What did you think of Hair loss as a child?

[bluered999]

Heres a questoin for ya'll im interested in. In your childhood what did you think about baldness or did you think about it? I'm a bit curious how most children perceive baldness

As a child myself I literally never thought about baldness, even though I had bald relatives, its like it literally never crossed my mind.

 

[CopeForLife]

I haven't seen bald men as trustworthy as they seemed like pedofiles or killers.

I thought everything is under NW4 is just a hairline.

I NEVER assumed that there is a possibility that I or my friends will be balding before 20. I thought it happens after 40.

Also I hated this pale or RED bald meatheads (disgusting) and ALWAYS notices sad glance of these bald subhumans.

Balding with good beard was good tho.

 

[whatevr]

I never really thought about it actively, but if you asked me back then I probably would have said that:

a) bald people just choose to shave off all their hair
b) they have some kind of disease which makes their hair fall out
c) they just had really crappy hair since birth/there was something wrong with them and so their hair wasn't very "resistant" and falls out

If you told me that baldness could happen to a young person under 20 who had super thick, healthy hair (like mine was) I wouldn't really believe you.

 

[Afro_Vacancy]

My father was bald, and I don't think I had much of a conception of baldness. I simply didn't notice it much.

Now that you guys have made me hypersensitive, I notice it all the time.

 

[whatevr]

Yes it's literally impossible for me to look at anyone anymore without doing a quick assessment of their hairline. It's ridiculous.

 

[cocohot]

I thought it was absolutely disgusting.

 

[hellouser]

Never made anything of it. I mean, hard NOT to notice a guy is bald but never struck me as anything negative (nor positive). Fast forward 20 years and I quickly realized how much society shits on bald men.

 

[Afro_Vacancy]

The worst I had was people asking me if I had cancer at university. And let's be honest, I actually looked like I had cancer.

I've worked in four different companies here in Belgium now, and the worst I've heard was: "You look like Lex Luthor!"

But I've never seen what you are talking about here, like women really mocking baldness openly, or even men. At work I mean.

In bars when the alcohol is flowing though, you know my stories: the guys singing "HE HAS NO HAIIIR!" (they were British).

And of course the a**h** who told me: "You have no job? No wonder, you have no hair!"

One thing I notice, except for the cancer comment, all these rude comments came from men.

If a man has hair, he might be thinking "at least I have hair" as a way to cope.

 

[Roberto_72]

Funny thing: although my father has been NW6 since 35, it never crossed my mind I could inherit it. Once on TV (I was 12 or 13) they were talking about the umpteenth delusional hairloss cure and the announcer said "apparently the only cure to baldness remains choosing the right parents."
I was like "what???" and looked at myself in the mirror and thought it could never happen to me... I was the exception, this aberration did not belong to me!
I remember I had the same denial attitude as when little kids think of death. This might suggest something about the way I perceived that possibility...

 

[CopeForLife]

Funny thing: although my father has been NW6 since 35, it never crossed my mind I could inherit it. Once on TV (I was 12 or 13) they were talking about the umpteenth delusional hairloss cure and the announcer said "apparently the only cure to baldness remains choosing the right parents."
I was like "what???" and looked at myself in the mirror and thought it could never happen to me... I was the exception, this aberration did not belong to me!
I remember I had the same denial attitude as when little kids think of death. This might suggest something about the way I perceived that possibility...

Same my father was NW5-6 as I remember from late 20-s.

And THIS goes to my favourite quotes for sure:
> apparently the only cure to baldness remains choosing the right parent

 

[Follisket]

I thought exactly what I think now - that it's absolutely repulsive. Also, I couldn't imagine how people lived with it.
And maybe a tiny part of me did feel baldies were ok with looking like that, simply because I couldn't believe the world was sick enough to just leave people to their misery like that.

But overall, it's always been my greatest fear.

 

[F2005]

At the risk of sounding repetitive, this topic really speaks to why people who have full heads of hair (or most of their hair) think we're majorly overreacting. When we all had full heads of hair, we'd probably think that people overreacted on this forum too.

 

[Eren]

I never thought of hair loss as a child (or well once in my life), though my father, his brothers, my uncles from mother's side and both grandpas had horse shoes. I always thought that every balding/bald men accepted it as baldness happens to 100% of the male population (no exceptions) and that 99% of men started to go bald at 50 the earliest. I simply thought it was a part of EVERY men's life.

Now, my views as a child on baldness can be seen as complete and utter bs

At the risk of sounding repetitive, this topic really speaks to why people who have full heads of hair (or most of their hair) think we're majorly overreacting. When we all had full heads of hair, we'd probably think that people overreacted on this forum too.

Yes and no. I never thought as a child that one could get suicidal or extremely depressing thoughts because of hair loss, but I did always think that it would hit me hard if it happened to me, but well, I would be 50 anyway, so I wouldn't have cared.

 

[Yanmega]

For some reason I never thought of the possibility of it happening to me, since I was always so different than most men in appearance. I always had long hair with a high ponytail and looking like a girl, so I figured I was safe from masculine features developing on me. Well, not "safe", I just never even considered it.

When I realized it was happening I experienced depression for the first time in my life. I'm possitive that I'm going to be able to stop it, somehow. Even maintenance would be okay as I still look good for now. If I fail somehow I'll probably kill myself because I have no idea how to live without looking like a girl.

 

[jd_uk]

I didn't notice it, even at 15 years old, I had NW6 teachers who were quite young, and the word "bald!" never came to my mind.

I just didn't know that bald men existed. It's only when I started losing hair that I realized men could lose their hair.

I remember seeing the NW5 pattern already appearing at the back of my head when I was 19, and I thought:

"Oh yes, I remember now, those men, they had a circle like that at the back of their head, is this what's happening to me?!"

The joys of living in a culture that isn't obsessed with baldness and physical perfection. I feel for you guys living in the anglosphere.

Interesting to hear you talk about Belgium being more tolerant about baldness given how extreme your views are about it. I'd say that in the UK baldness is very common and lots of bald guys have nice girlfriends, however at the same time it is also something which is regularly mocked.

 

[hellouser]

The worst I had was people asking me if I had cancer at university. And let's be honest, I actually looked like I had cancer.

I've worked in four different companies here in Belgium now, and the worst I've heard was: "You look like Lex Luthor!"

But I've never seen what you are talking about here, like women really mocking baldness openly, or even men. At work I mean.

In bars when the alcohol is flowing though, you know my stories: the guys singing "HE HAS NO HAIIIR!" (they were British).

And of course the a**h** who told me: "You have no job? No wonder, you have no hair!"

One thing I notice, except for the cancer comment, all these rude comments came from men.

The two female coworkers I have both have made negative comments about baldness. The first made said something about a guy being unattractive.. and I asked 'Because he's bald? What's wrong with baldness?' Her response 'What's NOT wrong with baldness?!'

The other time was a few weeks ago when we were at an event and some dude kept on trying to hit on random girls and my coworker said he was a creep. I said in a joking manner 'Oh, i'm sure he's a nice guy... hey, he's even tall dark and handsome!' (he was black but bald) and she made this face in disgust 'Ew! And he's bald too!' and I said 'Hey, that's not nice!' and I pointed at one of our coworkers who's FULLY NW7 bald.

One of my closest friends even said as I was driving her home said that she finds men without hair 'disgusting'... Yes, she specifically used the word DISGUSTING to describe baldness.

Toronto women yo!

 

[Afro_Vacancy]

The two female coworkers I have both have made negative comments about baldness. The first made said something about a guy being unattractive.. and I asked 'Because he's bald? What's wrong with baldness?' Her response 'What's NOT wrong with baldness?!'

The other time was a few weeks ago when we were at an event and some dude kept on trying to hit on random girls and my coworker said he was a creep. I said in a joking manner 'Oh, i'm sure he's a nice guy... hey, he's even tall dark and handsome!' (he was black but bald) and she made this face in disgust 'Ew! And he's bald too!' and I said 'Hey, that's not nice!' and I pointed at one of our coworkers who's FULLY NW7 bald.

One of my closest friends even said as I was driving her home said that she finds men without hair 'disgusting'... Yes, she specifically used the word DISGUSTING to describe baldness.

Toronto women yo!

You keep insisting it's a Toronto thing.

I'm honestly skeptical.

 

[Parise]

no, i never gave much about hair loss when i was younger (although on most people i didn't even notice any hairloss at all, unless it was really visible). To me a bald guy was just a bald guy, like it was no big deal. How stupid that was.
And i never thought that in a million years i'd lose my hair, especially at young age. And i thought if by some slim chance i'd ever go bald it wouldn't be a big deal as well. And how ****ing stupid that was, too
I feel like nobody can really empathize what's going on if somebody loses their hair, as long as you're not affected yourself. It's just horrifying to look into the mirror each day and watch your hair and your whole identity gradually disappear.

 

[blackg]

The two female coworkers I have both have made negative comments about baldness. The first made said something about a guy being unattractive.. and I asked 'Because he's bald? What's wrong with baldness?' Her response 'What's NOT wrong with baldness?!'

The other time was a few weeks ago when we were at an event and some dude kept on trying to hit on random girls and my coworker said he was a creep. I said in a joking manner 'Oh, i'm sure he's a nice guy... hey, he's even tall dark and handsome!' (he was black but bald) and she made this face in disgust 'Ew! And he's bald too!' and I said 'Hey, that's not nice!' and I pointed at one of our coworkers who's FULLY NW7 bald.

One of my closest friends even said as I was driving her home said that she finds men without hair 'disgusting'... Yes, she specifically used the word DISGUSTING to describe baldness.

Toronto women yo!

As much as I hate hearing these anecdotes , I do have to say.. At least these females were honest.

 

[Roberto_72]

The two female coworkers I have both have made negative comments about baldness. The first made said something about a guy being unattractive.. and I asked 'Because he's bald? What's wrong with baldness?' Her response 'What's NOT wrong with baldness?!'

The other time was a few weeks ago when we were at an event and some dude kept on trying to hit on random girls and my coworker said he was a creep. I said in a joking manner 'Oh, i'm sure he's a nice guy... hey, he's even tall dark and handsome!' (he was black but bald) and she made this face in disgust 'Ew! And he's bald too!' and I said 'Hey, that's not nice!' and I pointed at one of our coworkers who's FULLY NW7 bald.

One of my closest friends even said as I was driving her home said that she finds men without hair 'disgusting'... Yes, she specifically used the word DISGUSTING to describe baldness.

Toronto women yo!

WTF? Is this for real? Uber-depressing, man!