stop and think about the other guys in your tier

[bilboswaggins]

i couldn't deal with the embarassment

i'm not gonna lie, i have read plenty of cases on the forums where young bald guys live their lives with a piece. but i don't have the mental constitution to do it

i would be paranoid ALL THE TIME. and eventually YOU WILL BE FOUND OUT. you are gonna have to tell people eventually. i'll still be bald, i'll just be seen as a bald guy with a wig on his head

Hair systems aren't a good solution I agree but atm (from what I understand) the alternative for you is sitting at home playing video games. I think you should just get a system, wear a cap on top of that and go to uni/college. People will just assume you like wearing a cap if you have some decent hair poking out from under it. You might be afraid of forming close connections with people or getting a girlfriend but at the end of the day you will get an education and more likely end up with a decent job. Being bald sucks but you really don't want to end up bald, uneducated and piss poor. If you get some cash at the very least you will be able to fund your interests and pay for some nice ***

 

[doublebatman]

If I had to choose between
And

It's a no brainer. Guy looked like absolute sh1t bald even with decent facial aesthetics.
Fortunately I still have a bit of hair on top and it doesn't look too bad shaved down but when I hit totally slick I'm going to give a piece a shot.

People say about feeling undignified and paranoid but how is that much different from hiding underneath a hat or hiding from certain lights and angles. I appreciate that its not going to work for everyone but as far as I'm aware until you've tried you don't know.

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Hair systems aren't a good solution I agree but atm (from what I understand) the alternative for you is sitting at home playing video games. I think you should just get a system, wear a cap on top of that and go to uni/college. People will just assume you like wearing a cap if you have some decent hair poking out from under it. You might be afraid of forming close connections with people or getting a girlfriend but at the end of the day you will get an education and more likely end up with a decent job. Being bald sucks but you really don't want to end up bald, uneducated and piss poor. If you get some cash at the very least you will be able to fund your interests and pay for some nice ***

This

 

[doublebatman]

People talk and talk and talk about how hair pieces could be great and theorise about how it's better than being bald.

But as usual, they never ever try for themselves! You won't know until you try (and most likely fail).

I don't like this tendency to quietly marvel at hair pieces while having never tried it. It gives false hope to desperate bald men.

Then they end up like the guy I posted in my previous post. Know you subject well, I know it well, and no my father did not go to a Hair Club.

He has gone to an independent hair piece dealer who has been in the hair piece industry for 40 years now. He knows everything there is to know about hair pieces.

And you know what the funny thing is? Almost nothing has changed since the hair pieces from the 1980's, same material, same hair (from India), same problems.

It is really a stone-age solution for hair loss because it can't get better, it's a f-ing wig in the end. Let's not embellish the reality here.

And it's not a viable solution, otherwise every hair loss sufferer would be doing it successfully. And this is not happening, you can wish it was, but it's not.

That's very rich coming from you Fred.

You vehemently dismiss hair systems and other options as "not viable" despite never having tried them yourself. Your dad has worn a wig for years and you know what? Clearly it's a better alternative to bald otherwise he still wouldn't be wearing it.

The fact is you haven't tried half the options in the hair loss aresenal yet you push the only option of FUE hair transplant like you're the authority on hair loss. The thing is, your hair loss journey has only just begun, come back in twenty years after multiple hair transplants and tell us what you think.

 

[doublebatman]

Hair pieces can't even compare to hair transplants. I feel good, I feel like I have hair (and I do have hair, my own hair growing out of my scalp).

I can do whatever I want everyday, I feel confident and I don't have to watch the sun, the wind, sweating, being paranoid about being discovered.

Not only absolutely no one can tell I've had a hair transplant, but if I tell them, they will laugh about it and tell me "Yeah right, a hair transplant!"

But if I tell that my father wears a hair piece, they won't have this reaction, they will say: "Well, now that you mention it, it looks kind of fake."

I cannot even try hair pieces anymore because it would damage my native hairs, and I mean my transplanted hairs of course.

That's fair enough although most people wouldn't even recognise a good hair system unless someone pointed it out. Women and nw1s wouldn't pay enough attention to hair to even notice somethings up. Hell, they dont even know someone's balding until nw3.

The likes of us here would likely spot it from a mile off but I'd like to think fellow hair loss sufferers wouldn't make a big deal of it.

There are some people here that would have nothing to lose trying a hair system. Will it work? Probably not but if it does they've just improved their quality of life by 1000% for the sake of gambling a few hundred quid.

The fact is, the more options we have the better. Try everything you can before going down the route of "just shave it bro". Its better to have tried something and it failed than hitting 50 and wondering what the fvck happened with your life spending countless hours in a basement playing videogames and hiding away from society.

 

[Wolf Pack]

That's fair enough although most people wouldn't even recognise a good hair system unless someone pointed it out. Women and nw1s wouldn't pay enough attention to hair to even notice somethings up. Hell, they dont even know someone's balding until nw3.

The likes of us here would likely spot it from a mile off but I'd like to think fellow hair loss sufferers wouldn't make a big deal of it.

There are some people here that would have nothing to lose trying a hair system. Will it work? Probably not but if it does they've just improved their quality of life by 1000% for the sake of gambling a few hundred quid.

The fact is, the more options we have the better. Try everything you can before going down the route of "just shave it bro". Its better to have tried something and it failed than hitting 50 and wondering what the fvck happened with your life spending countless hours in a basement playing videogames and hiding away from society.

Good points doublebatman. Personally I am against it, not for the reasons Fred is though. I recently found out an old relative has worn one all this time. They look real enough. For me, it feels like cheating and also that wig becomes your identity to the outside world. It basically becomes you, except when you take it off or put it on in front of the mirror. It's like you have two identities. It would make me insecure and fake, not exactly traits I would want as a man. I would find that hard to deal it off. I would "shave it" and be done with it. For guys contemplating it in their early 20s it's even tougher I imagine.

More power though to anyone who does it and is content. Certainly more options are better.

 

[doublebatman]

Good points doublebatman. Personally I am against it, not for the reasons Fred is though. I recently found out an old relative has worn one all this time. They look real enough. For me, it feels like cheating and also that wig becomes your identity to the outside world. It basically becomes you, except when you take it off or put it on in front of the mirror. It's like you have two identities. It would make me insecure and fake, not exactly traits I would want as a man. I would find that hard to deal it off. I would "shave it" and be done with it. For guys contemplating it in their early 20s it's even tougher I imagine.

More power though to anyone who does it and is content. Certainly more options are better.

Yeah, that's kind of my feeling as well, I would feel like a bit of a fraud. That said women nowadays use make up, false eye lashes, push up bras, corsets, hair extensions... The list is endless and nobody bats an eyelid for all the things they do to embellish their looks. Why should it be any different for a guy to wear a hair system?

I'm currently at a place where I can shave my head down to zero guard and feel okay about it. If I continue to lose the rest of my hair and end up completely slick bald I'll give it a shot.. My gf says she isn't really bothered either way but encourages me to try if it'll make me happy.

 

[2tite2014]

I'm in the same boat although I don't look good whatsoever with a 0 guard buzz but I actually look pretty decent with a 1/2 inch buzz. The difference is night and day for me.

 

[billybob mcdougal]

Yeah, that's kind of my feeling as well, I would feel like a bit of a fraud. That said women nowadays use make up, false eye lashes, push up bras, corsets, hair extensions... The list is endless and nobody bats an eyelid for all the things they do to embellish their looks. Why should it be any different for a guy to wear a hair system?

I'm currently at a place where I can shave my head down to zero guard and feel okay about it. If I continue to lose the rest of my hair and end up completely slick bald I'll give it a shot.. My gf says she isn't really bothered either way but encourages me to try if it'll make me happy.

Men are supposed to be the stronger sex. Women are pretty, real men play rugby and eat babies. I blame the 1% who control this planet, and channel theyre policies through the media....and the masses just believe and stuck it up.

 

[CaptainForehead]

Your dad has worn a wig for years and you know what? Clearly it's a better alternative to bald otherwise he still wouldn't be wearing it.

Excellent point. However, the fact that wigs come at a massive cost to the psyche must be taken under consideration.

I think hair transplants, when viable, are certainly better than wigs.

Wigs are an option, but you have to ask yourself, is the psyche blow worth it. IMHO, the problem with wigs is
not the technology itself, but the view of society towards men wearing them.

 

[shookwun]

wig is a better alternative to being a hat prisoner

 

[Exodus2011]

wig is a better alternative to being a hat prisoner

No it isn't. You aren't gluing hair to your head and risking great embarrassment for being a hat prisoner. Even when I take my hat off (like I had to do at the driver's license place the other day) when people see your bald head they understand why you are wearing a hat.

Not to mention how much easier it is to just throw a hat versus reattaching a hair system every week (which you have to do for it not to be noticeable). Also of course having to constantly maintain the piece.

 

[Fena2000]

http://hairconcept.nl/video.html. (It's in dutch)

these hair systems look so realistic, nobody would notice it.

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No it isn't. You aren't gluing hair to your head and risking great embarrassment for being a hat prisoner. Even when I take my hat off (like I had to do at the driver's license place the other day) when people see your bald head they understand why you are wearing a hat.

Not to mention how much easier it is to just throw a hat versus reattaching a hair system every week (which you have to do for it not to be noticeable). Also of course having to constantly maintain the piece.

The hairpiece in the video stays on your head for 6-9 weeks, then you need to go to a hairdresser who's specialized in hair systems, he will take the hairsystem of, shaves your head and reapplies it. It sucks , but it's better then nothing.

still keep hoping for a cure, hope they hurry up.

 

[Fena2000]

And what do you think is the cost of that? Especially if you have to go to the hair dresser that is specialized in hair pieces regularly.

In fact, I've made a mistake when I say it's 700€ every six months for a hair piece, because my father does all the maintenance himself.

If you chose to go to a hair salon for that, you can double that amount. So about 3000€ per year and you still have no hair on your head.

Also, I don't want to sound pessimistic and I'm myself hoping for a cure, but I don't think there will be one in our lifetime.

Better treatments and solutions, sure, but a full-blown cure that can regrow hair on a bare scalp or maintain indefinitely? Not going to happen.

Ive heard here in belgium the insurance will cover some of it, but m not sure if it's only in cases of like cancer or AA, Androgenetic Alopecia probably doesn't fall under that. Fred , you live in belgium, do you know if the insurance will pay part of it?
never mind, I just looked it up, only in cases of chemo therapy the insurance will cover part of it, that figures. Androgenetic Alopecia is not perceived as a disease but hairloss from cancer is.
oh, and it says on the hairdressers website the hairsystem stays good for 1 -2 years , not 6 months.

 

[doublebatman]

Also, I don't want to sound pessimistic and I'm myself hoping for a cure, but I don't think there will be one in our lifetime.

Better treatments and solutions, sure, but a full-blown cure that can regrow hair on a bare scalp or maintain indefinitely? Not going to happen.

Agreed. I'd love to see a cure but I've resigned myself to the fact that I'll never see it in my lifetime.

 

[Exodus2011]

ah well. at least i have :smoke:

 

[JimmyJones]

I was just on facebook and thinking about the other guys who are nerdy like me and into computers and stuff. Of course they all have hair.

These are the same guys I would be in competition with for jobs and girlfriends, since we are similar. I feel its kind of pointless trying to compete with them for girls though. Why would a girl choose me when she can choose another guy like me who doesnt look like Tony Soprano?

I guess at least for a job I have more of a chance . . . . .

God ****ing damn this makes me feel so ****ing ****ty and ****ing inferior. This stupid ****ing rat race is pointless. I want to break down but baldness even ruins that. Not only are you bald now, but you are also a pussy.

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ugh i'm really dreading college. i'm going to have to take more class in my major soon and that means i'll have to go to campus

YAYYYYYY LOOK AT THESE OTHER NERDY BASEMENT DWELLERS THAT I CAN RELATE TO-OH WAIT I'M THE ONLY GUY HERE WHO LOOKS 33 INSTEAD OF 23 YAYYYYYYYYY

Mate girls only care about personality and confidence. Just shave it, go to the gym and get a tan. All your problems will fade away like your hair.

Ps. Tattoos and piercings are good too.

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Plenty? Yeah right. Hair system forums are not reliable since they promote hair systems. Just look at all the hair loss forums.

Hair system wearers in their 20's are an absolute minority, if not non-existent at all.

And it's easy to understand why. If you read my posts before, you should know: a hair piece is not a viable solution for hair loss. It shouldn't even be considered as a solution.

I've told you once and I will tell you again. People on a hair system forum do not necessarily promote hair systems. They are not being paid by the forum. They post their results etc like people do on propecia etc.

 

[hellouser]

Mate girls only care about personality and confidence. Just shave it, go to the gym and get a tan. All your problems will fade away like your hair.

LOL, false.

 

[Wolf Pack]

Mate girls only care about personality and confidence. Just shave it, go to the gym and get a tan. All your problems will fade away like your hair.

Ps. Tattoos and piercings are good too.

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I've told you once and I will tell you again. People on a hair system forum do not necessarily promote hair systems. They are not being paid by the forum. They post their results etc like people do on propecia etc.

Ok now I said I don't mind people wearing wigs, more power to them, but please don't call it a result like Propecia.

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LOL, false.

Of course. I went out years ago with a pretty hot girl, it was casual. She used to say "Oh I find it cute how you wake up in the middle of the night everyday to check on your castle." It was a strategy game I used to play on a browser lol. Did she really find it cute? Somehow, thinking how she was, I highly doubt it.

 

[Exodus2011]

yea definitely. i see this girl talk about how much she "loves" her bf on facebook . . . . and all she does is say how much his "smile" melts her x.x

on a lolzier note, i have a gif of that girl in my fap folder xDDD

 

[RoyD]

I've never really had a thing for expensive cars and bikes and stuff mostly because I have this habit of not fantasizing or admiring stuff you can't have. It just makes you look at what you have right now and make you feel sad. These days I don't even look at average looking girls for the same reason. At least I can work my *** off and maybe buy a car like a BMW or something (probably never even a Ferrari). But a hot girlfriend ... Well I can't even see the ship that has sailed anymore.