We need hairloss solutions!

[scorpiolove]

Did we mostly just give up on our hairloss problems? Except Fred.
What's stopping us from resolving our problem of hairloss? money, time, embarrassment, etc.?
What's really going on?
Responses?

 

[Nadester]

Thread derailing.

 

[Exodus2011]

well i am a norwood 6 and i guess my light at the end of the tunnel is the possibility of a hair transplant for moderate frontal coverage like Fred. i need to somehow go out into society as a bald man and get a job though . . . . that's the hard part . . . . . . .

fuccckkkkk i already had trouble socializing . . . . . now with this baldness i dont want to get a job at all . . . . . .

i worked a few times with my friend but that was just physical labor with no socialization . . . . . . thats what i need to do

 

[Notcoolanymore]

Just finish up with school and you will be able to get decent gig. Even if it isn't your dream job, it will be more than minimum wage which will give you the ability to save for a transplant. Then when you get your hair situation improved you will be more confident in yourself to get a better job.

 

[uncomfortable man]

Easier said than done though, when you are literally the only bald guy out there. Nothing gives you social anxiety like having people laugh at you. Its humiliating and demoralizing, and prolonged exposure really fvcks with your spirit and your psyche. If you can get a job with minimum to no face time with the public that can also pay decent then that is your best bet imo.

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But to the topic at hand, no shyt. The problem is that besides most of the options being cost prohibitive, they cant guarantee the best results. For most bald guys it is a huge investment into what could very well be a failure. And by failure I mean being left mangled in the back withought the option to shave with a forced grown out see through layer on top. Topic? Might as well but by no means a solution. Bht? On top of a standard strip or mega fue session ? I cant afford that ****. I live here in the real world where im struggling to get my bills paid. All the while having the carrot dangling in front of you only five years away. Its enough to make you want to shoot yorsef in the face.

 

[winnyblues]

I agree.. but you gotta live through the pain.. I'm no where near as bald as Exodus but Ive got serious diffuse thinning to the point where I'm shaving my head every week now.. on finasteride and minoxidil as well.. not much I can do but accept that until it stabilizes. What I have done is finished uni with 2 degrees in commerce and economics and this gives me the opportunity to get a good corporate job getting paid a very decent amount especially if I get in the field I want to get into (investment banking). Its all about hardwork.. Without hardwork regardless of whether or not you have hair or not you aren't going to get very far in life. Exceptions are if you are born filthy rich, but my parents are decent well off but that doesn't mean you shouldn't work hard to succeed in life. Nothing in life is free, and those things which are free are not worth it

 

[bilboswaggins]

Easier said than done though, when you are literally the only bald guy out there. Nothing gives you social anxiety like having people laugh at you. Its humiliating and demoralizing, and prolonged exposure really fvcks with your spirit and your psyche. If you can get a job with minimum to no face time with the public that can also pay decent then that is your best bet imo.

That's exactly my experience now at uni. I'm having trouble dragging myself out of bed to uni, mainly because I hate looking in the mirror in the morning. On top of that, I'm expected to build up my resume joining societies and having to spend even more time around nw1s who complain about how hard their life is because of study. How I wish for exams and assignments to be the biggest worry in my life.

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What I have done is finished uni with 2 degrees in commerce and economics and this gives me the opportunity to get a good corporate job getting paid a very decent amount especially if I get in the field I want to get into (investment banking).

I'm studying that atm (comm/law) but its a bloody rat race, particularly if you want to get into IB. It's hard enough busting your *** to get the required marks, cocurriculars but trying to do it depressed b/c of hair loss, I really dont have the energy. I'm probably being a bit of a pussy and I really wish I didn't feel this way but that's how I am right now

 

[winnyblues]

That's exactly my experience now at uni. I'm having trouble dragging myself out of bed to uni, mainly because I hate looking in the mirror in the morning. On top of that, I'm expected to build up my resume joining societies and having to spend even more time around nw1s who complain about how hard their life is because of study. How I wish for exams and assignments to be the biggest worry in my life.

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I'm studying that atm (comm/law) but its a bloody rat race, particularly if you want to get into IB. It's hard enough busting your *** to get the required marks, cocurriculars but trying to do it depressed b/c of hair loss, I really dont have the energy. I'm probably being a bit of a pussy and I really wish I didn't feel this way but that's how I am right now

yeah well
it is diffucult, especially with my marks (only finished with 67% average), and to get into investment banking you either need to do honours (which I'm currently doing) or average 80% and above undergraduate. So pretty much my plan is it to just get into any field for any firm really.. I majored corporate investment/finance investment/money and banking/marketing/international economics.. hopefully something which can relate to investment banking and then transfer over to IB. Hopefully be able to move to New York and work for Goldman Sachs in 5-10 years time.. One can dream but..

It is difficult, thats why I wear a hat to uni lol. I don't care >.<

and also for cocurricular s I just bull****ted them on my resume. ****it, if they ask about that Ill talk ****. I think the main thing employers look for is whether or not you have work experience ie done an internship or not

 

[thaxceptional1]

^lol at amazing at 85%. if that was the case id be amazing but i'm not.

 

[bilboswaggins]

85% can be amazing depending on what course you do and what uni
like for example for law, only a few people out of about 300 cohort get 85% avg

 

[doublebatman]

^lol at amazing at 85%. if that was the case id be amazing but i'm not.

85% is outstanding for most reputable university courses. I know from my degree (physical therapy) our highest scorer was low 80s for overall grade.
Generally speaking if you're scoring 85% average or more without putting in a **** tonne of work you're either. a) at high school. b) lying or c) doing a Micky mouse degree

 

[scorpiolove]

I empathize with you all when it comes to hairloss, but if I were well enough to be in school right now, I'd be a millionaire within ten years, no joking.
Like I said in a former post, you gotta use what you got to get what you want. The question remains, do you want it bad enough to endure? My personal situation is worse than most of yours, believe it or not. I'd give my left@@@ to be in school right now. I say this with great envy, this is my hell, not yours, get a hairstyle and move on with your lives.

 

[Notcoolanymore]

My personal situation is worse than most of yours, believe it or not.

What is your situation if you don't mind me asking?

 

[bilboswaggins]

I empathize with you all when it comes to hairloss, but if I were well enough to be in school right now, I'd be a millionaire within ten years, no joking.
Like I said in a former post, you gotta use what you got to get what you want. The question remains, do you want it bad enough to endure? My personal situation is worse than most of yours, believe it or not. I'd give my left@@@ to be in school right now. I say this with great envy, this is my hell, not yours, get a hairstyle and move on with your lives.

Why are you not "well enough" to be in school? Is it hairloss or some other issue?
But I agree, school/uni is great if you are not mentally crippled by hairloss. Hard to believe just one year ago I woke up excited everyday and would even enjoy those all nighter cram sessions in the library

 

[2bald2young]

I don't think you need to work hard to succeed in life, you need to work smart, you need to spot the right opportunities and exploit them.

How many people have worked hard all their lives and in the have gotten almost no reward for it?

It's like at university, I'm not the one who gets the amazing grades like 85% or something, but I get the job done, and it's good enough.

I've know a lot of people who worked very hard, started studying 4 months before the exams, went to every course, tried to score >80% everywhere.

And in the end for what? Some got stuck forever because they couldn't pass some courses that they needed to pass.

They'll get the same line on their resume as me, the difference is that I will have worked 5 times less than them.

So that's how I do it, I don't work insanely hard, I work smart, I organize myself to do as little as possible to reap the highest rewards as possible.

Everyone can succeed at anything if they work hard enough. But you have to ask yourself in the end, was it worth it putting all this time and energy for that end-result?

Low efforts high reward. <---- What most of us want.

High efforts high reward.

High efforts low reward.

Low efforts low reward.

 

[uncomfortable man]

I would categorize current hair loss treatments in the high effort low reward category. The title of this thread says it all. Even rich movie stars who could get a ton of work done, choose not to because they know the current tech just plain sucks. Lack of any innovation in this field is the real reason that is keeping bald guys from getting their hair and happiness (by association) back. Everything is inadequite. Lack of motivation has nothing to do with it.

 

[scorpiolove]

What is your situation if you don't mind me asking?

I had a mental illness(unclearly diagnosed 3 times) for twelve years and I'm just trying to step away from the stigma of it and being bald and ethnic.
I'm currently making more than I spend and it gets boring at times, I've had a life dream of working full time since i was young and it didn't work out for me so far, I just cant find it in my heart to give up, I've been retired since I was 28 and I'm 40 now. I volunteer sometimes and give to charity, I just want to give people some hope, I need some hope myself. My problem is more internal now and I'm fighting with my conscience, part of me says just to give up because society doesn't care about me and the other part of me says to keep moving forward with your agenda and let go of the chip on your shoulder. I live on a difficult line of life, I'd even give up being a hat prisoner 24/7, to get a decent job.

 

[Exodus2011]

I had a mental illness(unclearly diagnosed 3 times) for twelve years and I'm just trying to step away from the stigma of it and being bald and ethnic.
I'm currently making more than I spend and it gets boring at times, I've had a life dream of working full time since i was young and it didn't work out for me so far, I just cant find it in my heart to give up, I've been retired since I was 28 and I'm 40 now. I volunteer sometimes and give to charity, I just want to give people some hope, I need some hope myself. My problem is more internal now and I'm fighting with my conscience, part of me says just to give up because society doesn't care about me and the other part of me says to keep moving forward with your agenda and let go of the chip on your shoulder. I live on a difficult line of life, I'd even give up being a hat prisoner 24/7, to get a decent job.

you sound kinda like me. i'm only doing a few online classes and havent ever had a job. i am also a hat prisoner and ethnic (half jewish half indonesian). being half asian sucks cuz other asians have such good hair.

and i've been diagnosed with anxiety too.

how dark are you? i am glad at least to be darker skinned . . . it makes baldness less striking

 

[Notcoolanymore]

I know that you are into white girls, but have you ever tried to date an asian girl? Most of them exclusively date asian men so I would think that would increase your chances of landing one.

 

[winnyblues]

Ew to azn girls. Me like dem white things