Just Been Down Again Lately - Need To Vent More Than Anything

swingline747

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Im hitting that time frame after my first transplant ( few years now for those who remember ) where the hair around it is starting to (well, well past starting) get difficult to style again. I was growing it longer and actually liking it but my stylist went too far with one of my last trims and cut way too much off and it threw me into a spiral of loathing. Ive been doing the dreaded web searches we all start doing about whether women find bald guys attractive and such just to mock the bullshit results you get.
Its gotten to the point where Im debating shaving again and most people know how I feel about that.
One of the things that really depressed me was recently, like 2 weeks ago, I was helping my brother at his house and his girl was there. Shes pretty much a 10+ in most guys book, me not so much but Im also biased because its my little brothers girlfriend. She was making a comment about my physique compared to his and that he should work out more and I had a nicer butt than him. I told her "he doesnt need to he has better than perfect hair" and she said something else. I then said, "you want him to have a nicer body, or you want him to have his hair?" and within seconds she said "I LIKE HIS HAIR".
Im getting into that spiral of self hate where I just want to hit someone and wonder why ANYTHING you do is worth anything. I know it sounds bad but like I say if my brother was balding to or I just didnt have one I really think my life would just be way better off. I do believe luck follows genes. Everyone jokes hes got the kind of luck where you push him out a window and hed land in a pile of money where everything I touch is mired in frustration and more work than it should take.

Just wanted to vent honestly. I know Im getting too old for this, as Ill be 40 this year, which honestly has zero to do with my attitude but you just never shake the getting balder thing.
 

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Have you tried hitting the gym, getting a tan, and growing a beard?

I'm just kidding, I understand your frustrations. As cliche as it sounds, you're doing all you can, so it's best to just not worry about things you can't control. You're on meds, you've gotten a transplant, it's ultimately a losing battle with our current arsenal but putting up a fight has its merits.

Also, don't try to understand women. They don't even understand themselves. Just focus on improving yourself, and like cats, they'll come to you.

Every time I wasn't trying to be successful with women I was, and when I was trying I failed tremendously. Funny how that works.
 

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Have you tried hitting the gym, getting a tan, and growing a beard?

I'm just kidding, I understand your frustrations. As cliche as it sounds, you're doing all you can, so it's best to just not worry about things you can't control. You're on meds, you've gotten a transplant, it's ultimately a losing battle with our current arsenal but putting up a fight has its merits.

Also, don't try to understand women. They don't even understand themselves. Just focus on improving yourself, and like cats, they'll come to you.

Every time I wasn't trying to be successful with women I was, and when I was trying I failed tremendously. Funny how that works.

I do hit the gym, thats what the entire physique thing was about. I am already naturally tan, my beard sucks and is pretty much gray. Im balding and gray, my brother Has jensen ackles hair. We're only 2 years apart. Sometimes I honestly feel like the danny divito from twins.
 

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I feel you. I'm not familiar with your longer story but what you describe would make me go down a spiral too. Best thing to realize is that you're already doing all you can and you can still go for another transplant I guess. Have you tried to work with concealers in those areas? I've seen a video of a guy once on YT who wasn't on medication and lost substantial hair behind his transplant and it filled it in within seconds. It looked amazing, like he had had zero loss. Otherwise I agree with @whatintheworld. Just live your best life. "If you build it, they will come."
 

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I plan on doing another transplant but it will take me some time to get the funds up. I want to go see my original guy but he's gone. His partner is still around so I guess I could try him out. I still get my topical finasteride from him so he's always asking.
Ive tried concealer but it never seems to look well on me.
I'm living day to day. It's just horrible when you know for a fact it is your hair that affects your looks so badly. People still say I'm generally a good looking guy but when my bro is around it's the "thats YOUR brother?!" Or "YOU TWO are brother's" that gets me. It's like "gee thanks"
 

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Its depressing and weirdly vindicating in equal measure that at 40 you still haven't got over balding. I always thought it would get easier to live with as you get older, but it seems like that's not the case. Like yourself, balding had a huge impact on my life. It was the trigger for lifelong anxiety and inadvertantly damaged my body even further due to drug side effects. It's very difficult to date when you're bald. As you well know, neither girls nor gay men are attracted to it.

Far be it from me to give advice, but have you thought of focusing your attentions elsewhere? At 40 you should have had a career, or at least for started on one, a raft of other things that can bring joy and purpose to your life. Obviously I know that it's not this simple, but, at 40, I personally would hope to be past many of my hang-ups on looks and to be focused on other things. Seems like it's easier to say than to do though.

Tl;dr: you don't want to be like that wacko Nameless, who was pushing 50 but still obsessed with balding and not being able to bone 20 year old girls. More than anything, it's just a recipe for lifelong unhappiness.
 

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40 year old dude gets down by comments made by brother's girlfriend.


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karatekid

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40 year old dude gets down by comments made by brother's girlfriend.


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ye because 40 yo are old fucks who shouldnt care about looks? thats a childish thinking, how old are you?
And im sure this doesnt have alot to do with this girl, he just concerns with his hairloss like all of us, and wanted to vent while sharing this minor story
 

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ye because 40 yo are old fucks who shouldnt care about looks? thats a childish thinking, how old are you?
And im sure this doesnt have alot to do with this girl, he just concerns with his hairloss like all of us, and wanted to vent while sharing this minor story

Caring about your looks ≠ feeling low about some comment made by someone who does not concern you
 

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ye because 40 yo are old fucks who shouldnt care about looks? thats a childish thinking, how old are you?
And im sure this doesnt have alot to do with this girl, he just concerns with his hairloss like all of us, and wanted to vent while sharing this minor story

And unlike meeeeeee this is a smarter person with a shred of deductive reasoning and common sense.
 

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One of the things that really depressed me was recently, like 2 weeks ago, I was helping my brother at his house and his girl was there. Shes pretty much a 10+ in most guys book, me not so much but Im also biased because its my little brothers girlfriend. She was making a comment about my physique compared to his and that he should work out more and I had a nicer butt than him. I told her "he doesnt need to he has better than perfect hair" and she said something else. I then said, "you want him to have a nicer body, or you want him to have his hair?" and within seconds she said "I LIKE HIS HAIR".
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Let me explain it to those with low iq like you - when you deeply concern and sensitive about some aspect in your life, then every small comment from any idiot would throw you off and hurt you, just because it brings up the issue, and confirm your fears.
I for example so depressed cause my hairloss, that even if my 4 year old nephew will say something about it, I will feel like sh*t. Of course that if he would talk about anything else I wouldnt give a sh*t because he is damn 4.
 

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Let me explain it to those with low iq like you - when you deeply concern and sensitive about some aspect in your life, then every small comment from any idiot would throw you off and hurt you, just because it brings up the issue, and confirm your fears.
I for example so depressed cause my hairloss, that even if my 4 year old nephew will say something about it, I will feel like sh*t. Of course that if he would talk about anything else I wouldnt give a sh*t because he is damn 4.

If you feel sh*t by a comment made by a 4 year old kid-regardless of the comment- then it is definitely you who have the low IQ
 

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If you feel sh*t by a comment made by a 4 year old kid-regardless of the comment- then it is definitely you who have the low IQ
wow dude I thought you smarter than this, but according to your comments in this thread seems like you are an idiot.
I never take the effort to argue with idiots because it is pointless, so Im just stopping the discussion here.

Btw im not sure why you liked his post if you just make fun of it, but well I dont even try to understand you stupid logic.
 
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again HER caring or not caring was irrelevant as I stated I dont find her specifically attractive, plus shes my brother girl. Its the simple fact that her comment is a general statement that hair will trump the body 9 times out of 10. Re read the comment. How did the guy after you understand it fine but you dont. If it was unclear then, it should be VERY clear now.
His girl is generally the "every girl" in mentality, shes far from the exception when it comes to the female gender and how they think.
 

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again HER caring or not caring was irrelevant as I stated I dont find her specifically attractive, plus shes my brother girl. Its the simple fact that her comment is a general statement that hair will trump the body 9 times out of 10. Re read the comment. How did the guy after you understand it fine but you dont. If it was unclear then, it should be VERY clear now.
His girl is generally the "every girl" in mentality, shes far from the exception when it comes to the female gender and how they think.
It is true to an extent. I've seen overweight guys do quite well with long flowing locks. It's just the way it is.
 
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