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ghg

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Eureka said:
Someone who is an nw2 is experiencing baldness just as heavily as someone who is nw6, if your bothered by it your bothered by it despite how far it's progressed, it's not until you reach nw6 that you realize just how good you had it at nw2.

Yes you're right, I've covered this matter before. It's not like we don't know where we're heading when we start balding, for fucks sake. It can't be much worse seeing the same bald person in the mirror every day than seeing less and less hair on your head every day (especially if you're a diffuse thinner like me).
 

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Eureka said:
ahahha...different balding sects..every other minority manages to attain this why not us baldies.

This is silly, so because I'm only an nw2.5 My balding problems are not as bad as someone who is an nw6, that is some real interesting logic there.

For one thing, people who are effected by balding, are effected as much by an nw2 as an nw6, because it goes from 2 to 6 not 6 to 2, If when we started balding, all our hair fell out, and as it progressed we grew hair back, then this would be different, but that's not how it works.

Someone who is an nw2 is experiencing baldness just as heavily as someone who is nw6, if your bothered by it your bothered by it despite how far it's progressed, it's not until you reach nw6 that you realize just how good you had it at nw2.

Many people dont get to a Norwood 6. Do you know how many men I see daily who are Norwood 2 or Norwood 3's and just pretty much stay there until they are old? This is important.

When you are a Norwood 6, NO ONE GOES BACKWARDS. You are done. You are pretty much beyond hair transplant's unless you get lucky. And meds won't do much either.

I'm not saying losing hair is easy but it's not in the same ballpark as someone who has already gone through the entire process especially early.
 

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Then why dwell on it if there's nothing to be done?
 

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That fact doesn't make it any easier to deal with. Oh yeah, I can finally relax now that I've lost all my hair, at least now I don't have to see it go anymore, because that is so much worse than actually being bald, hooray for me! :smack: You think there is no difference ghg, then if you were given the choice to stay at the level of loss you have right now or be a Norwood 6, which would you choose? :shock: Huh?
 

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ghg said:
Then why dwell on it if there's nothing to be done?

From a practical sense, you are right. But emotions don't work that way. It's like saying "hey your family died. There is nothing you can do about it. Why dwell on it?" Yes you need to eventually move on but hey some people don't.

And before you make an ignorant comment (as usual) as saying "now your comparing death to hairloss", rethink that. What I'm saying is that emotions don't always go with what you "should" do. If you are losing your hair, you "shouldnt" be taking a bunch of drugs either (who knows the side effects in 20 years) but you do it because you are not able to handle losing your hair right?
 

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uncomfortable man said:
You think there is no difference ghg, then if you were given the choice to stay at the level of loss you have right now or be a Norwood 6, which would you choose? :shock: Huh?

Exactly, hardly noticable problem or very noticable problem what would you prefer. If you dont like being a nw2.5 how are you going to cope with being a nw6?
 

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Ok, let's start thinking positive. What POSSIBLE options does a NW6 have to improve his situation and boost his confidence besides wearing a hat? Please list them. I will start. Options: 1. Get a Hair Transplant.
 

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2.Shave it or 3.get a wig. :dunno:
But when you're at that stage its not about concealing it its just about improving it.
 

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Ok, s.a.f, I edited the post above and used your terminology, my wise and insightful friend.
4. Avoid mirrors
 

s.a.f

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5. Become a Bhuddist monk.
 

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Well I already do number 2 every week and have for years. I already did number 3 multiple times and it was worse than this. Doing number 1 is risky and costs too much money.

I am the opposite with number 4. I look at most mirrors.

5. Believe it or not, that thought has occured already. Obviously it's silly but it's amazing what you think of sometimes.
 

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HP, when I first read that you did number 2 every week, I thought your were talking about making a poop. Number 1 is always taking a piss. But I see what you meant now. I have to get my mind out of the gutter.
 

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DoctorHouse said:
HP, when I first read that you did number 2 every week, I thought your were talking about making a poop. Number 1 is always taking a piss. But I see what you meant now. I have to get my mind out of the gutter.

Lol
 

uncomfortable man

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Number 6-Pull a "Heath Ledger".
 

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DoctorHouse said:
HP, when I first read that you did number 2 every week, I thought your were talking about making a poop. Number 1 is always taking a piss. But I see what you meant now. I have to get my mind out of the gutter.

If i wasn't feeling so shitty right now, I would be hysterically laughing to that one lol,

But the worst part is when all is fails, what's left?
 

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uncomfortable man said:
That fact doesn't make it any easier to deal with. Oh yeah, I can finally relax now that I've lost all my hair, at least now I don't have to see it go anymore, because that is so much worse than actually being bald, hooray for me! :smack: You think there is no difference ghg, then if you were given the choice to stay at the level of loss you have right now or be a Norwood 6, which would you choose? :shock: Huh?

I don't get to choose that... right now I'm thinning pretty badly and in a couple of years I'll be bald. That's how it goes.
 

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ghg said:
I don't get to choose that... right now I'm thinning pretty badly and in a couple of years I'll be bald. That's how it goes.

There is a chance of it yes. You dont know for sure. I have seen people stop balding. I see many guys who just are balding even into their 40's and 50's. I mean sure you might lose it but you might not. Point is that once you have, you will understand the difference between losing hair and it being gone forever and looking into a mirror and shieking EVERY TIME not just some of the time. The only caveat is when a person looks good bald (and there are some who do).
 

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Exactly, hardly noticable problem or very noticable problem what would you prefer. If you dont like being a nw2.5 how are you going to cope with being a nw6?

The same, That's what I said, if your effected by hairloss, your effected, there are different levels, but they don't match with how far you have progressed, Who is more effected and who is less, would be based on personalities.

There are nw3s out there who never leave there house without a hat, then there are nw7s with it shaved down who never wear a hat at all, it's the person not the progression.

As for what was said as to someone who stays at nw2 or 3 their entire lives, never really progressing past a certain point, that in some cases is different, depending on the person, depending on when it hit, Variables variables variables.. Those people are quite lucky, but some don't realize it, so they have it as bad as an nw7 because they think they have it as bad.

what about age? If you start losing your hair at 40 your in a much better position to deal with it then at 20, according to the line of thinking already introduced here at least, Also considering the younger you start the more likely you are to progress to that nw7 point.

As for their being nothing to do about an nw7 well yes, this is true, there is no going back, however for a young guy, who is only an nw2 at his current age, there may be no going back for him either, since hair transplant's are not reccommended for younger gentlemen, they may as well be in the same boat as the nw7 since they are shackled to that same fate.
 

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While I agree with some of what you said Eureka, there is one part I disagree with it.

If you are a Norwood 2 oe Norwood 3 or what not and you just don't want to take meds or get an hair transplant, you can shave it. And you look shaved.

Me, I shave my head very short (1/16th of an inch). The top is not stubble. It's just skin. If I had some of that covered, it's an easier adjustment.

When I was younger with hair, I shaved my head a couple of times. I wasn't the best in terms of looking good with it. BUT I let people see it because it didn't look as bad as I do now with all that white white skin showing.
 

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ghg said:
uncomfortable man said:
That fact doesn't make it any easier to deal with. Oh yeah, I can finally relax now that I've lost all my hair, at least now I don't have to see it go anymore, because that is so much worse than actually being bald, hooray for me! :smack: You think there is no difference ghg, then if you were given the choice to stay at the level of loss you have right now or be a Norwood 6, which would you choose? :shock: Huh?

I don't get to choose that... right now I'm thinning pretty badly and in a couple of years I'll be bald. That's how it goes.
The question was hypothetical, which leaves no room for dodging so I will be awaiting your answer.
 
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