i totally agree. if the other fellas don't understand that they have issues.
The fact is, AGE DOES MATTER. Why? because when you're 20 and losing hair, like when i started, you dont' see other 20 year olds like that, and thats what makes you feel like crap. Premature hairloss is extremely devastating. its like those young people that have that rare disease where they look old and wrinkly. Do you think that it is just as tough for a 82 yar old to look old and wrinkly as a 16 year old kid with that disease?
go ahead, be 30, 40, or 50, enjoy your life. no one is saying that it isn't hard to deal with, but its certainlly not as hard as when you're really young (for most people). maybe some of you older guys forgot how it is, or never had hairloss at 20, well you wouldn't understand then. Take comfort in the fact that 50% of your friends are bald. I wish I could.
of course i have youth, but i've been in depression for about 3 years now, as a direct result of this sh*t.
Luther007 said:
...maybe I was a little f*cked up to begin with, but I'd be a lot happier if I was f*cked up and had all my hair. Besides, who isn't a little f*cked up at 17? I'm 19 now, my hairloss is progressing, and damnit is it devastating. Especially when almost every girl I hit on takes meaningful glances at my hairline. I spend a good portion of every day staring in the damn mirror, wishing I had normal hair, could stop worrying/obsessing about my image and enjoy my youth!
I was talking to my dad about this the other day. He's 58 and still has all his hair. I asked him if he would care if he started to lose it and he said that he would, but he understands that something so trivial wouldn't upset him anywhere near the amount that it upsets someone my age.
There are 4 ways that people judge you: how you look, what you do, what you say and how you say it. When you are in your 20's, how you look is the number one priority. The image of a 20 year old does not leave room for balding, the image of a 50 year old certainly does.
