Hi! I have stumbled upon this website, and have now offically joined. After reading these posts for almost 3 months, I would like to share my story and give some optimism to some younger people and hopefully prevent some of the mental trauma that male pattern baldness can bring on.
First off, who I am. I am a 38 y/o guy who is about 60% bald. I keep my hair on a #1 clip. It will still blind you if you look at it the wrong way.
I started losing when I was 22. Before that you needed 3 hands to run a comb through my hair. Throughout college, and eventually Med School I started slowly turning into "Frasier" - as my roomates would call me.
This whole process caused SIGNIFICANT trauma to my psyche, and I would be lying to say I did not care. Fortunately mother nature and the God blessed me with good looks, enough serotonin in my brain and a decent build. This, has allowed me to have many women, ALL beautiful, and a good group of buds. I played guitar for many bands, and even played the Hard Rock Cafe twice. I am happy to say that I dated a model for 4 years - now seen in many Hollywood movies (playing extras) - and many women who could have easily been models. I got married at 30 to the most beautiful woman I know and my soulmate, and we now have a 2 year-old "little me." I have a very succesful medical practice, drive a Ferrari, and live in a nice home - and have hit the $1M Net Worth mark at 38. All this with almost complete male pattern baldness.
Yes, people still "stare" at my forehead and make funny remarks, but It really does not matter. It DID matter when I was 22 and at a Fraternity party (everyone knows what goes through our minds) - but I just smiled and went on.
A great personality and ambition will get you to where you need to go in life. I like to think that the balding fiasco I went through kept me away from some women to prevent STD's, AIDS, and Drugs - I feel that if I would have been a "player" I would not be where I am today.
I finally took Propecia when I was in my 20's. Being a medical student, I researched the preliminary findings they had with Proscar - and got samples and split the pills up to get proper dosage. MOST of my hair came BACK, AND I stopped losing. I had to stop everything when my wife and I started for kids - as everyone knows birth defects can happen.
So, here I am. Frasier. Looking back on it all, and hopefully giving some optimism to some guys in their 20's who are going through what I went through.
You'll get your beautiful women, nice cars, and good careers. Life is not all about hair. :hairy:
First off, who I am. I am a 38 y/o guy who is about 60% bald. I keep my hair on a #1 clip. It will still blind you if you look at it the wrong way.
I started losing when I was 22. Before that you needed 3 hands to run a comb through my hair. Throughout college, and eventually Med School I started slowly turning into "Frasier" - as my roomates would call me.
This whole process caused SIGNIFICANT trauma to my psyche, and I would be lying to say I did not care. Fortunately mother nature and the God blessed me with good looks, enough serotonin in my brain and a decent build. This, has allowed me to have many women, ALL beautiful, and a good group of buds. I played guitar for many bands, and even played the Hard Rock Cafe twice. I am happy to say that I dated a model for 4 years - now seen in many Hollywood movies (playing extras) - and many women who could have easily been models. I got married at 30 to the most beautiful woman I know and my soulmate, and we now have a 2 year-old "little me." I have a very succesful medical practice, drive a Ferrari, and live in a nice home - and have hit the $1M Net Worth mark at 38. All this with almost complete male pattern baldness.
Yes, people still "stare" at my forehead and make funny remarks, but It really does not matter. It DID matter when I was 22 and at a Fraternity party (everyone knows what goes through our minds) - but I just smiled and went on.
A great personality and ambition will get you to where you need to go in life. I like to think that the balding fiasco I went through kept me away from some women to prevent STD's, AIDS, and Drugs - I feel that if I would have been a "player" I would not be where I am today.
I finally took Propecia when I was in my 20's. Being a medical student, I researched the preliminary findings they had with Proscar - and got samples and split the pills up to get proper dosage. MOST of my hair came BACK, AND I stopped losing. I had to stop everything when my wife and I started for kids - as everyone knows birth defects can happen.
So, here I am. Frasier. Looking back on it all, and hopefully giving some optimism to some guys in their 20's who are going through what I went through.
You'll get your beautiful women, nice cars, and good careers. Life is not all about hair. :hairy:
