Are We "privileged" To Be Of The First Generation With Treatments/hair Transplants/ False Hope Cures

[GornMyson]

Was just thinking of what my life would be like as exactly the same person just born in a different era. Obviously this doesn't take away from the here and now but just something to think about.

Balding as we all know is horrific but I can't imagine balding at a time when there weren't no options available or at least some false hope of a miracle cure.

But at the same time I think as horrible as that must of been balding back then and how isolated and alone without outlets like this , when I look at bygone era's , they do look like simpler times. As great as the treatmeants/ transplants can be, social media has really fucked us young and balding.

That chick you work with that even as a balding guy with the personality, charisma etc etc in the past I feel it was possible to get a connection, nowadays she only cares about her Wi-Fi connection. What even is personality these days , when it can so easily be covered up the piece of sh*t you really are online where 90% of communication seems to take place .

 

[JohnsonDDG]

 

[GornMyson]

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The Gun to the head just made me think how much more depressing would Kurt Cobain's music be if he was balding.

 

[Dante92]

"Privileged" is not a world you should use so lightly on this forum, fellow baldie.

 

[resu]

The Gun to the head just made me think how much more depressing would Kurt Cobain's music be if he was balding.

I thought about that too even then, if he was balding like the bassist would he have so many groupies that even today get enamored by him, I'm talking about 19 year old girls in 2017, 23 years past his death.

 

[JohnsonDDG]

The Gun to the head just made me think how much more depressing would Kurt Cobain's music be if he was balding.

Have you ever seen what happened to Nirvana's bassist?

 

[JohnsonDDG]

All the while his former band mate ages really well (relatively speaking)

 

[GornMyson]

"Privileged" is not a world you should use so lightly on this forum, fellow baldie.

Trust me I know I don't feel privileged in the slightest but we sometimes talk like we are the only generation to go through this. I can't imagine it was anymore fun to go bald 300 years ago. So the fact that even if finasteride only gave us just a 5% chance of keeping are hair that's pretty crazy. All my bald ancestors never stood a chance.

 

[GornMyson]

Have you ever seen what happened to Nirvana's bassist?

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Just looking into his eyes I can feel his pain.

 

[GornMyson]

I thought about that too even then, if he was balding like the bassist would he have so many groupies that even today get enamored by him, I'm talking about 19 year old girls in 2017, 23 years past his death.

At that level of hairloss still be a daddy to Goth chicks

 

[JohnsonDDG]

Trust me I know I don't feel privileged in the slightest but we sometimes talk like we are the only generation to go through this. I can't imagine it was anymore fun to go bald 300 years ago. So the fact that even if finasteride only gave us just a 5% chance of keeping are hair that's pretty crazy. All my bald ancestors never stood a chance.

Please take into consideration that society was less focused on looks back then. In fact, most people were married before they were even 20, long before many of them would have noticed any hair loss.

 

[resu]

Trust me I know I don't feel privileged in the slightest but we sometimes talk like we are the only generation to go through this. I can't imagine it was anymore fun to go bald 300 years ago. So the fact that even if finasteride only gave us just a 5% chance of keeping are hair that's pretty crazy. All my bald ancestors never stood a chance.

It wouldn't have mattered, sure it had an impact but you could find work and a wife easily if the rest was up to par and wearing hats was the norm. The worse was probably the 80's and 90's, it was when people did those early primitive pluggy hair transplant's.

 

[GornMyson]

Please take into consideration that society was less focused on looks back then. In fact, most people were married before they were even 20, long before many of them would have noticed any hair loss.

I know that and I said some along those lines on original post. But it would be bat sh*t crazy to think it would of had no effect on a percentage born in a by gone era . 200,000 years ago the modern human was evolved. I can't imagine with all the crazy ideas humans have had it's been a fun ride for all those balding brothers before us. Life doesn't exactly stop at marriage

 

[GornMyson]

It wouldn't have mattered, sure it had an impact but you could find work and a wife easily if the rest was up to par and wearing hats was the norm. The worse was probably the 80's and 90's, it was when people did those early primitive pluggy hair transplant's.

So as my self 24 years old 5,7 baby faced(most think I have the face of an 18-20)Norwood 3 see through fine hair . You guys reckon had I been born 200 years ago( never mind the state of the world in a different sense) you telling me it wouldn't of mattered. You wouldn't of notice it in the mirror , you wouldn't notice your wife being less attracted to you. I'm sure there was a percentage of men that didn't notice the effects just as there's men that attest to that today but let's not rule out are balding ancestors pain. There would of still been vain males, the percentage would of been lower but let's not make up hypothesis, when we honestly have no idea how it would effect pre-mature balding would have effected are ancestors.

 

[Roberto_72]

Not so many years ago they had clever devices for this problem:

 

[resu]

So as my self 24 years old 5,7 baby faced(most think I have the face of an 18-20)Norwood 3 see through fine hair . You guys reckon had I been born 200 years ago( never mind the state of the world in a different sense) you telling me it wouldn't of mattered. You wouldn't of notice it in the mirror , you wouldn't notice your wife being less attracted to you. I'm sure there was a percentage of men that didn't notice the effects just as there's men that attest to that today but let's not rule out are balding ancestors pain. There would of still been vain males, the percentage would of been lower but let's not make up hypothesis, when we honestly have no idea how it would effect pre-mature balding would have effected are ancestors.

In 1817 you sure wouldn't care about hair loss like today, see here how everyone had hats and you were limited to your surroundings:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...seen-photographs-bring-1800s-London-life.html

 

[Roberto_72]

50s

After the 50s

 

[GornMyson]

In 1817 you sure wouldn't care about hair loss like today, see here how everyone had hats and you were limited to your surroundings:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...seen-photographs-bring-1800s-London-life.html

OK so the years 1817 , go to sink a few jars of ale after working down docks. Hat gets knocked off, friend says WTF is up with your hair. You manage to shrug it off . Week later go down the local brotel, take off hat for comfort purposes, hooker makes eye contact with hairline . Now I'm sure she's f*****g worse in 1817 but I'd reckon u still may have thoughts about ur hair.

 

[Roberto_72]

OK so the years 1817 , go to sink a few jars of ale after working down docks. Hat gets knocked off, friend says WTF is up with your hair. You manage to shrug it off . Week later go down the local brotel, take off hat for comfort purposes, hooker makes eye contact with hairline . Now I'm sure she's f*****g worse in 1817 but I'd reckon u still may have thoughts about ur hair.

Still hairloss could be considered something related to the "private" sphere. Today you are always bald, or a "hat prisoner".
Also Consider that there are still categories of people who cannot benefit from modern treatments:
- diffuse thinners (no hair transplant)
- women (no fina)
- people with ED (no fina)

 

[Guzam]

All the while his former band mate ages really well (relatively speaking)

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Holy f*****g sh*t. Hair loss truly is game over. Look at this f***, the fact that he still has hair is the sole reason to consider him 'youthful' and it works.