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My hairloss has been on my mind a little more than usual lately, and at times I find myself trying to snap out of it. After all, there are tons of norwoods around me and even close friends that are balding worse never b**ch about it. I am surprised no one seems to care considering how much distress male pattern baldness causes me, and I would say I have a relatively high tolerance for stress.
Lately I have begun to notice the stress and despair of hairloss in others, but it is subtle. For example, there is a senior guy at my company, very respected, very successful nw6, and he constantly makes self deprecating remarks about male pattern baldness. Sometimes he will make fun of plugs, often will say he wishes he had a full head of hair in response to someone expressing an unrealistic desire, etc. Always will quickly add that "to be honest," being bald never bothered him. It clearly bothers him or else he wouldn't talk about it every week.
I took out a group of summer interns with some other guys at the company in their 20s and 30s. Under harsh light I noticed one of the interns who I thought was nw1 had a head full of concealer. I felt bad and tried not to look since I now know how much anguish this condition causes, but it was hard not to. He must have been practically bald.
Oddly, the next day at a meeting I noticed that a colleague in the conference room who I always thought was a fullhead with goofy haircuts paints his scalp and has likely been doing so for years. He was seated directly in front/under a light, poor bastard. I was probably the only person that noticed, and to be frank I felt strangely ashamed for spotting norwoods. I then started wondering how many silver haired fullheads in the room were actually wearing rugs...
I find it odd that no one talks about hairloss seriously. It is obviously causing many men and women serious pain. I have literally never spoken about how much it bothers me to anyone, and have never had any of my balding friends or family confide in me either. At times I feel like a freak for my fixation on hairloss, but obviously many men are just as hung up about this issue. How do these people learn about toppik or rugs or whatever anyway? It's like a dark secret almost.
Lately I have begun to notice the stress and despair of hairloss in others, but it is subtle. For example, there is a senior guy at my company, very respected, very successful nw6, and he constantly makes self deprecating remarks about male pattern baldness. Sometimes he will make fun of plugs, often will say he wishes he had a full head of hair in response to someone expressing an unrealistic desire, etc. Always will quickly add that "to be honest," being bald never bothered him. It clearly bothers him or else he wouldn't talk about it every week.
I took out a group of summer interns with some other guys at the company in their 20s and 30s. Under harsh light I noticed one of the interns who I thought was nw1 had a head full of concealer. I felt bad and tried not to look since I now know how much anguish this condition causes, but it was hard not to. He must have been practically bald.
Oddly, the next day at a meeting I noticed that a colleague in the conference room who I always thought was a fullhead with goofy haircuts paints his scalp and has likely been doing so for years. He was seated directly in front/under a light, poor bastard. I was probably the only person that noticed, and to be frank I felt strangely ashamed for spotting norwoods. I then started wondering how many silver haired fullheads in the room were actually wearing rugs...
I find it odd that no one talks about hairloss seriously. It is obviously causing many men and women serious pain. I have literally never spoken about how much it bothers me to anyone, and have never had any of my balding friends or family confide in me either. At times I feel like a freak for my fixation on hairloss, but obviously many men are just as hung up about this issue. How do these people learn about toppik or rugs or whatever anyway? It's like a dark secret almost.
