Young Baldies Have No Place In This World.

[CaptainForehead]

You are not as ugly, bald and old as I am; I am fucked, but you have a chance. Force yourself to improve and socialize. You have potential, don't waste it.

Wait, that's my line to you.

 

[The Baldy Man]

I think the amount of teenager baldness wasn't much common back then. It is only now becoming an issue. Like I said in another thread I saw a guy who is probably 17-18 going with a wig to uni. I felt very sorry for the guy, but I could only tell its a wig because his hair didn't move like the others' in the wind.

God, I can only imagine the embarassment if that poor guy got outed as a hair wearer in uni, which is unfortunately quite likely because in uni you are constantly surrounded by other people especially if you live on campus and have a roommate. I mean how would you apply your toupee without your roommate in the same room noticing? The only way you could possibly pull it off was to stay at home and commute and only go to classes and then go back home. Couldn't have anything close to a college experience without everyone finding out rather quickly. I mean it is already sort of restrictive for me since I have to carry my finasteride and minoxidil with me everywhere, hard to go on Spring Break or a camping trip with my classmates, or on a university sponsored trip or retreat without having to lug that stuff around and worry about how I am going store it properly. You simply couldn't do it with a wig and not worry about it being detected or falling off completely.

 

[kj6723]

I mean it is already sort of restrictive for me since I have to carry my finasteride and minoxidil with me everywhere, hard to go on Spring Break or a camping trip with my classmates, or on a university sponsored trip or retreat without having to lug that stuff around and worry about how I am going store it properly.

I'd say if you're going on 1 week or shorter vacation you can skip the minoxidil as long as you've been using it consistently for several months prior, shouldn't make a difference. The finasteride don't skip

And make sure you rip the damn labels off

 

[Afro_Vacancy]

I work as a researcher on a university campus, I feel so bad for the young men I see walking around with early or advanced baldness.

The ones who are NW1.5, NW2.0, NW2.5 may not even know what's happening them. They just face life on hard mode, they have to work a little harder for the same or lesser results. They either don't know that their results are inferior, or they think it's because they don't try as hard in other areas. Baldness can be an invisible illness. They may also not realize that it's only going to get worse for them ... if you're NW2 at 19, then you might be NW4 at 22 and by then finasteride won't get you back to bullhead status.

This morning, at the coffee shop, I saw an attractive woman with her boyfriend. She was thin, had nice long legs and nice hair. Her boyfriend was tall, thin, white. And I noticed that ... his hair was receding. He covered it up with a combover which was relatively convincing, and that I can spot because I'm a Norwood spotter. But baldness is a progressive illness. If it gets worse, the combover will fail. His hairline was more advanced than mine and he was ~20.

Will his beautiful girlfriend stay with him if he becomes a NW4 in 6 months? Or will she tell him that "she just doesn't feel it anymore?" And if that happens, will he blame it on his lack of muscles or something else?

 

[CaptainForehead]

Before saying anything, i want to apologize to some people here because i was a bit of a dick recently. I was immature and bitchy and i'm done now.

I'm not going to talk about women and lookism sh*t in this thread. Actually, i'm tired of talking about this stuff and i don't think i'm going to talk about it ever again. I just need to vent. I made some friends recently and have been hanging out with them and they have been treating me well and i really enjoy their company. I thought it was a good opportunity to get out of the sh*t hole i always stay in and enjoy some social life. Everything was great until today one of them noticed my baldness and made fun of it (older than me by 3 years) and it has ruined my mood. I know that he wasn't serious because he doesn't know the pain of going bald, so i'm actually not mad at him. But it still hurts when someone who is about to graduate university makes fun of high school teenager's baldness. I'm now depressed again and obsessed, insecure about my hair whenever i'm around people. It sucks and hurts so much. It's like i'm trapped, either i stay and rot in my room until i die or go out and watch much older people making fun of my hair whenever they notice it. It's extremely painful to be balding as a teenager.

Compared to the sh*t life will throw at you, being occasionally made fun of is a minor annoyance.
Recalibrate your pain-o-meter.

 

[The Baldy Man]

Luckily I haven't been made fun of yet, and I have supportive family and classmates, but the worst part for me that hurts me inside is looking in the mirror and not recognizing the balding guy I see.

 

[CaptainForehead]

I work as a researcher on a university campus, I feel so bad for the young men I see walking around with early or advanced baldness.

The ones who are NW1.5, NW2.0, NW2.5 may not even know what's happening them. They just face life on hard mode, they have to work a little harder for the same or lesser results. They either don't know that their results are inferior, or they think it's because they don't try as hard in other areas. Baldness can be an invisible illness. They may also not realize that it's only going to get worse for them ... if you're NW2 at 19, then you might be NW4 at 22 and by then finasteride won't get you back to bullhead status.

I also realized something later in life: small advantages have disproportionate impact over time. Small advantages lead initially to slightly better opportunities, which increase the initial advantage that was there, which leads to even better opportunities, which leads to ... It's a feedback cycle (thanks Gladwell).
The effect is amplified at young ages.

 

[Stanx22]

Yeah, but unlike me, he really is decent-looking and has lots of hair, compared to me, so he has a chance, while I don't.

If i was tall, even like 5'11 with decent physique, i wouldn't b**ch that much about hair. I would try gymcelling and looksmaxing even if they required surgeries. At least there would be some hope. But being short with shitty physique and going bald at the same time is something i won't bother describing it to you because you know it very well.

 

[CaptainForehead]

If i was tall, even like 5'11 with decent physique, i wouldn't b**ch that much about hair. I would try gymcelling and looksmaxing even if they required surgeries. At least there would be some hope. But being short with shitty physique and going bald at the same time is something i won't bother describing it to you because you know it very well.

How tall are you?

 

[Afro_Vacancy]

But I would say it is an invisible illness in the sense it is not recognize as such by society. "it's just hair". So... it's an invisible illness to the fullheads but don't a guy balding, with receding hairline, even at a early stage, spot it right away? How can it be "invisible" to him? How can someone not realize balding is changing his look status?
Some people may not imagine they could be dumped over hair loss, but those same people would noy think they are being dumped over lack of muscles... they would imagine they did something wrong...

I think a lot of men don't realize that they're going bald early on. They think that they just have a mature hairline, or they don't notice one or two inches of recession. The situation is worse for diffuse thinners, it's well known for example that it's only noticed very late in the game. So those people just lose status in society with no idea why.

 

[Stanx22]

How tall are you?

5'7 with the shittiest physique and posture you could ever imagine. I can't even walk properly because of them.

 

[Afro_Vacancy]

5'7 with the shittiest physique and posture you could ever imagine. I can't even walk properly because of them.

Is there conscription in Egypt?

 

[Stanx22]

Is there conscription in Egypt?

Yeah, and it's compulsory if you have brothers, but i have sisters only.

 

[Afro_Vacancy]

Yeah, and it's compulsory if you have brothers, but i have sisters only.

Some people in the western countries join the military for character building, to build discipline, etc. I know a guy back from my age of empires days who identified as a loser when he was a teenager, he joined the military and with the discipline and training felt like a man within a few years. Now he's married to a hot woman and has an impressive job.

It can work for some people.

 

[Stanx22]

Some people in the western countries join the military for character building, to build discipline, etc. I know a guy back from my age of empires days who identified as a loser when he was a teenager, he joined the military and with the discipline and training felt like a man within a few years. Now he's married to a hot woman and has an impressive job.

It can work for some people.

Military here is living hell. Some people even cut their finger or break their arms, so they don't be chosen. It's nothing but torture and uselessness.

 

[Afro_Vacancy]

Military here is living hell. Some people even cut their finger or break their arms, so they don't be chosen. It's nothing but torture and uselessness.

I'm sorry to hear that. I guess that happens sometimes.

A man I know did not want to join the US military during the Vietnam war. So he starved himself, he ate a bagel a day (~200 calories) for a few months, he was 5'10 and ~120 (~55 Kg) lbs and so the military did not draft him.

 

[Stanx22]

I just came back from a walk in the city center of Bristol, guess what? Found a group of good-looking Italian students who laughed at me. Why do I even bother going out?

Italians are f*****g scum.

 

[Stanx22]

Seriously. Most of them are. They're just miserable, shallow, opportunistic, ignorant and cowardly dicks and sl*ts.

Stay in England and never go back unless you need something.

 

[hairblues]

That's gonna be a problem. I have to go back in October, my traineeship is about to end.

That sucks--have you considered just moving?

 

[hairblues]

It's the same for us women. We don't notice right away, at least I did not. So what's noticed very late is the extent and impact of hair loss.it's funny how humanity divide in 2 parts : fullheads and baldites and subdivise in 2 among baldites : those who are anticipating the catastrophe and therefore whos life revolve around hair, and those who stay un denial until they can not anymore.

I noticed young but everyone told me
1. its normal for hair to get a little thin in 30s
2. I was imagining it

Even Doctors I went to early on..so I kept ignoring it and I was fortunate i had started with really thick density..so it took a LONG time to make a real difference, so it did not effect me that deeply for a long time it was more like 'is this happening or am i imagining it?".