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Balding is worse the younger you are, no question. This post is not about comparing. This is about how, for most people, you don't wake up at age 30 or 35 or whatever and stop caring about your appearance. Sure, it's more normal amongst your peers to have some balding, but it still sucks and negatively affects your looks. It sounds vain, but I think it's only normal for people to want to look their best, and it sucks to be at the mercy of a cosmetic genetic condition that only certain individuals are afflicted with.
I'll use myself as an example (and, since this is my first post, as a sort of introduction). When I first realized I was going bald the economy was in the toilet, I had no money, and I was going through some legit personal crises that I won't get into right now. While there were other things I should have been doing with my time to improve my situation (networking, exercise, enjoying people in my life, etc.) instead I spent hours browsing this and other forums. I saw the uncommon successes of people like peapoddy, all the horror stories about finasteride, read how the cure was going to come out "in just five years," and so on.
For the first few months I tried all sorts of stuff that never worked -- supplements, diet, you name it -- and then eventually got a script for finasteride. I had no sides, and after a year on finasteride I added min. Now, 8 years later, my hair is below baseline but certainly not as bad as it would be had I gone without treatment.
The years passed. There was no cure in 2010 or 2012 or 2015, and I don't expect a cure in the next 10 years. Sure, there are now plenty of balding men my age, but so what? I don't like how I look bald, and I'm tired of my recession and diffuse thinning. While I now make enough money that I can afford a transplant, my career makes getting a transplant close to impossible. I can't take more than one week off from work and can't go around meeting people with a shaved, red, and wounded head either. I'm seriously considering a hair system, which was inconceivable to me only a few years ago.
Honestly, it isn't all about attracting the opposite sex either, although I'm sure if I were single it would be even more aggravating. Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but hairloss will probably also suck as you approach middle age. Just had to vent.
I'll use myself as an example (and, since this is my first post, as a sort of introduction). When I first realized I was going bald the economy was in the toilet, I had no money, and I was going through some legit personal crises that I won't get into right now. While there were other things I should have been doing with my time to improve my situation (networking, exercise, enjoying people in my life, etc.) instead I spent hours browsing this and other forums. I saw the uncommon successes of people like peapoddy, all the horror stories about finasteride, read how the cure was going to come out "in just five years," and so on.
For the first few months I tried all sorts of stuff that never worked -- supplements, diet, you name it -- and then eventually got a script for finasteride. I had no sides, and after a year on finasteride I added min. Now, 8 years later, my hair is below baseline but certainly not as bad as it would be had I gone without treatment.
The years passed. There was no cure in 2010 or 2012 or 2015, and I don't expect a cure in the next 10 years. Sure, there are now plenty of balding men my age, but so what? I don't like how I look bald, and I'm tired of my recession and diffuse thinning. While I now make enough money that I can afford a transplant, my career makes getting a transplant close to impossible. I can't take more than one week off from work and can't go around meeting people with a shaved, red, and wounded head either. I'm seriously considering a hair system, which was inconceivable to me only a few years ago.
Honestly, it isn't all about attracting the opposite sex either, although I'm sure if I were single it would be even more aggravating. Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but hairloss will probably also suck as you approach middle age. Just had to vent.
