Considering Shaving my Head

[Cowboy]

I've been on minoxidil for 13 monthes now. Throughout this duration there have been times where I've missed a few days here and there, and currently, I am just using it once per day because my hair is longer and I hate the greasy look it has if I put it on before I start my day. Also, I've read once per day is suitable for maintaining what I have.

My girlfriend and my hairdresser say it's gotten thicker, but it may just be because I'm growing my hair longer and I use nizerol as well as a thickening shampoo.

Objectively, when I look in the mirror, it doesn't look like much of an improvement, although I do see some new hairs sprouting up at the front, as well as other areas of the crown.

I think by shaving my head, I will get better results because applying minoxidil can be more thorough, and I am also considering starting on finasteride. If I start on finasteride, then I can expect a shed, so shaving my head will allow me to care less about loosing hair if it is already short....perhaps by the time it starts to grow long again the new hairs will be joining them.

But after a lot of research, I realize that these solutions may just be for maybe 5 years or so. I'll be 25 and then have to face these problems again, still at a young age.

I guess I am feeling a bit down, and considering putting this all behind me. I think I might actually look half decent with shaved head, but the main thing I am worried about is the contrast in thickness between the sides of my head and the top, where it is thin.

Just for the record, I don't have any pictures, but my hair is just past my ears now and most people, including close friends don't notice the thinning hair...so I am a bit worried about the surprise and reactions if they can notice my hair is thin.

This is a hard thing to deal with at the ripe age of 20.

What are your thoughts on shaving it all off, maybe getting some tattoos. hahaa

 

[Spidoris]

I'm for it strangely enough. Could be a good way to make your hairloss less noticeable. Soon enough you can have have a full head of hair in any style you choose.

 

[jeffsss]

I'm really consider doing it soon also..

but if you shave your head is there really a point to continue hair regimines???

let's face it.. none of us will ever have the hair like we did when we were teenagers... and that's what we all want.

I think my hair will be buzzed by the end of the year..

sad because my head is the size of a watermelon.

 

[wangho75]

too much hair makes you look sissy

 

[jeffsss]

too much hair makes you look sissy

too little hair makes you look bald.

 

[Cowboy]

too much hair makes you look sissy

too little hair makes you look bald.

He's got you there.

 

[misterium]

^ HAHAHAH

 

[lil weezy]

too much hair makes you look sissy

too little hair makes you look bald.

im about to shave myself, however i will start duta or finasteride and do so for 2 years and then let it grow out

 

[sd4]

i shaved my hair yesterday, feel wierd at first (first time). saw a lot of people shaved their head on the street so i tried it.

 

[bluntman]

Go for it brother. It might make you stop thinking about the hairloss or think about it less, being that its short and all. Also you wont be checking the mirror all the time and getting down on yourself if your having a shitty hairday.

 

[jeffsss]

I buzzed my hair once and it looked like I aged 10 years....
now with my high hairline it'd look ridiculous..

 

[bluntman]

^ lol.

But on a lighter note, if you look at most people with shaved heads (like clip#1) the majority of em seem like they have high hairlines. i rarely see someone with a perfect low hairline, horseshoe types dominate.

 

[tu pac]

There is a couler contrast betwwen the sides and the top(if your diffuse) but it will be a lot less noticeable then you think,shave on a 1 It does ease a little of the obssesion,and you no longer becomr a victim to the evironment rain,wind,snow and all that sh*t, one prolblem with it is the minoxidil leaves a white film when dried and dandruff becomes visible,But application is 100 times easier and quicker, and in my opinion a young man looks better shaved then a thin flimsy top oh yea and no mirror checks through out the day, but there is a part of of you that reconizes your nearining the end that hurts.