Anyone else become 100% dependent on...

[Thinneritgoes!]

concealers?

I've been around here for years (had to start a new name last year).

I've been losing hair for about 8 years. My hair is very blonde. I have terrible recession and thinning in the front. And a lot of thinning in the crown. For almost 2 years now I have become compeltely reliant on toppik (or nanogen). I grow my hair a little longer and push hair over the temples.

I ALWAYS have to have it in when I'm around people. I just look terrible without it. With toppik, most of the time I can create an illusion of a full head of hair.
I'm on finasteride, but I fear my hair will just get worse and I will be doomed. I don't know what to do.
I recently met the girl of my dreams and we have been dating a few months. I've gone to a great extent to conceal my loss and concealers from her. But, I know it won't last forever.

Anyone else in a similar boat?

 

[s.a.f]

After hair transplant's I also cant leave the house without wearing it.

 

[Thinning Sucks]

100% of scalp, since 1993 unk:

 

[Thinneritgoes!]

100% of scalp, since 1993 unk:

Thinning Sucks - for real? Can you give me a little more detail? Isn't it a pain!? lol I hate when I convince myself that I have way more hair than I do for a few days and then see the horror. Tears me up...

 

[Vinton Harper]

After hair transplant's I also cant leave the house without wearing it.

Same here.


Brick, you're not alone. It can be a pain, but when you can still get it to look half-way decent, the alternative to not using them(in my case, looking like a freak with a strip of doll hair on my hairline) is a lot worse.

And when you can't get it to look half-way decent, there are excellent hairpieces you can get at do-it-yourself places like BA's Hair Apparent, Toplace and others, and you will be one step ahead because you will already be used to doing maintenance.

 

[Thinneritgoes!]

That's very true, Vinton. WHat stage is your hairloss in?


I've just been trying to keep that mentality, but sometimes it just brings me down way too much. Especially when I have those weeks where I just can't get my hair to look right or the concealers to set right.

 

[Vinton Harper]

Without the transplants in and amongst my front hairline, I would probably be a 5A(on the Norwood scale). With the transplants and Dermmatch and Toppik, I am easily a 2, with maybe a wee bit more recession of my temple points.

We all(even people who have all their hair) have bad hair days. Granted, it is a little more frustrating when you have to mess with concealers.

 

[thetodd]

My deal is that I have very thick hair on the sides. There is just a strip through the middle that is very thin. But no part of my scalp is completely void of hair. I use hair-so-real and it works just fine. The plus is that it's only half as expensive as Toppik. For awhile I used the Prothik spray, but it made my hair very dull. Am I addicted to the concealer I use? Not really. If I don't have it on, I'll just use a bandana. That or I don't use it at all. It depends on where I'm going and who I'm going to be around.

 

[s.a.f]

Yeah but unless you can say that your happy to turn up for a day at work without concealers or covering up with anything else then you are dependant on it.

 

[thetodd]

I farm and co-own a gym.
So when I go to work, I can either wear the concealer or not.
There are few times when I absolutely feel the need to put it on. If we're going out to dinner or a party, then I'll wear it for sure. The fact is that I use the concealer mainly for myself. Sometimes it just makes me feel better, but I seriously doubt anybody close to me really gives a damn about my hairloss.

 

[Thinning Sucks]

I've lost 80% density according to Doctor..large crown area complately gone, heavy diffuse remaining. No way could I ever go out of house without it. It's just incredible what it can do with basicly nothing left. I even shocked the hair transplant Doctor!

 

[s.a.f]

What product are you using?