SBAmerican
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Hey guys! Just joined the forum. Just a little quick background on me. Started losing my hair around the age of 21 very aggressively. Growing up with a very thick head of hair(Justin Beiber type hairstyle) and then progressing to a Norwood 3/4 all within a year and a half was a very daunting experience. Everyone that says hair doesn't matter is either completely delusional or just flat out lying especially when it comes to dating. When I first started receding, I noticed that the interest girls had given me in the past slowly started to fade out. I'm one of the luckier ones though so I can't complain too much. I'm 6'3, relatively good looking, and have a good build. However, it still negatively affected my dating life and people would treat me like I was older than I was. When you first start losing your hair, you put it off as denial and don't want to deal with it. But as my hairline kept creeping back to a Norwood 4 was when the world started really treating me differently. Girls seem to avoid you almost completely, cashiers and servers are less friendly, and people don't seem to want to get to know you. Most people only the highlight the dating pitfalls when it comes to balding but simple things like looking in the mirror and not liking what you see are the worst. When I turned 23, I transferred to a university closer to home and started wearing a hat everywhere I went. I was growing my hair out longer so nobody could tell. Before, I was getting a buzzcut that looked terrible because I was also diffuse thinning in the front. New girls and people didn't know I was balding and people treated me a lot better and I started going on dates. One night in particular was a nightmare of an experience. I had taken this girl home from one of the college bars and went back to her apartment to watch a movie. She took off my hat and saw my mangled fringe of long hair. She then started running her hands threw it and what happened next crushed me. She said in a horrifying voice "Oh my god, you're balding!" I tried to play it off as it was no big deal, but about 20 minutes later she told me that she had to get up early in the morning and told me I should go. I went home and cried myself to sleep, not going to lie. After that, I started to use Toppik to create the illusion of more hair. I got a prescription for propecia and have been using it for the past 2 years. It has worked wonders for my confidence and hair. In June of last year, I got a hair transplant from a doctor in Florida. It turned to be a life changer. He lowered the hairline to make it relatively straight. My hair is still pretty thin in the front but no one can tell. I can walk around without a hat and not feel self conscious anymore. However, I still have to wake up, throw Toppik on, and pop a Propecia pill. Anyone who says hair doesn't matter, is dead wrong. Being a prisoner to a hat, having to spend $7K on a hair transplant at 24 years old, and almost getting conned into buying a wig from a well known hair company will take a blow to your self-esteem.