Reasons Why I Dont Want To "embrace The Baldness"

[tdag]

I am so tired of people saying the only option is to "embrace the baldness". Screw that, there are plenty of better options. finasteride, minoxidil, hair transplants being the best ones. And really it doesnt have much to do with attracting women. Here is why I think letting your hair go and shaving your head is one of the worst solutions. Some are personal to me and some are general.

1) Maintenance. Every single bald guy on the internet that is trying to delude themselves that it doesnt suck balls always brings up how much time and money they save. BS. Yea maybe they dont have to shampoo their non existing hair or get hair cuts. However the thought of having to shave my head every day or every other day, makes the 30 seconds it takes to pop a finasteride pill and apply minoxidil foam seem like a godsend. Not to mention the money/time spent on razors, having to protect your head from the elements, etc. Seriously one of the main reasons I am trying to keep my hair, is that it is much less time consuming to have hair than to shave. I spend maybe 60 seconds total on my hair in the morning with a low maintenance style. Just shaving my beard is a massive pain in the ***, and all of that hair is in a place I can easily see.

2) Self Image: There are some guys who can look awesome bald. However I dont want to "just get jacked and grow a beard dude". That isnt who I am and I am not going to change that to compensate for balding. I dont want to be a walking stereotype. Dont get me wrong fitness is a good thing, but you can be fit and in good shape without looking like the Rock. What it comes down to is that my own personal style involves having hair and not using over sized muscles or facial hair to compensate. No hate to the bodybuilders on here, it just isnt something I am into.

3) This ties into the last one a bit, but the judgements people make about you if you have a shaved head. Even the positive ones like "badass". I dont want to look "badass", I am going into a career where I need people to trust me not be afraid I am going to mug them.

4) I dont want to be shamed for trying to save my hair. The more people say "just accept it" the more I will fight it. If someone personally wants to embrace it then good on them I am happy for them. But that doesnt mean they need to try to convince every other guy to make the same decision.

5) Having to accept bald jokes as if its the only acceptable thing to make fun of about a person's appearance to their face. Screw that, if I did go bald and somebody made fun of it I would go for the kill on whatever insecurity they have. I dont care if it would leave me friendless. Which is probably why its a good thing I am on finasteride/minoxidil.

 

[Roberto_72]

I am so tired of people saying the only option is to "embrace the baldness". Screw that, there are plenty of better options. finasteride, minoxidil, hair transplants being the best ones. And really it doesnt have much to do with attracting women. Here is why I think letting your hair go and shaving your head is one of the worst solutions. Some are personal to me and some are general.

1) Maintenance. Every single bald guy on the internet that is trying to delude themselves that it doesnt suck balls always brings up how much time and money they save. BS. Yea maybe they dont have to shampoo their non existing hair or get hair cuts. However the thought of having to shave my head every day or every other day, makes the 30 seconds it takes to pop a finasteride pill and apply minoxidil foam seem like a godsend. Not to mention the money/time spent on razors, having to protect your head from the elements, etc. Seriously one of the main reasons I am trying to keep my hair, is that it is much less time consuming to have hair than to shave. I spend maybe 60 seconds total on my hair in the morning with a low maintenance style. Just shaving my beard is a massive pain in the ***, and all of that hair is in a place I can easily see.

2) Self Image: There are some guys who can look awesome bald. However I dont want to "just get jacked and grow a beard dude". That isnt who I am and I am not going to change that to compensate for balding. I dont want to be a walking stereotype. Dont get me wrong fitness is a good thing, but you can be fit and in good shape without looking like the Rock. What it comes down to is that my own personal style involves having hair and not using over sized muscles or facial hair to compensate. No hate to the bodybuilders on here, it just isnt something I am into.

3) This ties into the last one a bit, but the judgements people make about you if you have a shaved head. Even the positive ones like "badass". I dont want to look "badass", I am going into a career where I need people to trust me not be afraid I am going to mug them.

4) I dont want to be shamed for trying to save my hair. The more people say "just accept it" the more I will fight it. If someone personally wants to embrace it then good on them I am happy for them. But that doesnt mean they need to try to convince every other guy to make the same decision.

5) Having to accept bald jokes as if its the only acceptable thing to make fun of about a person's appearance to their face. Screw that, if I did go bald and somebody made fun of it I would go for the kill on whatever insecurity they have. I dont care if it would leave me friendless. Which is probably why its a good thing I am on finasteride/minoxidil.

Applauses.
I particularly second this:
Just shaving my beard is a massive pain in the ***, and all of that hair is in a place I can easily see.
It is. I HATE shaving my face, imagine if I were to do the head.

 

[xetudor]

Nothing but common sense.

 

[marco75]

Why not just buzz it once a week, you don't have to go cueball. The current solutions don't work for everyone so you might have no choice but to embrace it.

 

[tdag]

Why not just buzz it once a week, you don't have to go cueball. The current solutions don't work for everyone so you might have no choice but to embrace it.

Worst case Ill get a transplant. My pattern(just frontal loss, with everything in the crown thick) combined with family history and so far slow progression, lead me to believe I will be a decent candidate, especially with meds to maintain afterwards. I should have some time before it comes to that though.

 

[Dante92]

I am so tired of people saying the only option is to "embrace the baldness". Screw that, there are plenty of better options. finasteride, minoxidil, hair transplants being the best ones. And really it doesnt have much to do with attracting women. Here is why I think letting your hair go and shaving your head is one of the worst solutions. Some are personal to me and some are general.

1) Maintenance. Every single bald guy on the internet that is trying to delude themselves that it doesnt suck balls always brings up how much time and money they save. BS. Yea maybe they dont have to shampoo their non existing hair or get hair cuts. However the thought of having to shave my head every day or every other day, makes the 30 seconds it takes to pop a finasteride pill and apply minoxidil foam seem like a godsend. Not to mention the money/time spent on razors, having to protect your head from the elements, etc. Seriously one of the main reasons I am trying to keep my hair, is that it is much less time consuming to have hair than to shave. I spend maybe 60 seconds total on my hair in the morning with a low maintenance style. Just shaving my beard is a massive pain in the ***, and all of that hair is in a place I can easily see.

2) Self Image: There are some guys who can look awesome bald. However I dont want to "just get jacked and grow a beard dude". That isnt who I am and I am not going to change that to compensate for balding. I dont want to be a walking stereotype. Dont get me wrong fitness is a good thing, but you can be fit and in good shape without looking like the Rock. What it comes down to is that my own personal style involves having hair and not using over sized muscles or facial hair to compensate. No hate to the bodybuilders on here, it just isnt something I am into.

3) This ties into the last one a bit, but the judgements people make about you if you have a shaved head. Even the positive ones like "badass". I dont want to look "badass", I am going into a career where I need people to trust me not be afraid I am going to mug them.

4) I dont want to be shamed for trying to save my hair. The more people say "just accept it" the more I will fight it. If someone personally wants to embrace it then good on them I am happy for them. But that doesnt mean they need to try to convince every other guy to make the same decision.

5) Having to accept bald jokes as if its the only acceptable thing to make fun of about a person's appearance to their face. Screw that, if I did go bald and somebody made fun of it I would go for the kill on whatever insecurity they have. I dont care if it would leave me friendless. Which is probably why its a good thing I am on finasteride/minoxidil.

The simple, undeniable truth, summed up in a great post.

Well said. Well said, indeed.

 

[marco75]

Worst case Ill get a transplant. My pattern(just frontal loss, with everything in the crown thick) combined with family history and so far slow progression, lead me to believe I will be a decent candidate, especially with meds to maintain afterwards. I should have some time before it comes to that though.

Right, so you aren't bald, so why would you embrace it, that is generally for people who are more advanced i.e. NW3+?

 

[tdag]

Right, so you aren't bald, so why would you embrace it, that is generally for people who are more advanced i.e. NW3+?

Im NW3 and I think my eventual pattern might be something like Jude Law's. He still has plenty of hair to pull off a good transplant. Even if you are Norwood 6 you can get decent results if you go with a conservative hairline(the shape is much more important than the position imo, look at Sting) and accept that your crown will be somewhat thin. It is still better than being bald for me(for other people it might not be the case).

 

[Saurabhaj]

Why one need to embrace Baldness.

One of the Few reasons i believe.

All people wants to look Beautiful.
Every one wants to look more beautiful.
Thus people will not care if u look good or not,they just want them selves to look more beautiful than u.
Being Bald is not loss of others,why would they will care for your hairloss.
You are suffering from Baldness,not others.
If you Embrace it,you will start feeling happy for yourself.
If you don't embrace it,you will rot in battle fighting Hairloss.

People will not love you for your looks,people will love you for your Role in their life.

You are so obsessed with so much opinions about what other's will think of You.

 

[atthekeysbored]

Shaving takes me 3 and a half minutes, including my face and my skull is probably bigger than yours
Yes it precludes full hermit bullshit no maintenance that a 14 year old has, but it should not be a serious inconvenience if you have a 5 or 6 blade razor.

finasteride will give you a diminished intellect to some extent and will reduce your penile strength to some extent. minoxidil will not save your hair forever but will make you dependent and cause facial inflammation. Not saying they aren't useful, but the sides are real and there are logical reasons for "accepting it" rather than going on "the big two".

Now if you have access to seti, pge2, CB, borage oil, s-equol, licl, copper peptides and the ancilliary treatments such as Pilox and UVB lamps you might be able to save your hair, but you will need quit a bit of money to keep up this regimen. If I made 5k more a year I would probably be on it.

 

[tdag]

Lol where is this reduced intellect BS coming from? One of the surgical sub specialist I have shadowed and my dermatologist(have to be a rock star in medical school, have god tier board scores, etc., etc. to get these specialties, plus how competitive it is to even get into med school in the first place in the USA or Canada) have been on propecia/finasteride for quite some time. I doubt they would be taking it if they had any fear of reduced intellect or if there was any objective evidence that it was a common side effect.

 

[xetudor]

finasteride will give you a diminished intellect to some extent and will reduce your penile strength to some extent.

And it will kill your dog, don't forget that. Also you will end up homeless for the rest of your life and no one will ever love you again.

 

[Roberto_72]

And it will kill your dog, don't forget that. Also you will end up homeless for the rest of your life and no one will ever love you again.

Oh you forgot hair will immediately fall out if you use finasteride.

 

[Agent 47]

The reason why i'm embracing it is because the current meds we have are total sh*t.
It doesn't matter how safe it is, even a 1% chance is too much.
There's no way i will ever expose my body to even a 0,1% chance of sexual sides.

Besides, it's not even worth it. It fucks up your mojo and doesn't even save your hair, just slows down the inevitable.

Doctors will have my money when they get off their lazy asses and create a REAL cure that stops hairloss and regrows hair.
Paying for Finasteride would be like enabling their laziness. If everyone stopped paying them for these subpar cures that are complete jackshit, we would have a real cure by tomorrow.

 

[Agent 47]

Good luck living your life as a bald man.

I will be fine, thank you.

 

[Agent 47]

If you're so sure. But most likely, you will not be.

Easy to think that while you're still seen as a fullhead by other people.

My hair is so thin that i might as well be bald. Hell, my friends already consider me slick bald.
I got mostly positive responses when i shaved, not that it matters, i never gave a sh*t about the opinion of others.

I never even cared about the opinion of females, it's completely worthless.
Sure, maybe i won't be able to date fifteen year old girls anymore (which is debatable) but i never cared about little girls, even when i was a NW1.

 

[g.i joey]

Sure, maybe i won't be able to date fifteen year old girls anymore (which is debatable)

wait, what?

 

[Agent 47]

wait, what?

It was sarcasm/an exaggeration.

 

[Agustin Araujo]

tdag, you listed out the perfect reasons on why embracing baldness simply isn't something to go for. Yes, treatments like Finasteride and Minoxidil help to maintain hair no doubt, so it's definitely best to take advantage of those if balding. About appearance, let's face it, the bald look isn't for everyone. Some men and even some women will look good with a buzzed head, but the reality is that nice hair adds significant beauty and youthful looks to the best potential.

For me, comfort, health, and self-image are by far the most important things when it comes to keeping my hair.

 

[tdag]

It's not about knowing this, it's about common sense. Those who idealize women can't realizie how hypocritical, selfish and shallow they really are. Until it's far too late.

To be fair men are the same way. Lets be honest, if being fat was something 100% genetic would you suddenly be more accepting of fat chicks? Its not really a problem with women so much as it is a problem of humanity(myself included). People who give useless advice often say "play the hand you are given" and I agree with that. But part of that hand is being born in a time where finasteride, minoxidil, hair transplants exist with more stuff possibly on the way. Most men dont need to accept baldness.