Not Having Kids Due To Faulty Genes

[Exodus2011]

With all this genes talk...

today I was facebook stalking the members of the family who used to be the kids down the street I hung out with growing up...and holy f*** talk about good genes being passed on....it's a pretty extended family, and everyone just looks so...VIBRANT. They're all like 6.5 to 8, with the exception of a few older people putting on some weight. Was looking through the pictures and everyone just seems like they're having a grand old time...going on vacations together, getting engaged, laughing with babies...had me thinking about how nice it would be to have kids and try to build a legacy...create some of these nice family memories.

And then I think about what the chances would be of my family somehow coming out with master genes like that...seems pretty slim...not to mention I don't think my current personality is geared very well toward being a family man. What is the possibility of people looking through my future family's photos of our times together and seeing the same level of vibrancy?

I get this surreal feeling when I think about how my dream in life used to be marriage, family, kids....and at the moment that seems like such an foreign possibility

 

[Exodus2011]

halo effect is so deeply ingrained lol, its f*****g everywhere. i was reading about this blonde celebrity named heather graham (girl on the hangover and roller girl from boogie nights) and they described her as having a "guileless" demeanor or something, despite having very sexual roles. guileless means innocent.

all because she is very cutesy and blonde lol.

 

[hairblues]

AU.

I saw from some of your posts that you may have AA. Do you know whether you have Androgenetic Alopecia or AA yet?

I had a biopsy so far that tested AA i am waiting on second biopsy.

How fast was your AU?

 

[FootyStar]

I had a biopsy so far that tested AA i am waiting on second biopsy.

How fast was your AU?

It was pretty fast. I lost everything within a month (from full head of hair to no hair anywhere).

 

[hairblues]

It was pretty fast. I lost everything within a month (from full head of hair to no hair anywhere).

Wow...how old were you when this happened?

 

[hairblues]

@FootyStar lets stay in touch if you want, i am not really 'connecting' with people on FB page for AA page. not finding much other forums.

 

[FootyStar]

Wow...how old were you when this happened?

I was 22 at the time.

@FootyStar lets stay in touch if you want, i am not really 'connecting' with people on FB page for AA page. not finding much other forums.

Sure, sounds good. I'll be happy to share any knowledge / advice I have regarding AA.

So you haven't had much luck connecting with anyone on sites like AlopeciaWorld.com or HerAlopecia.com?

 

[hairblues]

I was 22 at the time.



Sure, sounds good. I'll be happy to share any knowledge / advice I have regarding AA.

So you haven't had much luck connecting with anyone on sites like AlopeciaWorld.com or HerAlopecia.com?

I'm on a FB Areata page that is great for some information about medications etc--but i am not really connecting there. I feel like when i post a question instead of getting answers i get grilled.

I dont have any response from Alopecia world it seems kind of dead and Heralopecia no response yet.

 

[FootyStar]

I'm on a FB Areata page that is great for some information about medications etc--but i am not really connecting there. I feel like when i post a question instead of getting answers i get grilled.

I dont have any response from Alopecia world it seems kind of dead and Heralopecia no response yet.

It sucks that you're getting grilled just for asking a question. So much for being a "support" page...

The other forums are certainly a lot less lively compared to here TBH. I also found other alopecia forums to also be quite hostile, where you are walking on egg shells with what you're allowed to say and any opposition to the feel-good "bald is beautiful" mantra risks you angering many people there.

 

[kj6723]

It was pretty fast. I lost everything within a month (from full head of hair to no hair anywhere).

I was 22 at the time.

dude, I can't even imagine the devastation

 

[cocohot]

dude, I can't even imagine the devastation

I can. I'd imagine it feels very similar to male pattern baldness etc.

 

[tellersquill]

This video made me reconsider have kids: