I feel guilty for the advice I give to balding men...

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I like to make people who are suffering feel better... I have one friend who has major burns to his skin. I tell him it doesn't matter and that nobody notices... but it's not true. It's very noticeable and it does affect him. I tell him he's need to be strong and to keep his chin up, but I know if I was in his position I would be a wreck..


The same thing happens to hair loss suffers... I have only moderate hair loss.. I tell those in a worse situation that they shouldn't worry because there are more important matters than hair, but I know I personally could not deal with anything more than a high NW2.5. I would destroy me anymore. I would want to die. But still I tell NW2.5 men that nothing is wrong, they should toughen up. Hey what are you supposed to say?

Men with hair loss are like fat girls. You can't say the truth to them. You have to tell them positive perspectives. I see it all the time. When someone posts here for feedback they always get positive messages, allot of the time it's not warranted, they look very bad. I say nothing but I'm sure I'm not the only one thinking like this. I guess though for those in question they have no choice but to move on.

Maybe the rule is if you have to ask a question 'do I look bad' the question is already answered, almost always as a 'yes'. Otherwise maybe it's only marginal, either way, but everyone can look in the mirror. If you look good you'll know it and never have to ask the question - do you think Freddie Ljungberg or Jason Statham lookalikes would ever post here? Nope I only see men with facial shapes that don't suit hair loss here, exclusively. That's why this place is a hell hole of negativity - it's attracted the losers of hair loss. I would not be here if I looked good bald. Why would I spend time with you losers (no offense ha) when I could be enjoying my youth?

I hope for me there's a strength I think I don't have that I do. If things get worse with my hair I don't know what I'll do. I can't deal with anymore hair loss, I don't have the strength for it. I'm already self conscious and angry over what's happened... The only thing I can think of to help is that I'm getting older, so are my friends and peers, they're getting signs of aging too, like wrinkles, sun damage, more. I hope it gets better. It could go either way: I might be forever haunted that my youth was destroyed, or I might accept that I'm no longer young and that gives me a release from wanting hair. I hope it's the later but in our youth obsessed society I doubt it. If this curse haunts me to my dying day I'll never experience happiness again.
 

EvilLocks

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So many things wrong with this post... First of all, why would you give advice you don't mean? Why would you say it's not a big deal when it is? That's lying, and lying to someone is a sin. Better to tell it like it is than lie to make people feel better. You know hair loss is a big deal and even go as far as saying it will make you want to die if it gets worse, so why not be real with people and give REAL advice (or nothing at all)?

Also, calling bald men (and women?) losers is very rude. Bald people are not losers, they don't need to change, it is society that needs to change their view on bald people. We have done nothing wrong, other than being born with crappy genetics. Do we deserve to be pissed on and called losers because we were dealt a bad hand? Of course not!
 

uncomfortable man

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Same. Just goes to show how those not touched by baldness can hurt even when they think they are helping. The only question the op must ask himself is why does he feel hostility toward bald people?
 

EvilLocks

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The only question the op must ask himself is why does he feel hostility toward bald people?

Probably because he is so afraid of winding up bald himself, since society is conditioned to hate bald people. People often dislike/hate what they're afraid of.
 

I.D WALKER

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Modern society has been groomed to lie. I can' think of a better example atm like the one that goes something like: You can succeed at anything if you'll only put your mind to it. Beware of sweet prevaricators for their words have the venomous sting that of a golden, forked tongue angel of death.
 

Notcoolanymore

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You shouldn't lose any sleep over giving bad advice. I would say that most likely they are not believing you anyway. I highly doubt that somebody with severe burns is actually going to believe that nobody notices. The same goes for your balding advice. We all know that there are more important things than hair. It still doesn't make looking like **** any easier.
 

Wolf Pack

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I'm actually opposite to this. I don't conform to saying acceptable things, especially to people who are close to me. If it sucks I will say it, but obviously gently, as well as offer ways to try and improve the situation and compensate. For this person, I would clearly state it's very noticeable but plastic surgery can help and improving other areas of your life. You're not a good friend IMO as you're not trying to help him.

You sometimes see social and political correctness on this site too in terms of comments on people's hair. It's natural. Inside their minds everyone is thinking the truth but it's not often revealed.

Knowing where I stand is the most important thing to me and I suppose for other people too. Take it like a man :)
 

RoyD

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for the last time! fat girls can lose weight. bald men cannot grow their hair! what advice you give people is completely a personal choice. either type of advice doesn't make you a good or bad person. besides it's not always in life do people appreciate good advice.
 

shookwun

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Can't compare baldness to being fat.

Compare it to having a facial deformity. Its a disease of the chromosomes after all.
 

2bald2young

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Telling someone who finds something (like 3rd degree burn marks) a big deal that it is not a big deal is a horrible things to do because eventually they are going to think that it is their fault while in reality there isn't much you can do about genetics or out of your control events.
 
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