Been through way worse.

[bluered999]

YA i think hairloss sucks and all but it seems like such a small thing to complain about. Being homeless living on the streets, being abused, physical pain etc so much worse, and we are crying over strands of hair. "I think we all need to man up.

In my opinion being circumcised / mutilated as a baby has been 10x more traumatizing, at least hair is only cosmetic.

 

[hellouser]

YA i think hairloss sucks and all but it seems like such a small thing to complain about. Being homeless living on the streets, being abused, physical pain etc so much worse, and we are crying over strands of hair. "I think we all need to man up.

In my opinion being circumcised / mutilated as a baby has been 10x more traumatizing, at least hair is only cosmetic.

Those things may be worse if you've lived through them. Everyone's problems are relative.

 

[cocohot]

I haven't. Hair loss was the worst for me.

And as I've said before, I would gladly give up all my belongings to gain back a full head of hair.

And no, I'm not kidding, I'm dead serious.

It goes way, way beyond aesthetics: identity, looking normal for your peers and being accepted socially, getting a job, and of course a girlfriend, etc.

Exactly. That's actually the order I would put the problems of baldness into.

 

[blackg]

I agree with you.

Until your an NW6.

 

[Roberto_72]

In my opinion being circumcised / mutilated as a baby has been 10x more traumatizing, at least hair is only cosmetic.

(From wiki): In 2012 the American Academy of Pediatrics found that "the health benefits of newborn male circumcision outweigh the risks, but the benefits are not great enough to recommend universal newborn circumcision"

So you are comparing a disfiguring disease to a practice that is considered beneficial to your health.
Ok. keep your foreskin, I will keep hair if I can.

 

[buckthorn]

YA i think hairloss sucks and all but it seems like such a small thing to complain about. Being homeless living on the streets, being abused, physical pain etc so much worse, and we are crying over strands of hair. "I think we all need to man up.

In my opinion being circumcised / mutilated as a baby has been 10x more traumatizing, at least hair is only cosmetic.

I have struggled with money, injured and reinjured myself, been through countless surgeries, been in relationships that you cannot even imagine - I would go through it all again AND cut off my right hand to have my hair back. I know what you're getting at. BUT, if you have lived a life looking good/presentable with hair and then you lose it and look otherwise, it's completely natural, in todays society for this to be traumatic as f*ck. Yes, there are worst things, but severe physical pain to me, which I live in ever day, is a weekend in the bahamas compared to sheer mental torture.

 

[xetudor]

So if other people suffer it should make you feel good about your own problems? What kind of ****ed up logic in this? It's disgusting.

 

[bluered999]

(From wiki): In 2012 the American Academy of Pediatrics found that "the health benefits of newborn male circumcision outweigh the risks, but the benefits are not great enough to recommend universal newborn circumcision"

So you are comparing a disfiguring disease to a practice that is considered beneficial to your health.
Ok. keep your foreskin, I will keep hair if I can.

Your an idiot, cutting off a foreskin is the most sensitive part, and is going against millions of years of evolution. And at least baldness is natural and actually can have some health benefits (more vitamin D production)

 

[Cue Bald]

lol i have been circumsized and i couldn't give a fuuu.... plus a lot of girls seem to like it circumsized...
if I had a foreskin I wouldn't get it cut now, but if someone offered me a NW1 in exchange for a foreskin I would get out the scalpel myself -
OP - I bet you are under a NW3 to be saying that getting circumsized is more traumatic than being bald...

 

[Roberto_72]

Your an idiot, cutting off a foreskin is the most sensitive part, and is going against millions of years of evolution. And at least baldness is natural and actually can have some health benefits (more vitamin D production)

Yeah, calling people names will make you more right.

 

[buckthorn]

I'm going to agree then as well.

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buckthorn brah don't you think you're overreacting just a little bit? Severe physical pain every day is less worse than losing hair?

Physical pain is nothing compared to mental anguish and humiliation.

 

[F2005]

Those things may be worse if you've lived through them. Everyone's problems are relative.

This really is true. That's why all of the extreme and sometimes delusional positivity posts come from people with the least hair loss (like NW2). They're largely naïve to the truly devastating effects of real and extensive hair loss because they've never experienced it for themselves.

 

[GoldenMane]

The thing is, hair loss and physical pain/homelessness/being abused or experiencing physical pain are not mutually exclusive. You can have male pattern baldness AND experience all taht other lovely stuff!

Most of us would endure any physical pain to get our hair back. Most of us would rather be homeless and have hair, we could work hard and get ourselves back into society and have a normal life. Most of us have experienced abuse, mental or physical at some stage in our lives, it's not at all uncommon.

Being circumcised is NOT worse than going bald (unless you're a woman), don't even joke about that...

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I have struggled with money, injured and reinjured myself, been through countless surgeries, been in relationships that you cannot even imagine - I would go through it all again AND cut off my right hand to have my hair back. I know what you're getting at. BUT, if you have lived a life looking good/presentable with hair and then you lose it and look otherwise, it's completely natural, in todays society for this to be traumatic as f*ck. Yes, there are worst things, but severe physical pain to me, which I live in ever day, is a weekend in the bahamas compared to sheer mental torture.

I wouldn't cut off my hand to stay be a fullhead for life, but I would give a leg if that's what it took. You can live a much more normal and happy life with an artificial leg than you can with no hair. A hand though? I bet people find an artificial hand or no hand more repulsive than they do a hairless head.

 

[Roberto_72]

Most of us would rather be homeless and have hair, we could work hard and get ourselves back into society and have a normal life.

You should write a short story about this. Homeless because you want your life back, and maybe you succeed!

 

[GoldenMane]

You should write a short story about this. Homeless because you want your life back, and maybe you succeed!

Much easier for a homeless person to fix his life, get a job and a place to live than it is for a bald man to regrow his hair. In first world countries, most people who are homeless are drug addicts, alcoholics or suffer from mental illness. Only the latter has my sympathy.

 

[Ramsey23]

Some of the comments here are kind of surprising to me. This is my first day on the forum, so maybe the negativity is par for the course, but some of the comments are a bit over-the-top. I understand the impact that losing your hair has on someone's psyche as I've gone through it myself. I have the hair of a monk (thick all around except the crown, which has barely any coverage). If I wasn't self-conscious about it, I wouldn't conceal it, but many of you are acting like baldness is a death sentence. I had a friend who got more attractive girls than anyone I know. He lost his hair in his mid-20s to the point where he shaved his head. He got in great shape and had a good personality and never had any issues with girls or confidence going forward. Granted he was a handsome guy, but I have other friend's with thinning/no hair who are not great looking and still get attractive girls because of their confidence/personality.

I understand that it can impact one's confidence, but you'd rather be homeless??? Don't get me wrong. I hate my bald spot. I've used Toppik to cover it and I've tried minoxidil and finasteride, but that hasn't stopped me from having a great life.

 

[Norwood One]

You THINK being homeless isn't worse than balding till it happens to you. Then you'll trade all your hair for a warm bed and food.

Follow Maslow's hierarchy of needs to realize how you will feel. Hint: (Being homeless threatens your basic needs.. You'll feel worse than crap and constantly in fear. Balding will be the least of your worries.)

 

[hellouser]

You THINK being homeless isn't worse than balding till it happens to you. Then you'll trade all your hair for a warm bed and food.

Follow Maslow's hierarchy of needs to realize how you will feel. Hint: (Being homeless puts threatens your basic needs at da bottom. You'll feel worse than crap and constantly in fear. Balding will be the least of your worries.)

Baldness comes in at the middle; belongingness/love. Baldness holds you back from those things.

 

[Marky]

Physical pain is nothing compared to mental anguish and humiliation.

Yep, constant mental torment, whatever your situation is, is worse than physical suffering.

 

[Norwood One]

Edit: Last time I saw this chart was in psychology class. Just realized balding does hit us pretty hard on that graph. Into belonging and love needs and esteem needs territory. Preventing our self-actualization.

Crazy. but not as worse as homelessness.