A little advice and encouragement to balding gents

mad_max

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OK first a little about me;
I'm 35 and pretty certain I've been losing my hair for at least 15 years. I started noticing it in college and every year it gets worse. It's been a very, very slow process. I've receded quite a bit and thinned out finally all over the place. I remember back in my mid 20s I was very concerned about my hair loss to the point where it almost consumed me. I look back now and realize there were things that I didn't do because I didn't want to be in public. I regret some of these things now. As I grew older hair loss stopped bothering me less and less. Now when I hang out with friends or go anywhere I really could care less. A-matter-of-fact the balding jokes stopped and now the tables are turned and the insults are now directed at the "oddities" who haven't started losing their hair. The problem with hair loss is that it's a disease of the insecure not the secure. When I was young I kept thinking there was no way in hell that I could get a decent date. You know what? That never happened. There are more important things in relationships other than a full head of hair. I would take overwhelming confidence more than a full head of hair. Men who are extremely confident tend to convey an attitude that is extremely attractive to women regardless of hair count. Going bald bothers everyone don't get me wrong but it's your choice as to whether it will consume you and paralyze you with fear eventually rendering you useless and wasting many years of your life. I remember when I started to stop worrying about my hair loss. I was watching "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest" and the scene where they are playing cards. I was looking at Nicholson's hair that was obviously intentionally messed up to the point where he looked extremely bald. The scenes hilarious but the impression I was left with was that Nicholson didn't give a crap about his hair and throughout his career parodied his hair loss in a number of movies. But you know what he was a great actor and definitely more dominant than most of his peers. He took his receding hairline and ran straight to the box office with it. Nicholson wouldn't be where he is today if he would have been constantly worried about his hair. He wouldn't have even made it to the first audition. We all know the type of guy; totally bald but never wears a hat, dresses nicely and just seems to have no problem finding dates. That's because he made the choice not to let it bother him. People who shave their heads must feel such a tremendous sense of relief. They can finally stop worrying about something that's been bothering them for years and start living life again. I know for a fact that most people could give a rat's *** about your hair loss. We have a dog next to us with only 3 legs, but everyday he's out there running around, playing fetch and trying all he can to still act like a dog. Humans should try this approach more often. Take what you have and make the best of it. I'm not saying that trying to do something about your hair loss is a bad thing; doing anything to improve yourself is good, I'm just saying to try to not let it consume your lives. There is honestly more to life out there and it's so short. I know plenty of guys who were balding and were able to get married to a lovely wife. I was married at 34 receding hairline and all to a very attractive women. I know sometimes it’s hard to do but just remember it does get better as you get older. I look back now at how much time and energy I wasted; time that I can never get back. I regret that. As you get older hair loss is a common problem and less and less people start caring about it. It’s really all about confidence and how you use it. Focus on other things that build your confidence; like your brain, your body, your income, your friends, your family or just plain you.

Good luck all and just remember don’t waste too much precious time worrying about something so fickle and Yes hot women do love balding guys. I know.
 

MPBWarrior

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that was a really nice message, thanks for that. the problem is that with people in their early 20s who are going bald (like me) it's very difficult for someone to just say 'don't worry about your hair loss, it's not important' and then stop caring about it. the truth is it bothers us a lot! so i think if you're like me and your hair loss gets u down, then fight back. rape the internet and forums like these for everything u can find to help and face up to your hair loss! telling young people not to worry about hair loss is almost cruel as these people are in a great position to start fighting their male pattern baldness eariler and getting better results! i liked your message though!
 

Apoc

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I wouldn't give a damn about hairloss if a lot of my friends would be balding as well. But out of 20 people of my closer friends only 3 of us have signs of male pattern baldness. Now that sucks.
 

mad_max

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Hello, Nice response. I'm not telling anyone to not do anything about hair loss. I stated in my post that anything you can do to make yourself feel better about yourself is a good thing. What's even better now is all the great products you can use to combat hair loss. I'm just saying to not let it bother you to the degree that you stop functioning in life. By all means use whatever is available. Just don't stop going places and doing things just because of your appearance. When I was in my mid 20s there was so much I passed on because of my own insecurities and certain things, now that I look back on, I regret not doing. Hey I was losing my hair in my 20s and it sucked. But now when I look back I honestly, really do not think that most people cared that much. It takes a real a**h** to ridicule someone's hair loss. When soneone does that they are ridiculing something out of one's control. Never criticize someone's appearance. I was never the type of person to run around calling everyone fat or ugly. I have a friend who would probably commit suicide if his hairline ever moved. I also have a friend who was so concerned about his hair loss that he locked himself in his house rarely, if ever, making an appearence. People called him the "hairless hobbit. Then one day he appeared with shaven head and all and people were simply glad that he was finally back. All I'm saying is to use whatever is available but don't let it affect your health or your lifestyle because as you will see once you start entering your 30s it really does become less and less important. When I used to hang out with this friend of mine with perfect game show host hair he would never pick up any girls at bars. I never had a problem. Do you know why? Because he sat on his stool like a vegetable waiting for his perfect hair to reach out and grab women. Me, I was talking and moving around and having a great time. I was interacting. That proved to me that great hair is not the most important thing when attracting women. Haing fun, being confident and enjoying yourself is more important. How many of those wacky "Blind date" shows have you watched when at the end, yes the women picked the bald or balding guy. It happens all the time. I know it's tough but feel good about all that you're doing to combat hair loss and get on out there and show people what you're made out of. Once you turn the corner you'll never look back. I konw what it was like because I was there. Hang in there.
 

mark16v

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yeah, I know this one guy, he's about 23.. his hair looks fucked.

when I look at him, I don't see his balding hair, I see his character.

now i've only started to thin, right on a strip straight down the middle of my head (its odd, and my mum has weird spots here too so i'm wondering if maybe genetics is causing this) anyway won't dive too much into my situation

the current solution, if you ask me.. is to say 'f*** it', lump it, be a good bloke, and stay confident. i'm friends with plenty of ugly blokes, because they're good men.

don't get consumed by a problem and let it beat you, we're guys, we're often control freaks at times, wanting to be in control of various aspects of our lives, so its hard for us to get over this this *** problem that might get in the way of us and the pussy we want to be tapping (lets face it)

don't become a self consumed, superficial pussy. stay confident.

sure the superficial women won't be into us so much, but when you think about it there's.. wait for it.. no loss there

I wish I was good at listening to my own advice (working on it)

good luck all
 

Trash

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First off i really liked your messages so far guys...

For me it just sucks to loose my hair that early in life... i mean it really wouldnt bother me if i thinned out at my late 30´s...
I think that´s what pains me most.
Well anyway what you all said is true ...

Keep it up !!
 

FabioM

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I liked this thread...thank you for your messages.

WHat it bothers me is that i´m jealous of that guys that can style their hair like they want,like that Moican type of hair that´s in fashion this days.

I´m 23 years old and had a great phase in my life in terms of girls because as soon as i started to style my hair (at 17 i think) i started noticed alot of girls staring at me and got alot of compliments telling me i was prety good looking...i´ve never had that before in my life and i even got this amazing girlfriend.

But a few years after i started losing my hair and it´s not like it used to be this days...i can stil style it but it´s not good like it used to be.

I don´t think for me hairloss is bothering me so much in a sacry way because if i´m going bald so be it...i can see the horseshoe pattern in my head although i still have a full head of hair but i think it´s just a matter of getting used to it.

And in no way i will give up my objectives in life...this year i´m trying to enter university in a Cinema and Multimedia course which is a area i like very much.

I bodybuild and i still fight for my initial objective when i started this sport which is to have a awe inspiring phisyque...i´m also planning to start surfing this days...hairloss? f*** hairloss :D
 

FabioM

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Btw a question for you...what do you think when you see a bald guy?

Yeasterday in UNi i came across with a bald guy that was also trying to enter the same course i wnat to study but i didn´t care about his bald head because i just wanted to know about information in the area he works which is Multimédia.

Everytime i see a bald guy in the mall i just look at his bald head but don´t care...i have a bald friend and he´s a pretty cool guy and everyone likes him.

Hairloss is not the end of the world :)
 

MPBWarrior

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Started styling your hair and girls all of a sudden start checking u out?? Then your hair starts thinning??? it's like my story!!
 
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