Do A Majority Of Nw2/3's Not Realize They're Losing Hair? Or It Just Doesn't Bother Them That Much?

[kj6723]

Warning: possible triggering for advanced baldites @WhitePolarBear @Exodus2011

I see tons of lower norwood dudes rocking hairstyles with the fully exposed balding temples, pretty clearly not avoiding normal activities or interaction with people, outgoing and enjoying life as they likely would were they NW1's

I was at a wedding recently, and I commented to an NW3 friend how I had not seen another one of our friends who was going to be there in 10 years

NW3 goes, "yeah, he looks pretty much the same, except he's balding"....makes the comment in a manner as if he himself has zero hairloss. Also wears it pretty long and slicked back, balding fully exposed. The dude we were talking about was the only one of our former high school group there with visible crown loss. It's like many people, even those who have receding hairlines themselves, don't comprehend that balding can take place from both the front and back of the head...I myself was actually one of these people until I hit NW2.5

To me, pre treatment, when I was a NW2.5 with a visibilty thinning forelock, the image and thought of my male pattern baldness, and its inevitable progression were a source of fairly intense day to day psychological and emotional torture. Granted I definitely have at least some level of bdd, as even now as a NW2, maybe borderline NW1.5 I still often find myself styling my hair so the corners of my hairline aren't exposed, and have flashes of paranoia where I wonder if there's a norwood spotter in the room, ready to make a public joke about my genes

But most people just don't think like this, it seems

Not sure if it's a blessing or a curse that I'm so self aware of this sh*t.
Blessing: I'll likely be way more aesthetic for way longer
Curse: I've missed out on, and will likely continue to miss out on activities, relationships, and joys of day to day, care free living

 

[Afro_Vacancy]

I think people don't recognize hairloss for some time.

Example, I didn't notice that Jude Law was receding in Gattaca which I watched in 1997 or so, and he was supposed to represent genetic perfection in that movie.

 

[Exodus2011]

I think people don't recognize hairloss for some time.

Example, I didn't notice that Jude Law was receding in Gattaca which I watched in 1997 or so, and he was supposed to represent genetic perfection in that movie.

this. OP you need to be rational and realize its a blessing. the curse is in your head. talk to a therapist or something

BDD is your only problem now

 

[Dontwannabeabetabob]

I think to most people a NW1-3 is in the norm if there's no crown thinning. To me I relate that much more to balding than to some temple recession even as we all know here very well frontal recession is in fact balding.

 

[Exodus2011]

I think to most people a NW1-3 is in the norm if there's no crown thinning. To me I relate that much more to balding than to some temple recession even as we all know here very well frontal recession is in fact balding.

frontal recession is often just norwood 3-4 at like 35+ and can be graceful if done right. and very normal looking

 

[Dontwannabeabetabob]

frontal recession is often just norwood 3-4 at like 35+ and can be graceful if done right. and very normal looking

Exactly no one really stops and says, "holy sh*t that guy is bald!"

 

[rclark]

Exactly no one really stops and says, "holy sh*t that guy is bald!"

Is that avatar name derived from Bobster231?

 

[rclark]

I think people don't recognize hairloss for some time.

Example, I didn't notice that Jude Law was receding in Gattaca which I watched in 1997 or so, and he was supposed to represent genetic perfection in that movie.

It's true. But people who are somewhat concerned about their looks notice.

When I saw pictures of my father, I said to myself holy sh*t, this can't happen to me.

Kept looking at my hairline. It was obvious once I was twenty. Past a Norwood one by
then.

 

[Dontwannabeabetabob]

Is that avatar name derived from Bobster231?

No idea who that is. I feel like I'm missing something now.

 

[whatevr]

Exactly no one really stops and says, "holy sh*t that guy is bald!"

Unless you're diffusing, then it's a different story.

 

[Vanitykills]

Everyone with hair loss is in denial until someone mentions you're losing hair, then you become self critical and panic with fear.

 

[samantha3333]

Most balding girls I see (surprisingly so many of them out there!) do not recognise or they just don't talk about it. I'm however surprised by how many of them would not even do anything to hide it.

 

[JohnsonDDG]

I didn't care about hair loss that much until I was basically a nw3

 

[kj6723]

Most balding girls I see (surprisingly so many of them out there!) do not recognise or they just don't talk about it. I'm however surprised by how many of them would not even do anything to hide it.

Yeah funny you mention it. It's not even just dudes. I know some chicks younger than me with hairlines worse than mine who wear their hair pulled back, recession fully exposed

Can't imagine they have any idea or they wouldn't be wearing their hair like that

 

[kj6723]

I didn't care about hair loss that much until I was basically a nw3

Did you realize you were balding though? To me, the psychological impact of knowing you're on a 1 way track and where it leads is part of the torture, even if your aesthetics are still somewhat manageable at the moment

 

[JohnsonDDG]

Did you realize you were balding though? To me, the psychological impact of knowing you're on a 1 way track and where it leads is part of the torture, even if your aesthetics are still somewhat manageable at the moment

Yep, I knew at 21/22 - but my dad is only a nw4 at 50 so I didn't panic.

 

[g.i joey]

i guarantee most guys who are balding don't realize it because of one thing; uniform density. Having a receded hairline with uniform density is balding on easy mode imo, most guys will just think they have a weird hairline and that's it. I remember when my hairline wasn't a complete v I always wanted the bassist from the band The Devil Wears Prada hair. He buzzed his head but his hairline was the most perfect V shape. Little did I know he was basically nw3 and now has very little left.

TLDR: unless you're thinning, receding with uniform density isn't really considered balding.

 

[Exodus2011]

Yeah funny you mention it. It's not even just dudes. I know some chicks younger than me with hairlines worse than mine who wear their hair pulled back, recession fully exposed

Can't imagine they have any idea or they wouldn't be wearing their hair like that

Female hairlines are higher and more rounded.

 

[Baldingat188]

Did you realize you were balding though? To me, the psychological impact of knowing you're on a 1 way track and where it leads is part of the torture, even if your aesthetics are still somewhat manageable at the moment

This is spot on. Currently my hair looks decent but it drives me f*****g nuts everyday thinking how a year from now I might be severely balding

Despite being on the big 3, the psychological affect of hairloss is awful. Ever since I discovered it I can't get it off my mind because it's a night mare that doesn't end

 

[biddybomb]

Most balding girls I see (surprisingly so many of them out there!) do not recognise or they just don't talk about it. I'm however surprised by how many of them would not even do anything to hide it.

I know right. At uni I see so many girls who tie their hair back revealing some NW2 and sometimes beyond temples. Female hairloss isn't even in their vocabulary so they have no insecurities about it whatsoever. Sad thing is in many cases their hairloss is due to tension alopecia and have no clue that tight hairstyles like that wreck the f*** out of hair follicles.

I have better hairline than this broad but would never wear my hair like this because I'd be insecure of people noticing my recession yet she gives no fucks because women 'don't bald'.