Ori, top posts man, I am in complete agreement with your opinion on life as a bald/balding man.
It can be frustrating/annoying and at times you will feel ugly and many men do look worse bald than they did with hair, but it's not the life sentence that so many people make it out to be on this forum.
I know that I look much better with hair ''You look so different with hair'' when I let my NW3.5 grow in recently and with the tone of their voice, I could tell they were saying this as a compliment.
For 6months of shaved and occasionaly sly, I was known as the bald guy, every bald guy on TV no matter if it was Kelly Slater or Billy Corgan - that would be who I looked like according to friends and of course being my big bald dome on show.
but in that period, I got on life - I can't remember anyone staring right through me or being treated as a 2nd class citizen. If anything, I got more respect - Drivers letting me go at junctions or waving me through. Older women women, some of whom I found attractive would be interested in me, more so than when I have hair.
I suppose in a way if you can't handle being bald or looked very nice with hair. Then it's going to be hard to adjust to life without it, like those old skanks who dye their hair blonde with black roots and wear too much makeup and have surgery. A lot of them were probably attractive in the day, but now they are getting older they are refusing to age gracefully and look x10 worse than they would if they showed off some laughter lines or kept their hair natural.
If you were handsome with hair, sometimes it might work if you are bald as you'll have a beautiful face to rely on for looks, but if you were only handsome with hair then it's going be difficult to customise that into your life.
Those people were/are used to having women smile and flirt at them and now they don't - just like the older women who age badly.
For the people who are bald and miserable. I don't know why they don't try a piece? You might after 1day of wearing realise it is not for you, but some of them look good these days and it probably is a lot of mainteance but if you feel and look awful, why not try everything? Try concealer, try shaving down, try a mohawk, try a wig, use the options that are available.
Everyone is different and that is great about the world. I believe that anyone who's NW4 or more and has heavy diffuse thinning, their best option is to shave. It looks neater to me and it's trimmed. Ok, so you won't have hair for people to focus on but chances are and we've probably all had it, the dreaded stare to the forhead if you are diffuse in a brightly lit place to check out your thinning or receding hairline. Shaving it minimises the thinning, and shows off your face.
Don't need to wear fake tan or dress in a suit, but being bald, you do have to make an effort a bit more, but some slacks/jeans, a nice shirt or sweater look good. Look after your skin, shave or at least keept the beard/stubble trimmed, try to be the best person you can.
Not everyone is going to like a bald head, just like many people will look at a guy with a mohawk and think 'What a tool'.
I refuse to believe that people don't get jobs because they are bald, or get shunned by social situations because of not having hair or a beautiful norwood 1.
I started to thin/recede about 4-5 years ago when I was 23-24. At the time I felt really bad mainly because out of my good friends (10 of us) only 1 was balding and I felt like I was starting to older because of it. Roll on 5 years and although, I have a hairy bunch of friends - I'd say at least 6 of them are out of shape, don't eat right and beginning to show signs of age catching up with them. Some of them will lose their hair or at least thin in the next few years too.
Sorry this is so long and probably very boring for many, but again, guys - find a style, eat well, live well, exercise, dress sharp if you're going to a party, remain positive, and people will respect you. If someone refuses to respect you because you have no hair or balding - They are not worth the hassle of even knowing them.
Last paragraph, sorry guys haha - I have a very good friend (the one who was balding when I started too as well). He's 28, NW4.5 nearing 5 and his hair is very thin too. His father is NW2, both his grandparents are NW1. He's never short of dates because his confidence is through the roof. He's slim, tall and has even been called very harshly ''Face down'' as meaning from his face down he looks good, but he doesn't care and rips the guy back. He chats, makes people feel wonderful when in his company, has a great sense of humour and always gets dates and always has women falling for him.
So much of this in your heads folks.
