So I stumbled upon this old ask me anything on reddit from this dude who got a hair transplant(looked good) and I found the reactions pretty humorous. You had the bald guys who shave trying to convince the OP he was an idiot for getting a hair transplant even though it looked damn good, and people with full heads of hair calling him vain. Interestingly enough while there were some women who said they don't care about hair almost none of them showed the hostility that most of the men showed to him(and some of them thought the OP made the right decision). My guess is that the bald men didn't like the OP because they saw it as the fact that he paid money to get a hair transplant suggests that there is something wrong with them that they need to fix. And the NW1s didn't like it because every extra guy there is with hair makes them less special. I was just kinda surprised because the OP had a good result, had a good mind set(didn't push anyone to get one and said if you feel comfortable shaving that is the way to go), clearly did his research and was very happy. And yet people still felt the need to crap all over him.
The reactions(from anonymous internet users) to people who get hair transplants
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Yes it's about the bald guys trying hard not to admit there's something wrong with them, but of course 90% of them already know this. Balding may officially be a "natural" process but there's nothing natural about a persons basic appearance changing so significantly in the space of a decade or 15 years, and losing the frame of your face definitely does this.
They know there's something wrong with them, and of course will have varying degrees of coping with it (and love them or hate them, call them deluded and probably rightfully so, it still remains that most SlyGuy types are probably coping with baldness a hell of a lot better than most of us here, it may be laughable but that's still the truth) but the main thing is that they're obviously jealous.
They identified they were balding and didn't have the money or even bravery to go and get educated on a hair transplant. Also brave in terms of admitting the "vanity" (AKA caring about not looking up to 40% worse than before) and if it goes wrong then it's even worse, I don't think many people naturally have sympathy for a botched hair transplant, in fact it just further adds to the humiliation and humour of the whole thing. It's kind of a "serves you right for being so vain!" reaction which is so ridiculously awful.
They know there's something wrong with them, and of course will have varying degrees of coping with it (and love them or hate them, call them deluded and probably rightfully so, it still remains that most SlyGuy types are probably coping with baldness a hell of a lot better than most of us here, it may be laughable but that's still the truth) but the main thing is that they're obviously jealous.
They identified they were balding and didn't have the money or even bravery to go and get educated on a hair transplant. Also brave in terms of admitting the "vanity" (AKA caring about not looking up to 40% worse than before) and if it goes wrong then it's even worse, I don't think many people naturally have sympathy for a botched hair transplant, in fact it just further adds to the humiliation and humour of the whole thing. It's kind of a "serves you right for being so vain!" reaction which is so ridiculously awful.
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Take a look at the reactions to a Reddit article about chest hair hair transplant (with pictures)
https://m.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/3qnkpb/what_having_a_chest_to_scalp_hair_transplant/
I think a lot of guys try to highlight their own manliness and confidence by constantly putting other guys down by saying things like "don't be a pusy" or "only phags care about hair". They are just a bunch of show offs' whose idea of putting themselves above others is by bringing others down. However, I am not saying that there aren't guys who genuinely don't care about hair. There surely are.
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It's all humiliation and ZERO sympathy. No amount of blue pills will change the reality of the disgust people have towards baldness.
Welcome to reality.
There isn't "something wrong with them". It is a harsh process in terms of appearnce changing however it is natural. It is negative because society says it is negative.
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I dislike transplants because they are ultimately a failed method of trying to solve the problem, and by lining the pockets of doctors with 10s of thousands of dollars a pop it provides the finasteride/ minoxidil mafia with money to slow down other treatments. I dislike the ones that choose to get into acting and the celebrity world as they have made baldness seem more rare than it is, pre-fina era there were plenty of visibly balding mainstream leads that weren't just the stereotypical roid muncher. I don't dislike the average man who feels he needs a transplant and gets one.
I agree about disliking the fact that so few celebrities and actors show signs of balding. It create a much bigger issue with baldness in society.
Not sure about your point with hair transplants, finasteride and minoxidil though. I don't see how more money being spent on finasteride and minoxidil equals less money on finding other treatments.
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They'll likely live in denial for a short time, telling themselves it's not that bad, then have that life-altering day we all had when we looked in the mirror and realized we were, in fact, f***ed. Then they'll consult for a hair transplant. lol
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Honestly though, the lack of compassion for hair loss is kind of astounding, as is the lack of knowledge of treatments. Although a hair transplant is a legitimate procedure these days(given it's from a competent/ethical doctor), from what I can tell, it seems to carry the stigma of being a freakish kind of thing to get. All the general public (at least in the US, from what I can tell) seems to know about hair treatments is "rogaine" and bosley infomercials. Not sure why this is...I mean with how many people are affected by Androgenetic Alopecia, you'd think this would not be the case.
I've been saying this for years. I mean, if literally 1% of all hair loss sufferers actually get hair transplants, it is pretty obvious to me that most hair loss sufferers are not satisfied with them. Yet hair transplant's are still pushed as some kind of gold standard by the hair transplant surgeons and others within the industry, which really makes no sense. If barely anyone even opts for them, how can they be a gold standard? But instead of trying to innovate in any way, these hair transplant doctors start offering options that will probably appeal to even less hair loss sufferers, such as chest hair transplants. Honestly, I do think chest hair transplants are ridiculous, even SNL fodder material. These hair transplant doctors should really try to develop hair regrowth methods that appeal to the majority of hair loss sufferers, instead of a very small sliver of the minority. I've always believed that these hair transplant doctors do not innovate much at all (unless it is another type of a hair transplant) because they make such obscene amounts of money performing these hair transplant's. The last thing that they want is something to come along that makes their source of extreme income obsolete.
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Honestly, I figure most hair loss sufferers don't get transplants because the average north american can't find ~$15,000.
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I think the fact that it falls under the category of cosmetic surgery has a lot to do with what you're saying. Although the industry has become a lot more popular and accepted over the last 5-10 years(imo), there is still a level of stigma to cosmetic surgery in general, especially so to a procedure targeted mostly towards men. Although many women look in the mirror and are unhappy with much of what they see, MOST still do not opt for butt lifts and boob jobs...it doesn't mean these procedures can't produce the desired results in the hands of a competent surgeon.
But yeah, I'll agree that the price tag also has a lot to do with it. I don't see that changing anytime soon in relation to cosmetic surgery.
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Not surprising at all - just your typical human nature. They aren't happy for him cause they know it looks good and a step up from where he was before - it's just called jealously and envy. No different than buying a new house, car or taking a dream vacation, or your child having an accomplishment worthy of your local newspaper. Even if they congratulate you deep down that envy hates your guts cause it puts you a bit higher on the totem pole than them. Specifically for hairloss, you can no longer be the butt of jokes like possibly in the past. Just broken fallen human nature.
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I think hair transplant doctors cannot "try to develop new methods to regrow hair". They are not researchers. They are surgeons who perform procedures that are nowadays standardized. Most would not even know where to start. I understand you do not like the idea of a hair transplant; however, surgeons are not scammers and they simply offer a service which is expensive because both risky and full of labor costs (especially if we talk about FUE).
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^^^ this.
Think of laser surgery for short sight too. If it was $100 and was not painful, who would still wear contacts? Yet no one says laser surgery for myopia is not efficacious (although it does not make miracles) or that it hinders the research on short sightedness.
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They are right though, it looks terrible. He still looks bald he should have shaved it. Looks like a pathetic vain attempt to not be bald.
This is a comment that will go down well here
, but there is a lot of truth in it."bald/balding isn't unattractive, but desperately fighting it (comb overs and such) is.Accept it, optimize it, confidence is sexy."
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That chest hair transplant is hilarious though. Utterly ridiculous whichever way you try and spin it.
But I think hair transplants are slowly becoming more mainstream. Big props to Slaven Bilic for being a TV pundit at the Euros, to tens of millions of people, straight after he's had a hair transplant:
0 ****s given.
But I think hair transplants are slowly becoming more mainstream. Big props to Slaven Bilic for being a TV pundit at the Euros, to tens of millions of people, straight after he's had a hair transplant:
0 ****s given.
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Jup, transplanting only chest hair to a baldite head is indeed ridiculous. Won't look good, period.
Some go to cheap doctors and come out with a killer result. Was just watching this one, literally life changing...
Before;
[video=youtube;HU1q6-zbZwg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU1q6-zbZwg[/video]
Check after result;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGBtUcmN-R4
Some go to cheap doctors and come out with a killer result. Was just watching this one, literally life changing...
Before;
[video=youtube;HU1q6-zbZwg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU1q6-zbZwg[/video]
Check after result;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGBtUcmN-R4
Fair point, Roberto. But I still think that lots of them could do more. For instance, recently a boy with alopecia areata grew a full head of hair on the drug tofacitinib. Although taking this drug orally could produce bad side effects, Dr. Christiano recently stated that a topical version of the drug would not only have virtually no side effects, but could possibly even induce more robust hair growth. Yet no one has tried to develop a topical version of the drug, which is very frustrating. Perhaps an hair transplant surgeon could try to develop a topical version of tofacitinib. I mean, these guys went to medical school so I assume they're not complete dummies. Honestly, it just really frustrates me because these guys are considered the pre-eminent doctors in field of hair restoration yet they offer a service that most people don't even want in the first place.
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