The Article From Dudewheresmyhar.com, Very Realistic

johnqy

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https://dudewhereismyhair.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/young-hair-loss-in-men/

I don't know if you have ever visited this blog and what do you think of it but i came to this article and read it and couldn't believe how accurate it is on describing the feelings and pain that the person in my age (early 20s) goes through in dealing with the hairloss. Almost every word of it, if i wanted to express how i feel in a big text, that's how would it look like.

In fact, there is nothing in the world that makes young men feel more helpless, deficient, shameful, embarrassed, unattractive, unwanted, angry, or afraid.

By an unfortunate lottery, these men feel like natural failures and often withdraw to being shells of their former selves because their external appearance no longer represents how they internally know they should feel about themselves.

Exactly

This is why hair loss is so debilitating. Young men know they are strong and full of vitality, yet they are powerless in the face of hair loss. Despite being at their peak of physical strength and ability, there is nothing they can do.

So true

And look at the some of the "manly" comments, exactly what i was expecting, "confidence is the most important, if you are confident, girls won't notice that you missing something, like hair" "be a man" "bald is manly and sexy"

Here it is

Bro I took the time to read your article and say this to you: . You’re a sad looking f***. You’re not a pussy, you’re a man. Be a man, shave of those last hairs and grow a beard. Be confident, It will be hard, yes, but by looking at your face it will suit you. Women don’t fall for guys with hair, they fall for guys with confidence. So shave of those hairs, grow your beard, hit the gym and be a badass, cause you can.

"Be a badass" . I don't want to be a badass, it's not who i am, but it's almost like baldness forces me to be it. "Grow a beard", i am not sure that i can call that patchy growth on my face "beard". "Be confident". Oh how many times have i heard that, "be confident", like it's the easier thing to do, how can i be confident when every time i look in the mirror i feel like crap, i think i am more likely to just accept that i am going to be repulsive and unnatractive and give up women, i think that would be easier, i don't know what i can base my confidence on. Maybe later in life, but my youth, me peak is going to be damaged because of that genetic crap
 

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Article basically says: If you can pull it off, you can pull it off.
Thank you.
 

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paleocapa89

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This article is so true. Captures every emotion I felt when I started losing my hair at the age of 17-18. One of the worst part is the alteration it causes in your personality. From a genuinely happy, confident, careless, outgoing and free person I started to transform into a shy, reclusive, cynical, self loathing hermit. And I just knew that was not me. Not who I should be. Not who I supposed to be.

At a young age your personality is still under development. You just start to feel good in your skin, start dating, expand your wings and BOOM. Hairloss. It's such a f*****g cruel joke.
 
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"Young men know they are strong and full of vitality, yet they are powerless in the face of hair loss. Despite being at their peak of physical strength and ability, there is nothing they can do."

Best line. When you're a young man you want to face things head on, deal with them, you've got energy and vitality that you won't have when you're older, yet it does nothing to help you with this condition. Just when you're about to become the best "you" that you will ever be, it's taken from you, and there is nothing you can do but watch helplessly.

"Never be ashamed. Just own it. Never talk about it unless someone brings it up just laugh it off and say you love it. Trust me it’s a non issue if you just own it."

"own it", "never be ashamed" but whatever you do "never talk about it" and if you do "say you love it". Just lol. How the f*** is that owning it? Pretending you love it and avoiding mentioning it at all costs is not "owning it".

f*****g moron.
 

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But a guy with a full head of hair is never told he should just"own" it and "never be ashamed of it."
The article is telling us by default that baldness is unsightly and offensive.
 

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"Never be ashamed. Just own it. Never talk about it unless someone brings it up just laugh it off and say you love it. Trust me it’s a non issue if you just own it."

"own it", "never be ashamed" but whatever you do "never talk about it" and if you do "say you love it". Just lol. How the f*** is that owning it? Pretending you love it and avoiding mentioning it at all costs is not "owning it".

f*****g moron.

The author shaved his head and started coping in the later articles so, it's no surprise there that his post steered off in that direction.
 
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