- Reaction score
- 6,504
we should specify a bit more though:
scenario A: if you are 35 and have been losing hair since you were 25 then you have been suffering for 10 years
scenario B: if you are 20 and have been losing hair since you were 18 then you have been suffering for 2 years
scenario C: if you are 35 and have been losing hair since you were 33 then you have been suffering for 2 years
now the early suffering is the worst since humans do have a capacity to adapt to pain and trauma, but the cumulative effect of the pain experienced does add up over time. The only scenario where someone in their thirties losing hair is significantly better than someone in their 20s is if the duration of hairloss is the same or shorter; this is taking into account the benefit of increased prevalence of hairloss in the older age bracket.
You won't stop caring about hairloss in your thirties, trust me. It is more likely that someone who is in their 30s or 40s to have been suffering for much longer than someone in their 20s, therefore that cumulative pain is something that should be accounted for and respected.
Having said that, because humans have an ability to adapt to trauma and pain, the early years are often the worst psychologically. Here is the following in chart format:
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I like the effort here (or maybe I'm just a sucker for graphs) but to me this is way too 1 dimensional in explaining a lot of different factors.
Bald in your mid 30's sucks, nobody is disputing this, but the suffering is incomparable to balding at 20. Why? Because it's more common to have hair issues past 30, and people don't look at you like a freakshow. At best you get pity, at worst some people will actually despise you just for being a rare form of ugly (not ALL people, but some people are just c****).
I know a guy who went completely grey in his mid-20's, and it really doesn't suit him, he looked fresh faced before and now he looks ancient (he's kind of a dick so I don't mind being rude about him either, behind his back of course).
I know he really hated going grey and even though before that he was the type who had no filter for making fun of people, and of himself, he would not cope well with the grey "banter" (and even though I don't like him, I wouldn't get involved in such petty crap).
He looked odd and unusual because he was so young, and I believe this seriously impact him socially and with dating. He hasn't had many relationships and they've been brief, I think it's brought out major insecurities in him.
But according to your hypothesis (if I'm understanding it correctly) he suffered the same from 25-30 with going grey, as if it happened when 45-50?
Lol neh breh. Just neh.