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To be fair, one of the most dreaded effects of my hairloss was loss of my identity, of being Kevin, and I think many people, especially those who care about their appearance a lot and link it with hair, shared this dread with me.
Imagine a femboy with NW5.
Imagine a hippie without his long hair.
Imagine a punk whose mohawk is diffused and ugly.
Imagine an athlete with grandpa horseshoe.
These examples are to show how much balding can cause an identity crisis which many people just overlook. 'Yeah it's just hair lmao'. The psychological effect of balding is so underrated, yet it causes so big distress I almost failed my college last year and to this day some people tell me 'I have always associated you with that mane of yours Kev, where is my old Kev' or just blutnly comment on my receding hairline or diffuse thinning. I think to some extent it ruined my thinking of myself as young and vibrant, even now sometimes I just think of myself as a middle aged man despite being just 20, when I go to my teen friends I am worried of their friends call me a grandpa or just a baldie, I am just uncomfortable to be around teenagers at all. I am told I look 30, which made me feel like utter sh*t, because I constantly think I am undeserving of being around young people, which happened before hairloss due to Aspergers. At least people tell me I look hot and compliment me all the time, but I think the damage has been already done.
Imagine a femboy with NW5.
Imagine a hippie without his long hair.
Imagine a punk whose mohawk is diffused and ugly.
Imagine an athlete with grandpa horseshoe.
These examples are to show how much balding can cause an identity crisis which many people just overlook. 'Yeah it's just hair lmao'. The psychological effect of balding is so underrated, yet it causes so big distress I almost failed my college last year and to this day some people tell me 'I have always associated you with that mane of yours Kev, where is my old Kev' or just blutnly comment on my receding hairline or diffuse thinning. I think to some extent it ruined my thinking of myself as young and vibrant, even now sometimes I just think of myself as a middle aged man despite being just 20, when I go to my teen friends I am worried of their friends call me a grandpa or just a baldie, I am just uncomfortable to be around teenagers at all. I am told I look 30, which made me feel like utter sh*t, because I constantly think I am undeserving of being around young people, which happened before hairloss due to Aspergers. At least people tell me I look hot and compliment me all the time, but I think the damage has been already done.
