hair loss. The women aspect(or men for gay men) and the self image aspect. They are somewhat intertwined but still separate imo. The self image aspect is more important to me as well. But in the women/dating aspect it cannot be denied that it is a competition of sorts, and that is what this thread was about.

 

[Roberto_72]

This is going to make me sound like a sociopath but as someone with mild to moderate male pattern baldness(receding hairline) currently on finasteride there are times that I hope that a full blown cure never happens in my lifetime. The reasoning is, that the vast majority of people dont consider me bald or balding. For as long as I can maintain with finasteride I will never be considered a bald man. But the value in that is only present if there are bald people to be compared to. If there is a cure there will be very few bald men and having hair will become the standard not an advantage. Basically as long as I can maintain my hair without a full blown cure, a cure might be a net negative for me as I might be able to go back to a more youthful hairline that might add a point but there will be millions of men with more severe hair loss adding 3+ points to their attractiveness. So in the end a cure means much more competition.

Of course I then realize there is no guarantee I wont lose more hair even with finasteride, or the possibility of side effects starting causing me to stop the drug. Of course I also realize the relief it will bring to many men(and women) suffering and I do hope for a cure again. However I cant help but think that a cure will just inflate standards more than they already are and I wonder what life was like before there was as much pressure for both men and women to be perfect in their appearance.

If I had written what you just have, I would consider myself a petty angry person. Hoping a cure is not found so you can keep your NW3 "advantage" over NW4s and 5s? Did I read correctly?

 

[tdag]

If I had written what you just have, I would consider myself a petty angry person. Hoping a cure is not found so you can keep your NW3 "advantage" over NW4s and 5s? Did I read correctly?

Thats how it comes off I agree but I hope my second post along with the last bit of the first post clarifies it a bit. There are two big detrimental aspects to male pattern baldness imo. Dating and self image. This thread is about the dating market. In terms of self image I wish every man and women the best. In terms of dating and appearance I feel like the standards are always increasing for men and women and a cure will only exacerbate that trend. And it will be worse for people who still have a decent amount of hair. Yes I do believe that in most situations a NW3 has an advantage over a Norwood 5 and a Norwood 1 has an advantage over both. But as one gets older the Norwood 1 becomes rarer and the Norwood 5 becomes more common so being a Norwood 2-3 puts you in a decent spot. But if everyone goes to Norwood 1, if you view dating as a market place any advantage the Norwood 2-3 had over the Norwood 5 disappears. And the standard for everyone increases. Whereas before Norwood 3 was passable now Norwood 1 will be almost a requirement and not everyone will be able to get the cure for various reasons so those people get boned hard. Of course hair isnt the only currency in this market but it is the one this website is devoted to. And like I said in my first post this is only a fleeting thought I get from time to time. Also I dont consider myself angry or petty.

 

[Goldee Lox]

I get it.. if we all have full heads, none of us do. I think people think in this vein on many topics more than they'd like to admit.

 

[shookwun]

I could care less. If I had a full head of thick hair that wasn't diffused I would wipe the floor of most men.

I know this first hand after wearing a hair piece.

I usually wear a hat during the day, and style my hair at night. The sun is brutal for exposing dents in ones appearance



Surreal experience.

 

[whatevr]

So basically, you want to take advantage of the concept of positional goods.
By keeping some men bald, the value of people who have hair stays up.
Once everyone obtains hair, it becomes much less worthy.
There are still going to be people whose hair is of worse or better quality even among NW1's, at least until we have the capacity to genetically engineer hair to look exactly as we want it to.

I don't care if the rest of the world gets a full head of hair at the same time as I do.
That wouldn't bother me. I believe in my other qualities. I don't need to be a 10,
and I don't need to keep others down to make myself appear better.
I just want to restore what was given to me by nature.

As per your 'concerns':
Picture a world where everyone was a perfect 10, men and women.
Would it be harder or easier for you to find a mate in that world?
Give that some deep thinking.

 

[Roberto_72]

I could care less. If I had a full head of thick hair that wasn't diffused I would wipe the floor of most men.

I know this first hand after wearing a hair piece.

I usually wear a hat during the day, and style my hair at night. The sun is brutal for exposing dents in ones appearance



Surreal experience.

If the Shiseido people really give us density back, I think an army of ex-bald underdogs will start biting with a hunger that non-bald people have never suffered

 

[kj6723]

I could care less. If I had a full head of thick hair that wasn't diffused I would wipe the floor of most men.

I know this first hand after wearing a hair piece.

I usually wear a hat during the day, and style my hair at night. The sun is brutal for exposing dents in ones appearance



Surreal experience.

The famous night of the toupee?

 

[Jimbo5]

Interesting that we have the greatest thread of all time (Perspective) and the dumbest thread of all time (this one) on Page 1 at the same time...