kalbo
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.... and I'm not talking about when you first suspected you were balding, I mean the time it actually hit you that you were FOR SURE balding.
Mine came at a very early age, around 16. Back then I usually parted my hair down the middle with gel but one day I noticed that the part looked wider in the front than it did elsewhere. So I lifted my bangs up a bit and realized that I was actually losing hair along the hairline. You can imagine how tough that was for a 16 year old to realize that he has a receding hairline. I remember crying and running off to this big medical book my dad had to do some research on baldness (I didn't have the internet back then, which would've helped a lot more).
I had noticed my hair was shedding a lot before that time but I thought nothing of it. But when that moment hit, it all just made sense and looking back at it, that was a defining moment in my life. I turned from a happy confident kid to a depressed kid who thought his "prime" years would be lost (I seriously thought I'd be lucky to have hair by the time I was 20) and consequently, spend the rest of his life alone.
Well I'm in my mid twenties now and surprisingly I still have a lot of hair. I wasn't imagining things when I was 16 though, my hairline was receding and my styling options were limited because you could notice the thin/bald spots on the hairline. But ever since that initial loss, it's been a very slow process and only about 2 years ago has it gotten from the point of receding to serious thinning. But looking back at things, I realized I wasted a chunk of my younger years just stressing over the fact that I'll probably be bald within the next 5 years.
Anyways, that was my story of the first time I realized I was balding. So how did all of you find out you were losing your hair and what was your reaction? Was it a huge turning point in your life too?
Mine came at a very early age, around 16. Back then I usually parted my hair down the middle with gel but one day I noticed that the part looked wider in the front than it did elsewhere. So I lifted my bangs up a bit and realized that I was actually losing hair along the hairline. You can imagine how tough that was for a 16 year old to realize that he has a receding hairline. I remember crying and running off to this big medical book my dad had to do some research on baldness (I didn't have the internet back then, which would've helped a lot more).
I had noticed my hair was shedding a lot before that time but I thought nothing of it. But when that moment hit, it all just made sense and looking back at it, that was a defining moment in my life. I turned from a happy confident kid to a depressed kid who thought his "prime" years would be lost (I seriously thought I'd be lucky to have hair by the time I was 20) and consequently, spend the rest of his life alone.
Well I'm in my mid twenties now and surprisingly I still have a lot of hair. I wasn't imagining things when I was 16 though, my hairline was receding and my styling options were limited because you could notice the thin/bald spots on the hairline. But ever since that initial loss, it's been a very slow process and only about 2 years ago has it gotten from the point of receding to serious thinning. But looking back at things, I realized I wasted a chunk of my younger years just stressing over the fact that I'll probably be bald within the next 5 years.
Anyways, that was my story of the first time I realized I was balding. So how did all of you find out you were losing your hair and what was your reaction? Was it a huge turning point in your life too?